Rottenroots

From the Devs

A Deeply Personal Roleplaying Experience

You play as Salem, torn between family legacy and forbidden love, thrown into a death tournament. Can you help him survive, love, rescue and betray... while figuring out who he wants to be? With dozens of endings waiting to be discovered, your Salem could become a hero, villain, or something far more complex.

Dynamic Character Relationships

Friends and villains remember what you did and evolve alongside your choices. Betray, and suffer the consequences. Show kindness, and enemies might become allies. Every one of the 800+ choice options shifts Salem’s personality in some way, creating a truly personalized experience every time!

Every Second Counts

Face tense moments where hesitation means life or death, and split-second decisions determine the route you’re going down. Rottenroots delivers action, heart and moral dilemmas at a fast pace that will keep you hooked till the end!

A Hauntingly Beautiful Dystopia

In a solarpunk world corrupted by evil, the line between utopia and nightmare blurs with each passing day. Experience a world where technology and nature intertwine, in some faraway woods full of dark secrets for you to uncover...

Why You’ll Love Rottenroots

• A branching story where your decisions matter. Every decision you make changes Salem and his relationships with the people around him.

• A battle royale full of mysteries. As his dying father asks for help, Salem gets sucked into the Königstanz, a three-day death tournament where teens fight each other to win the world’s highest honor. Can you help him win, all while piecing together the dark secrets lying in the soil?

• Starting classes and role-playing. Rottenroots uses RPG elements to let you choose who you want to be. Are you a shy outsider in the Occult Club by night and/or the Football Club captain by day? Or more the nerdy Literature Club type that does fencing on the side? 45 different starting class builds change how you interact with the world and how Salem’s story unfolds!

• A dynamic relationship system that reacts to everything you do. Will you break up? Betray your sister? Find the new love of your life? Every choice shapes the direction of the story, spun around an impossible love triangle.

• 25+ different endings. Discover dozens of endings ranging from heart-wrenching to surreal to bittersweet, each reflecting the culmination of your moral choices. A little voice whispered to me that the first playthrough is just the beginning...

• Gouache and watercolor meet digital post-processing. Immerse yourself in the vibrant, surreal and hauntingly beautiful art by Laura Meggers , whose distinctive blend of handcrafted textures and digital techniques brings this dystopian world to life.

• A whimsical, mysterious and sometimes horrifying soundtrack. The soundtrack features heartfelt, otherworldly melodies composed by Atelier Magicae. But it also includes intense tracks by other artists that get deep under your skin, as you wander through the dark woods, in search of hope and love...                

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