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Pierre Vandermaesen · Published by VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Plant trees, spread your roots and explore the underground in this cute and relaxing small-town sim!
Free
Indie, Simulation, Casual · More free games
Embark on a serene journey through Rootown, an indie simulation crafted by Pierre Vandermaesen. Plant trees, expand your roots, and dive into the relaxing exploration of an underground small town.
About this game
From little seeds grow big forrests! Plant trees, spread your roots and explore the underground in this cute and relaxing small-town sim. Use the forest to improve the life of your neighbours, find hidden treasures underground and collect tons of trees and animals from around the world!
Find a good patch of soil and sprout! Select the right tree for the job and explore the underground, collecting water, minerals and fossils along the way.
You could even clean up the soil from nasty pollutants while you're down there!
Use your forrest to better the lives of your animal neighbours! Grow your town, unlock new building and activities, talk to your fellow townsfolk and try to help them!
GROW
Find a good patch of soil and sprout! Select the right tree for the job and explore the underground, collecting water, minerals and fossils along the way.
You could even clean up the soil from nasty pollutants while you're down there!
HARVEST
Cut your trees to get wood, or let them grow and wait for fruits! Use the ecosystem to your advantage and improve your harvests day after day!IMPROVE
Use your forrest to better the lives of your animal neighbours! Grow your town, unlock new building and activities, talk to your fellow townsfolk and try to help them!
TRAVEL
Travel to different biomes with unique challenges (arid desert, frozen mountain, polluted city...) and discover unique new trees and animals!System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Dual-core CPU @ 2GHz
- Graphics: GeForce GT 630 or AMD Radeon HD 7450
Supported Languages
English, French
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Try out Rootown's Demo !
Yes, I'm still working on this {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43725670/e0d5cbbd6895c356ecaa698efaf155c6342d8705.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43725670/417f04547ac3ca204435b55f6d7f6d780a83e6a1.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43725670/e805ff47bb1b21185298937bf260abc96f653738.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43725670/84b2672827e6543f2f9bec8c6e0752ceaf205b70.gif I know that some of might have thought this project was abandonned, considering the absolute lack of updates to the Steam Page. Here's a little summary of what happened since last year : I started working and transform my early prototype to a full game, but I encountered some design roadblocks that lead me to halt developpment and give myself time to think about the game. In the meantime, I also dealt with IRL stuff that took me a lot of hours in the day. But since october 2024 I have been resuming work on the project, marketing and such (you might have seen the game resurface on tik tok for the past few months) So yeah, I now have a pretty good idea of what the game should look like, and even if I still have a lot of content to make, I'm pleased to announced I finally have a little demo for you to try So, where's the demo ? If you want to try it out, you can find it on my itch.io here The game looks a bit different than the trailer, especially the town part. I had to redesign the entire thing after realizing that the whole thing looked cool but was really boring. I hope I didn't change it too much that you would think I'm doing a bait and switch, I just refined the early prototype (that I used to make the old trailer) to find a good and pleasant gameplay loop. Keep in mind that this is a really early demo. There will be bugs, there will be missing content, there will be weird stuff. But I think it still has enough working pieces to give you a sense of what the final game will look like. If you want to keep in touch during developpment, we also have a discord server for the game I'm going on vacation as soon as this post goes live, so I won't be able t...Read full article on Community Announcements (vandermaesengames)
