Root
Asymmetric woodland board game adaptation with turn-based faction warfare
Dire Wolf · Released Sep 24, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 5,575
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 55 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 84
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 9 months ago
- Dec 12, 2025
What is Root?
A turn-based digital board game for two to four players, set in a woodland where the Marquise de Cat's rule is challenged by rival factions. Players take faction-specific actions such as managing resources, building structures, capturing territory, and scoring victory points.
For you if...
- +you enjoy asymmetric factions and deep competitive strategy
- +you want automated upkeep and faster tabletop matches
- +you prefer playing board games online with friends
Not for you if...
- −you prefer simple strategy with a gentle learning curve
- −you want matches with more than four players
What players say
90% of 5,575 reviews are positive · 87% of 55 in the last 30 days
Players praise its faithfulness to the tabletop rules, automated upkeep, shorter downtime, and convenient matches with friends. Common complaints cite AI that targets the human player instead of the leader, incomplete tutorials and rules text, and online games disrupted by leavers or long turn timers.
Screenshots and trailer
Root system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- Processor
- Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ or better
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Dire Wolf
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 58
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian.
Tags
- Board Game
- Tabletop
- Strategy
- War
- Wargame
- Cute
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Indie
- PvP
- Multiplayer
- Simulation
- Singleplayer
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Touch-Friendly
- Card Game
- Puzzle
Recent updates
- Dec 12, 2025 · Root 2.1.2 Patch Notes
- Dec 10, 2025 · Root Digital 2.1.1 Patch notes
- Dec 2, 2025 · Root Digital Patch Notes - 2.1.0
- Nov 10, 2025 · Root Digital 2.0.14 Patch Notes
- Nov 7, 2025 · Root Digital 2.0.12 Patch Notes
7 DLC available.
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