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Roots of Yggdrasil

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?

Global score

88/100

Genres

Indie, Strategy, Puzzle

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Pros

  • Unique blend of deckbuilding and city building
  • Engaging strategic gameplay with meaningful choices
  • Cozy norse mythology theme and art style
  • Strong replayability with meta progression
  • Responsive and active developer support

Cons

  • Some ui and quality-of-life issues (building placement, tooltips)
  • Story and character interactions are light and slow
  • Meta progression can feel grindy and slow
  • Runs may become repetitive after many loops
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

Analysis

A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Status.

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

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  • Competence
    4

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  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -3

    "Focus is on single-player experience without competitive or ranked modes; play is at personal pace without comparison to others."

    Capsule for There Came an Echo There Came an Echo

    "Focus is on single-player experience with no mention of ranked modes or direct player-vs-player competition; play is at personal pace and self-set goals."

  • Continuation
    4

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  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    -5

    "Entirely single-player with no cooperative or multiplayer elements described."

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    "Entirely single-player with no cooperative or multiplayer elements described."

  • Creativity
    4

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  • Domination

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    -5

    "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are single-player and cooperative dominance is absent."

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    "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are single-player and cooperative social dominance is absent."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    4

    "Players use game as a fun distraction and stress relief; immersive Norse theme and engaging gameplay provide escape."

    Capsule for Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

    "Players use the game as a relaxing, immersive escape with cozy atmosphere, Norse mythology theme, and stress-relieving gameplay."

  • Expectation
    -4

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  • Experimenting
    4

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  • Exploration
    3

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  • Expression
    3

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  • Fantasy
    4

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  • Fellowship
    -5

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  • Growth
    4

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  • Health
    -5

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  • Idle
    -3

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  • Intimacy
    -4

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  • Leadership
    -4

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  • Progression
    4

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  • Relaxation
    4

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  • Sensation
    3

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  • Status
    -5

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  • Story
    3

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  • Strategy
    5

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  • Thrill
    3

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  • Value
    4

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  • Violence
    -4

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  • Survival
    3

    No nearest game available

Last update: 23/05/2026