Root

Game is broken, desync and you lose your entire game. Devs wont fix the problem. Don't give them your money.

Great game. Helps me learn the rules for the actual board game.

hell yeah root kicks ass. Kinda wish that this digital implementation had just a touch more in the way of explanatory tooltips for certain rules elements, as the learning curve can be steep for certain factions. Definitely play the tutorials!

I love Root. This game definitely helps with better understanding of the rules for when we gather to play Root at the table.

Some visual and audio bugs (only minor). Apart from that (and missing extensions, devs, pls add) very perfect game with insanely beautiful animations/ character designs/board designs and super stable online play. And based on one of the best board games, ever made. Makes me questions my ratio, as I purchased Mario Party for 50 bucks... no where near to this. Price seems to low for product (at least in South Africa).

Great tabletop simulator; amazing art, style, and gameplay. Can't recommend this game enough for strategists and gamers alike!

worth it if it is on sale.

the game is a board game that feels like risk but every player is playing by a completely different set of rules.

Great game, I dont have friends who like board games this much so its good. i assume no other kind of person buys boardgames on steam

gud game. i liked its gudness and how sweet it wuz. i disliked that i loose sumtimes, but wining wuz sweet. evrybody shud play. come at me!

Game is great if it didn't crash for us every other turn in online multiplayer. Literally have to quit and restart in order to continue playing, which is super annoying

Bought this to learn how to play before playing the physical version. It’s a pretty good game.

Unfortunate the controller controls are really broken, to the point it’s hard to play. The right joystick to view around doesn’t work half the time for some reason, and many of the menus where you should be able to use B to go back don’t work.

I played Root once with the physical game and really liked it, but my group wanted to try other new games rather than stick with one we've already played before. The digital version scratched my itch to play and I've put in more hours than expected. The main downsides are buggy achievements and controller inputs (it rarely recognizes "B").

I do have the board game but it was always to complicated to explain to my gaming group, now I can learn better and try again to make them play with me hooray!! :D

"Root" is an incredible board game that mixes cute woodland creatures with deep strategy. Each player controls a unique faction with its own rules and goals, making every game feel fresh. The art and components are top-notch, though the learning curve can be steep for beginners.

The online play is not playable. D-sync is crazy bad leading to game freezing. It's not playable in its current state for online play.

Recommended because of the very diverse set of rules. Also, it plays almost the same as the actual board game. And it is fun.

Occasional glitches, but they are few and far between and worth it for such an interesting system. Wish more people played online!

There is currently a persistent bug in the game that causes the turn to freeze and your only option is to quit and rejoin. There also seems to be some issues in random faction setup where it doesn't guarantee 2 militant factions in play which leads to very unbalanced games.

This is a fantastic game that I cannot recommend due to a game-breaking bug whereby online multiplayer games get disconnected and there is no way to get around it.

Great online and even greater in person. Root makes for a challenging and rewarding game. My favorites are the birds and the moles.

This game is amazingly fun and the art is beautiful. After playing this, I bought the physical board game and my friends and I have been playing it nonstop. So much fun.

Really complicated, but super fun to play. A great way to learn the game is through this digital version's tutorials.

Most replayable game out there. Can't recommend enough!

Great for getting quick and convenient games in. Great for learning new factions in single player. Great for testing out strategies and honing your Root skills. Also may help you realise some rules you have been getting wrong!

love board games in general. doing long distance at the moment and having a way to connect to friends and other. I always wanted to play this boardgame IRL but when I go visit my hometown my time is scarce and I did not want to force my friends to learn a game then play it to see if we like it. Used this version to aclimate my players. Now we can't wait to play it IRL.

ps I have 4 rats and I want the lords of the hundred IN NOW!

Translates the mechanics of the board game beautifully. Good challenges for solo mode and easy-to-follow tutorials.

Phenomenal game with true depth without the clutter some other board games have. Only problem is the quitters in online play. If developers implement an escalating timeout system for frequent quitters, this would be one of my go-to games.

While I enjoy a lot of aspects of this game, I dont enjoy playing two specific factions. That wouldnt be an issue considering there are 8 factions currently with dlc that I own, but the online games that I can find have a draft mechanic that will limit the factions you can choose from. The game currently have 7 insurgent factions and 3 military, and every game has to have atleast one military faction. Out of these factions I enjoy all the 7 insurgent and 1 military(the moles), and I dislike the birds and the cat. For some reason I am always forced to choose from the birds and the cat, partly because I am not lucky and partly because nobody wants to play them either.

The game doesnt have matchmaking. The bots are nice I guess, but I cant understand why cant they just put a little bit effort into letting you choose the factions you like to play, have a button for matchmaking, and put a lobby together with their stupid advanced setup rules where everyone can actually play the faction they want. If I would be at an actual table in real life I could voice that hey, I am not going to play the cats, lets figure something out. In a videogame doing this is really really awkward, leaving a game ruines for the rest of the group, or being stuck playing a game with a faction you do not like. Its really a shame beacuse you would think that if I enjoy 80% of the factions, I would have 80% good time with this game, but instead its like 50% fun 50% cat and birds. I want to have more agency over what I play in this game, and I cannot be the only one.

well designed, and the offline play is good enough but online is practically impossible to have a game where someone doesnt just stop playing part way through or quit two turns in.

It's Root, of course it's recommended. One of my gateway board games. Very recommended to people who wanted to learn root by playing it, In the physical form, we wont know the rules is done correctly or not, but in this digital version, the autosolver would literally only run if we play by the rules (obviously).

Literally root ported to a digital version, I don't encounter any flaws, so yeah really enjoyable.

All my friends are too special and unique in the brain (Lobotimized) to play the game but if you have some smarter friends its a lot of fun.

This game is awesome! To really understand how to win, an understanding of each of the factions in play is necessary. Start with the birds and the cats, and eventually add the woodland alliance and finally the vagabond. Once the vagabond is added, old cards have new added effects. This game has a lot of replay ability. Although the ai isn’t great, the cards change the game so a victory isn’t guaranteed. An individual game is pretty short with ai. I didn’t test human opponents.

Great game but you should definetely get the Riverfolk DLC to play the game to the fullest. For every DLC you have the game gets Significantly better!

Best modern board game in the best digital adaptation of a board game ever, what else do you need?
Devs are really slow in implementing expansion content, and there are still plenty of things missing like hirelings, 5-6 player support, new factions etc, but I am thankful this exists at all.

One of the best implementations of a board game. Highly recommended.

First of all - I enjoyed the game and had a good time playing it. Probably because I was winning all the time once I figured out how to run rings around the AI.

I can't recommend it before they fix the god-awful AI. It's litterally unable to play the game in any meaningful way - especially as anything but the cats.

The Eagles constantly doesn't use it's eagle cards for building nests, but on other stuff. And then uses the coloured cards for building where it can't, going into turmoil. It uses two coloured cards in a turn, when it doesn't have to - going into turmoil.
As the Woodland Alliance all you need to do is stay close to the eagles, they'll use so many cards on moving that you'll win in short order.
The Eagles also constantly leave their nests undefended, while moving massive forces into areas it can't do a thing in. Before going into turmoil.
The Eagles basically only have a chance IF they start as the vulture - with the build in all places option.

Just sad to see that the devs haven't done anytthing to fix this.

The vagabond dicks around, trading cards for stuff - just to have to immediately discard the stuff it got, because it's used the bag to trade for whatever and doesn't have any space.
It uses it's crossbow to kill single units in areas with no buildings. Earning no points. And never uses it's special ability to repair three things as the fox. BUT if it has any hammers and damaged equipment, it'll stick around in an empty clearing fixing one item each turn and NOTHING else (unless there happens to be a quest there).

The Woodland Alliance almost always spends it's first points getting sympathy in a three unit province, costing more and saving nothing for a possible rebellion next turn. It dicks arouns for turns after turn, getting nowhere (unless it happens to be next to the eagles, in which case it usually gets a lot of points from the moving back and forth).
Once it has a base, it spends all it's card getting generals and stacking several units in one clearing (usually because a neighbouring clearing has a lot of units, but the WA shouldn't care about that stuff, it wins points on spreading sympathy, not turtling).

The cats basically work as a turtle that want to craft a lot of points, which isn't all that bad, but it's too easy to outplay them once you know this.
They only send one or two units on attack missions, because they want to turtle. Instead of the three units that would give them the most punch. And they first aid every single dead unit, instead of saving cards for big important losses.
They love wasting cards on making more wood, when they have no use for it. Especially throwing out cards like destroy all or ambush on this stuff.
And when they move, they just move one unit here and unit there (making sympathy for the WA). The cats should focus on establishing a strong defensive line across like three provinces, but the AI doesn't know this and just go willy-nilly, making doomstacks here and there that do nothing.


Amd none of the AI beeline for the destroy all clearings of one colour, once they have them. Spending the cards on dicking around.


This is on all difficulties mind you. And all the scenarios. I haven't bought the dlc's because I can't support a game where the game part doesn't really work. It's beautiful though - and I've only come across a few bugs, mainly to do with the rollback feature.

Also don't ask people for their save games to see this stuff. Just play one game and you'll see the jank and horrible AI in action.

Root is an incredible and dynamic asymmetric war game. It is super cute but equally vicious. I learned to play on the physical base game, but the digital game really helps one navigate the intricacies of each faction to master the game.

It's cool, Would recommend playing on Tabletop Simulator or In real life first before playing this!

Good game. Most of the bugs I've been encountering have to do with playing with a controller. I've been having no problem with touchscreen/computer.

the game currently has a game breaking bug that does not let you continue your turn this need to be fixed promptly. The bug happens almost every game when playing with friends the game is very fun but almost unplayable with this issue.

Never did I think that one day, one simple game could set my heart on fire. Like a book you open without knowing its pages, I ventured into this video game world without any expectations, not even knowing its cardboard ancestor. It all began with a turmoil I couldn't control, a confusion I couldn't name. The Eyrees faction, with its obscure mechanisms and ruthless workings, initially repulsed me. A muted hatred had set in, exacerbated by the humiliation of seeing others, more skillful, wield them to defeat me. But as the game went on, like a stubborn sailor facing headwinds, I persevered. Little by little, I tamed these birds of prey, deciphered their mysteries, until they became my own, and then one day, just as a poet finally reaches the perfection of his verse, my decree extended over twelve bird cards, without faltering, without ever falling into turmoil. Was this a stroke of genius or a simple caprice of chance? No matter, because in that suspended moment, I reigned over the air. This game has become a vivid flame within me, a source of both joy and fierce competitiveness. It awakens the worst instincts, teaching me to distrust those I thought were friends, revealing the subtle cruelty of betrayed alliances. A lesson in life, engraved in every part, and without a doubt, the favourite of my heart at the moment.

I'll conclude with these words, borrowed from an exceptional artist: Because sometimes in the life I’m too competitive, you know. - Mbappe.

you are cat. perhaps you are bird. you do not know what the otter is doing. perhaps you will gain a victory point, maybe two.

This is a game that I've tried out 3 or 4 times in the past, and it was so confusing at first that I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

And then...

And then it clicked, on the 5th try. And I clocked in 100+ hours in about 2 weeks. And it's the most wonderful board game I've ever played.

Game is a perfect replica of the board game. If you enjoy the board game, this is perfect for you.

Fun game, online matchmaking is kinda lame as people resign if they are losing or go AFK. The challenges are fun. I hope they add more DLC for the other expansions of the physical game.

Incredibly fun game, with really interesting mechanics! It's a really great option if you haven't got the physical version, or if it's complicated for you to get it, but still want to enjoy the game for the super fun experience it is!

Great adaptation of one of the best board games out there. Highly recommend. Shoutout to the "Woodland Warriors" discord - best place to find people to play with (don't do random matchmade games).

verry fun stragic game with lots of differnt possable outcomes. game is differnt every time!

The actual board game is incredible, but this port is kind of buggy, not unplayably so but we have had to scrap more than a couple games because of desyncing, dropping, or a bug that wouldn't let someone take their turn. But at the same time this version is very charming, cheap, and VERY convenient to play with friends that can't get together to play the game physical, or that want to try the game out without having to spend over 100 dollars to buy everything physically.

Awesome gameplay variativity!