The Roottrees are Dead
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 87% of players who start reach the ending.
- 72% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 10,495 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.7h for positive, 6.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (72.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- You Deserve a Gold Star Locked in everyone on the Notable Roottrees list 100%
- Establishing Roots Locked in the 5Pieces 95% −5
- Branching Out Locked in everyone in the Next Generation photograph Most players quit here 89% −6
- Take My Hand Beneath the Tree Locked in everyone in the Free Spirits photograph 88% −1
- Family Secrets Finished The Roottrees are Dead 87% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- You Deserve a Gold Star Locked in everyone on the Notable Roottrees list 100%
- Establishing Roots Locked in the 5Pieces 95%
- Branching Out Locked in everyone in the Next Generation photograph 89%
- Take My Hand Beneath the Tree Locked in everyone in the Free Spirits photograph 88%
- Family Secrets Finished The Roottrees are Dead 87%
- Genealogy Genie Filled in the entire family tree correctly 53%
- Extracurricular Activities Locked in Possible Infidelity 2 43%
- Roottree Company Affairs Locked in Possible Infidelity 3 42%
- Old Flings Locked in Possible Infidelity 1 42%
- Voracious Reader Discovered every Periodical 41%
- The Big Reveal Finished Roottreemania 37%
- Loose Ends: Part One Found all evidence in The Roottrees are Dead 35%
- Where There's Smoke... Found all the smoking guns 31%
- Search Failure Tried to search for something while offline 31%
- Duckler County Denizen Quack Quack! 26%
- It's All Connected! Looked into every conspiracy 24%
- Call Screener Let the machine handle the call 15%
- Thinking Outside the Box Took achievement hunting seriously 13%
- FamilyDoku! Completed every FamilyDoku! puzzle 11%
- Loose Ends: Part Two Found all evidence in Roottreemania 10%
- Audiophile Listened to all musical evidence 9.3%
- What's the Deal With All These Roottrees? Bung chi bah bah 8.4%