The second premium release, and the entry that spends its whole length on the Vanderboom family history — the thread the Cube Escape games keep gesturing at.
Where it sits in the series
Roots matters more than its position suggests for anyone arriving from Servant of the Lake. Servant is set before Roots, in spring 1839, which makes Roots the game its ending points forward to. Roots, Rusty Lake Hotel and Rusty Lake Paradise are the three entries that dig into family history rather than the lake's present.
What is confirmed
| Released | 2016 |
| Line | Standalone — entry 12 of the nineteen |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| Metacritic | 75 — one of only four entries Metacritic scores |
Everything this table does not list is in the unconfirmed notes on this page rather than filled in from a guess. The four-source basis for the catalogue is set out on all 19 games.
Play order
In release order this is number 12 of nineteen. It follows Rusty Lake Hotel and is followed by Rusty Lake Paradise.
The two lines interleave by year, so a flat release list is not the same as reading the Cube Escape games first. The sorted version is on Rusty Lake games in order.
Related
- Rusty Lake games in order — the full play order, and where to start
- All 19 Rusty Lake games — the complete catalogue with years and protagonists
- The Rusty Lake timeline — story order versus release order
- Which one is best — the four entries Metacritic scores
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Not confirmed
We could not verify the following against a source we trust, so it is left out rather than guessed at.
- Exact release date. The year is confirmed against two sources; the day is not.
- Playtime. Rusty Lake has never published a figure for this entry and no aggregator lists one.
- Current price and free/paid status. Being collected per entry from the store listings.
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