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| Minor fixes for Italian Thanks to some keen Italian players, we've caught some minor issues and fixed them. | — | |
| Patch Notes for May 18, 2026 - Adds mac code signing and notarization | — | |
| Patch Notes for May 13, 2026 Italian language is now out of Beta. | — | |
| Update Notes for Apr 29 - Contains fixes for typos on French - Added simplified Chinese logo for Galley House for Chinese players. | — | |
| Urgent Fix: Database was corrupt In an earlier fix today, I somehow pushed out a corrupt database which meant that Simplified Chinese and Portuguese players couldn't search or input names properly. I also unfortunately did this right before a long dog walk, so I couldn't fix it for a couple of hours until I got back. It should be fixed now, and to say sorry here is a photo of my dog. - Robin "Evil Trout" Ward | — | |
| Small Patch for Apr 23, 2026 - Try to eliminate visual bug with lots of white glow on the screen | — | |
| Minor PT-BR Fixes - Addresses a couple issues with the PT-BR translation | — | |
| Now available in Mandarin!major In December we launched The Roottrees are Dead in Simplified Chinese, and we were blown away by how well it was received. Within two weeks it had outsold every language except for English, and it continues to be played and well reviewed by new players every day. We wanted to thank our Chinese players by providing an update to the game which includes full voice acting in Mandarin. It is availabl… | 22714051 | |
| Brazilian armchair detectives, we have a challenge for you!major The Roottrees are Dead is now available in Brazilian Portuguese. This is great timing, because we've also just been nominated for Best Narrative at the gamescom latam BIG Festival. Thanks to everyone who helped make this translation happen! P.S. Italian is next. | — | |
| Update Notes for Mar 17, 2026 PT-BR Fixes: - A piece of evidence in Roottreemania was not displaying properly - Made search terms for a particular article more lenient | — | |
| Patch Notes for March 16, 2026 - Translates some PT-BR names to make the text more consistent. | — | |
| Update Notes for Mar 13, 2026 - Fixes for some pt-br search results not working correctly. | — | |
| Patch Notes for March 5, 2026 -Adds support for Brazilian Portuguese -Translates Achievements in French, Simplified Chinese and PT-BR -Fixes some minor typos and issues. | — | |
| Now available in Simplified Chinese!major Hello Genealogists! We’re excited to announce that as of today The Roottrees are Dead has been translated into Simplified Chinese! This is our most ambitious translation yet, as there is less overlap between Chinese and English than there was with French, German, and Spanish. In addition to translating all of the search results, we’ve revisited everything with text. This includes names on the t… | 21117602 | |
| The Roottrees are Dead is now in French, German, and Spanishmajor After many months of hard work and an open beta, we're delighted to announce that you can now play The Roottrees are Dead in French, German, and Spanish. The game has roughly 100,000 words to translate, which is the length of a novel! Most players won't find every word of content, but it's important that it's all there for players who dig deep into our game universe. We're also happy to announc… | 19641467 | |
| Update Notes for July 21, 2025 - Contains fixes for French, German, and Spanish Translations. - An attempt to reduce confusion in the final cinematic where it might appear that your choice was incorrect briefly. | 19301620 | |
| The Roottrees are French, German and Spanish! (Beta) At long last, you can now play The Roottrees are Dead in French, German and Spanish! The game should auto detect your system language when you start it up, but in case it does not pick it correctly, there is now a "Language" setting you can change. There was a tremendous amount of text to translate, so you may encounter bugs, typos, and other translation issues . As a result, for now we are cal… | 19218338 | |
| Update Notes for June 19, 2025 Added a banner to the main menu for our new game, The Incident at Galley House . · Fixed more typos · Made one of Alphabet Davis' book titles more consistent · Updated translation support (coming soon!) | 18928561 | |
| Update Notes for June 16, 2025 - Renamed some people in FamilyDuko! to help the Secret Searchers - Added more support for non-English languages | 18886324 | |
| Update for May 27, 2025 Fixes a regression with "Search All Periodicals" where search results would not appear · Removed a double name from the first name list · Fixes a bug where searching for a missing article could keep displaying a warning message · Includes more support for non-English languages | 18626373 | |
| Update Notes for May 22, 2025 - A minor typo or two - More backend fixes and support for upcoming localization releases. | 18567839 | |
| Update Notes for April 22, 2025 - Added a piece of evidence to a list near the end of Roottreemania to make something more clear - Fixes a bug where you could lock in an incorrect occupation for a Roottreemania person - Makes it more clear where to find the Discord channel - More updated translation support | 18195343 |
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| 24 Jun 2026 | Wed | 15:53 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 23896151 | public | 3 | — |