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2026USK 6PC, Steam Deck playable68 % positive14.79 €

A dark strategy game where you spread hungry roots across swamps, frozen mountains and human cities using a card-connecting mechanic. Relentless expansion drives its horror-tinged fantasy mood.

  • Dread and tension
  • Turn-based combat
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Tactical depth
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Roots Devour special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Shadows of Forbidden Gods

88 %Match

2023PC, Steam Deck playable91 % positive16.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Roots Devour: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as turn-based combat.

A dark fantasy strategy simulation where you aim to end the world, sending covert agents across a living map to scheme, perform rituals, spread plague and summon horrors.

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