Root Of Evil: The Tailor

Released Dec 2016

You will play a telepath named James. He has the ability to connect with the soul thus he can understand their past. He was hired to explore what happened in the previous 20 years in a haunted house This is the puzzle game!

83% positive · 546 reviews

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Evaluation

Root of Evil: The Tailor launched on December 8, 2016 as a self-contained first-person puzzle/horror game developed by a single person. The store description presents a complete, standalone experience with a defined story and no mention of planned expansions, DLC, or ongoing updates. The developer's post history — 14 posts total — contains no major content releases after launch. The most recent developer communication was on May 10, 2017, a localization patch adding Chinese and Korean language support for Mac OS. A March 26, 2017 post announced the developer had moved on to a new project ("Windy Kingdoms"), signaling that active development on this game had concluded. There is no DLC, no roadmap, no outstanding content commitments, and no developer communications of any kind since May 2017. The game shipped as a finished product and has received no post-launch content additions.

Evidence

Developer announced they had started a new project ('Windy Kingdoms'), signaling attention had shifted away from this game.

news post · Mar 26, 2017 source development ending

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Store description presents a complete, self-contained story with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned future content.

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Details

Developer

EastFog Studios

Publisher

EastFog Studios

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Adventure Horror Indie Casual Action Simulation Puzzle

About this game

Story

The story is about a case happened 20 years ago!
A family consisting of a married couple were killed and they left their child who was recently born. Police had investigated and said that this was a suicide and the case was closed. The child, then, was sent to an orphanage.

After the case ended, a series of bizarre things happened inside that house. People heard footsteps at night and especially they also heard the sewing machine ran. The neighbors were too scared to get close to the house, they believed that ghosts of couple still existed and possessed this house.
20 years after the child was abandoned 20 years ago now was a girl, she began exploring why her parents had suicided and whether the ghost of her parents are really possessing this house. She decided to hire a telepath and an exorcist to found out the past 20 years ago.

Gameplay

You will play a telepath named James. He has the ability to connect with the soul thus he can understand their past. He was hired to explore what happened in the previous 20 years in this house.

This is the puzzle game! Gameplay uses the first person perspective, your mission searching for items and solve puzzles in order to connect with the souls of those who died in the house and listen to them recount their past. As you roam the house and look for haunted items you will have to face the evil phenomenon can make you startled .... With a great storyline and compelling game puzzle game that you will not be disappointed

About

This game was developed by only one person. Despite of limited human resources, I always try to give you the best experience while gaming.

With spending a lot of effort on graphics and ingenuity in leading the storyboard, I believe that when you’re gaming you will feel like more than watching a movie. The game have the knots of the past of characters which towards the end of the game everything will gradually clear.