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Root

Root

Dire Wolf · released Sep 24, 2020

IndieSimulationStrategyPCNintendo SwitchiOS (iPhone/iPad)

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.5 ↗
85
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Root Digital 2.0.12 Patch Notes” (9mo ago)

86%
At launch
90%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
92%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews90%841000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)92%86728
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Nov 7, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 728 total reviews in window · weighted 197.8 up / 16.9 down · computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Root 2.1.2 Patch Notes
    Dec 12, 2025
  2. Root Digital 2.1.1 Patch notes
    Dec 10, 2025
  3. Root Digital Patch Notes - 2.1.0
    Dec 2, 2025
  4. Root Digital 2.0.14 Patch Notes
    Nov 10, 2025
  5. Root Digital 2.0.12 Patch Notes
    Nov 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  6. Root Digital 2.0.3 Patch Notes
    Oct 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. Root Digital 2.0 Patch Notes - Hirelings & Landmarks!
    Oct 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. Root Digital Patch 1.34.3
    Apr 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. Root Patch 1.34.0
    Apr 8, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Into the Woodlands – Hot Fix 1.33.1
    Feb 13, 2025
  11. Root Patch 1.33 – To the Woodlands We Go!
    Feb 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Root Patch 1.32.4—A Winter Hotfix!
    Jan 30, 2025
  13. The Marauder Expansion Patch 1.32.3
    Jan 27, 2025
  14. Marauder Expansion Hotfix 2 and Known Issues
    Jan 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. Day One Hotfix
    Jan 16, 2025
  16. Root Patch 1.32—A Fresh Start!
    Jan 14, 2025
  17. Root Patch 1.31.3—Fast-Forward to Fun!
    Oct 16, 2024
  18. Root Patch 1.31.2— Critters in Harmony
    Nov 21, 2023
  19. Root Patch 1.31—Coffin Makers Among the Riverfolk
    Jul 31, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  20. Root Patch 1.30.5—Clearing the Forest
    May 31, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  21. Root Patch 1.30.3
    Apr 5, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  22. Root: The Underworld Expansion Now Available!
    Mar 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  23. Root Patch 1.29.2
    May 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  24. Patch 1.28.0
    Sep 23, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  25. Patch 1.27.5
    Jul 6, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  26. Hotfix 1.27.4
    Jun 16, 2021
  27. Patch 1.27.3
    Jun 15, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  28. Patch 1.27.2
    May 17, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  29. Patch 1.27.1
    Apr 30, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  30. The Riverfolk Expansion now available!
    Apr 29, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  31. 1.27.0 Patch
    Apr 28, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  32. Patch Notes: 1.26.3
    Mar 4, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  33. 1.26.2 Patch Notes - Undo!
    Feb 23, 2021
  34. Root Patch 1.26 - The Winter Map!
    Jan 27, 2021
  35. Root Patch 1.25.6
    Jan 11, 2021
  36. Patch Notes 1.25.3
    Dec 18, 2020
  37. Patch Notes: 1.25.0 – The Clockwork Expansion
    Nov 20, 2020
  38. Root Patch 1.24.3
    Oct 30, 2020
  39. Root Patch 1.24.2
    Oct 22, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  40. Patch 1.24.1
    Oct 14, 2020significant · resets scoring window

…and 6 earlier patch announcements.