Root Of Evil: The Tailor

First-person horror puzzles where haunted objects reveal a family's past

EastFog Studios · Released Dec 8, 2016

Action Adventure Casual Indie Simulation

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 519
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 9 years ago; May 13, 2017
Minimum PC: HD4400; 4 GB RAM · 2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Root Of Evil: The Tailor?

A single-player, first-person horror puzzle game set in a house where a couple died twenty years earlier. You play James, a telepath hired by their daughter to investigate, searching rooms for objects and solving puzzles to contact the dead and hear their accounts.

For you if...

+you like short games that revisit the same rooms

Not for you if...

−you avoid jump scares and sudden loud sounds

What players say

83% of 519 reviews are positive

Players praise the atmosphere, puzzles, and sound design. Some criticize unclear puzzle directions and rough presentation, while a recent reviewer reports getting stuck during interactions because the back button is inaccessible.

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Root Of Evil: The Tailor system requirements

Minimum: HD4400, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64 Bit/ Windows 8 64 Bit/ Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor: Core i5 processor or equivalent
Graphics: Intel HD4400 / AMD Radeon 5750 1Gb VRAM / NVidia Geforce 640 1Gb VRAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Root Of Evil: The Tailor have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Root Of Evil: The Tailor run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 18
Steam features: Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: Russian, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese.

Does Root Of Evil: The Tailor use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam