Root
- Developer
- Dire Wolf Digital
- Publisher
- Dire Wolf Digital
- Released
- 29 August 2020
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £11.39
Platforms: PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch
Genres: simulator , strategy , turn based strategy tbs , indie , card and board game
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!
Best gaming PC for Root in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Root today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Dire Wolf Digital on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 (64bit version only) | Windows 10 (64bit version only) |
| CPU | Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ or better |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| GPU | Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities | Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities |
| Storage | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 13 September 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Root?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 and your GPU is at or above Graphics card with DX11, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.