The Roottrees are Dead has now been out for a whole year on Steam, and it’s been a wild ride! When we started this project, we only had a vague hunch that people would enjoy a game like this enough to buy it. We had no idea how many people it would reach and how well it would be received. Here’s some highlights:
We’ve sold over 200,000 copies of the game. That’s a mind-boggling number for a small studio like ours.
We received an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam from our players, with thousands of reviews.
We made “Best of” lists for many publications such as The New York Times, NPR, Bloomberg, The Economist, Game Informer, GameSpot, Game Rant, The AV Club and Polygon.
We were nominated for an Indie Game Award, a GLAAD award, plus an honorable mention for Best Narrative at the IGF Awards.
It was also a busy year at Evil Trout Inc.:
With the help of many excellent translators, we added support for French, German, Spanish and Simplified Chinese, with a Brazilian Portuguese translation now in progress.
We released an official soundtrack on Steam. It’s free if you own the game.
We ran a small puzzle hunt for our avid Discord members that culminated in the announcement of our next game, The Incident at Galley House. It’s a remaster of the IGF-nominated game Type Help. It will be out this year. We don’t have a date to share yet, but we plan on releasing a trailer when we’re ready to announce it.
Once again, we’d love to thank all our fans for your support, your feedback, and for bringing your friends and family into the mystery. You are the best and made our dreams come true.