The Poisoned Roots is a narrative driven game about abuse, obsession, and the dark secrets of a troubled American home. It's a short game, and is intended to be played in a single sitting. The story is told through the environment as well as the various interactable objects within the game. There is minimal hand-holding and players must pay close attention to details in order to uncover the events that transpired.
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Contemporary, grave, intimate and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Artificial Absurdity
- Publisher
- Artificial Absurdity
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- Unity 2020
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