Games like The Roottrees are Dead
Closest overall match: Lorelai (★ 4.0). Highest rated: The Curse of Monkey Island at ★ 4.3. Newest: The Wolf Among Us 2 (2025). Quickest to finish: Police Quest Collection at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like The Roottrees are Dead? Our model ranked 24 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Point & Click and Mystery.
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58%
1. Lorelai
Shares Point & Click, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 94%
- Shared genres
- 3
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58%
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56%
3. Jack Orlando: Director's Cut
Shares Noir, Detective, Point & Click and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3
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55%
4. STASIS
Shares Point & Click, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3
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55%
5. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - Remastered Edition
Shares Detective, Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3
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55%
6. Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Shares Detective, Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3
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54%
7. Police Quest Collection
Shares 1990's, Detective, Point & Click, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 1987
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3
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54%
8. Blacksad: Under the Skin
Shares Investigation, Noir, Detective and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3
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54%
9. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
Shares Mystery, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 94%
- Shared genres
- 3
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54%
10. The Wolf Among Us 2 New
Shares Noir, Detective and Mystery; about 7h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Shared genres
- 3
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54%
11. Syberia: The World Before
Shares Investigation, Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; about 13h longer.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 20h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3
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54%
12. eden*
Shares 2D, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
13. Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
Shares Detective, Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
14. The Dig
Shares 1990's, Point & Click, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
15. The Curse of Monkey Island
Shares 1990's, Point & Click, 2D, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
16. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Shares Investigation, Detective, Mystery, Point & Click and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
17. The Case of the Golden Idol
Shares Investigation, Interactive Fiction, Detective, Mystery and Point & Click and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
18. Black Mirror I
Shares Mystery, Point & Click, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
19. AR-K
Shares Mystery, Point & Click, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
20. Harvester
Shares 1990's, Point & Click and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 53
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3
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52%
21. Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
Shares 1990's, Point & Click and Singleplayer; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3
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52%
22. Phantasmagoria
Shares 1990's, Point & Click and Singleplayer; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3
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52%
23. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Shares 1990's, Detective, Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3
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52%
24. South of the Circle
Shares Interactive Fiction, Stylized, Point & Click, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3
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What is the best game like The Roottrees are Dead?
On our similarity model, Lorelai is the closest match to The Roottrees are Dead — shares Point & Click, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher.
Which game like The Roottrees are Dead is rated highest?
The Curse of Monkey Island holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 221 players.
Is there a new game like The Roottrees are Dead in 2026?
The Wolf Among Us 2 is the most recent match, released December 2025.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Roottrees are Dead on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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