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Root

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

What works

  • Faithful and high-quality adaptation of the board game
  • Deep asymmetric strategy with unique factions
  • Excellent tutorials and solo challenges
  • Active online multiplayer with asynchronous play
  • Charming art and immersive theme

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Ai can be predictable and weak
  • Online multiplayer can have bugs and connectivity issues
  • Lack of some expansions and 5-6 player support
  • Some players report toxic behavior in multiplayer

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Cannon Brawl

  • Touhou Ibunseki - Ayaria Dawn: ReCreation

  • Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2

  • Armello

  • Slap City

  • Gremlins, Inc.

More exploratory

Games that feels like Root but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Renowned Explorers: International Society

  • Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

  • Northgard: Definitive Edition

  • ENDLESS Legend™

  • Tooth and Tail

  • Coromon

Less dominating

Games that feels like Root but with less domination over others

  • Across the Obelisk

  • Swords and Sandals Classic Collection

  • Temtem

  • Wargroove

  • Worms Clan Wars

  • Shard Squad

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Root. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Root. These titles are not in What to play next.

Root: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026