Games like The Roottrees are Dead on Xbox
Closest overall match: Blacksad: Under the Skin (★ 3.8). Highest rated: Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments at ★ 4.0. Newest: The Wolf Among Us 2 (2025). Quickest to finish: South of the Circle at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like The Roottrees are Dead? Our model ranked 5 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Investigation, Detective and Singleplayer.
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54%
1. 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%
2. 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%
3. 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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53%
4. 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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52%
5. 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 Xbox?
On our similarity model, Blacksad: Under the Skin is the closest match to The Roottrees are Dead on Xbox — shares Investigation, Noir, Detective and Singleplayer.
Which game like The Roottrees are Dead is rated highest?
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.0/5 from 386 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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