√Letter - Root Letter -
Released Jul 2017
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
78% positive · 579 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $1.99 $19.99 −90%
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Evaluation
Root Letter launched on July 7, 2017 as a complete visual novel mystery experience. The game shipped with a single DLC item — a digital artbook — which was also released on launch day. No expansions, story DLC, or additional content have been released or announced at any point. The developer's news feed contains no post-launch communications of any kind, and the store description presents the game as a fully self-contained experience with five endings. This is consistent with a game that launched as a finished product with no post-launch content plans.
Evidence
The only DLC is a digital artbook released on launch day. No additional DLC has been listed or released since.
Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained murder mystery visual novel with five endings and no mention of future content or updates.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Achievements
26
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared.
Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth. Using Visual Novel and investigative gameplay elements, Root Letter elevates the Visual Novel genre to a whole new level.
Root Letter Features:
• An intense murder mystery set in a gorgeous, real-word, rural Japanese setting.
• Stunning Visual Novel artwork from the renowned artist Minoboshi Taro.
• Increased gameplay elements - search for clues, present evidence and explore environments.
• Travel freely around Shimane, visiting real world locations and interviewing suspects.
• Interrogation mode allows you to present evidence to characters and catch them out in lies.
• Unravel the truth from your pen-friend's letters - was she telling the truth, was she even real?
• Make difficult choices as you straddle an investigation spanning 15 years.
• Five different endings with wildly different routes - for a huge level of replayability.
• Incredible Soundtrack from composer Takashi Nitta and lead voice actor role for Noriko Hidaka (Ranma)
Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth. Using Visual Novel and investigative gameplay elements, Root Letter elevates the Visual Novel genre to a whole new level.
Root Letter Features:
• An intense murder mystery set in a gorgeous, real-word, rural Japanese setting.
• Stunning Visual Novel artwork from the renowned artist Minoboshi Taro.
• Increased gameplay elements - search for clues, present evidence and explore environments.
• Travel freely around Shimane, visiting real world locations and interviewing suspects.
• Interrogation mode allows you to present evidence to characters and catch them out in lies.
• Unravel the truth from your pen-friend's letters - was she telling the truth, was she even real?
• Make difficult choices as you straddle an investigation spanning 15 years.
• Five different endings with wildly different routes - for a huge level of replayability.
• Incredible Soundtrack from composer Takashi Nitta and lead voice actor role for Noriko Hidaka (Ranma)
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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