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Röki
Developer Polygon Treehouse
Röki is an adventure video game developed by British studio Polygon Treehouse and published by United Label Games. It follows Tove, a young girl, traveling into the ancient wilderness to rescue her younger brother Lars from Röki, a pitch-black monster from the pages of a fairy tale. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
241 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
177 positive · 20 negative
95% range 85–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 177 | 20 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 0 | 37 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,303 of 1,422 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 170 yes, 21 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (2,880 of 3,236 positive).
Players praise the game's beautiful art, atmosphere, and Nordic folklore themes. [1][2][3] Many find the puzzles clever and logical, though some become confusing or tedious. [1][4][5] Common complaints include unskippable animations, slow pacing, and a poor save system. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [7]
❌ ❌ ❌ Boring dialogues, uninteresting storyline, lots of backtracking, unbelievably slow animations. Unskippable dialogues are annoying. Please let me skip the 100 million years of skits and animations! Or let me fast-forward dang it! I find myself pressing the button every few seconds. So irritating that I wanna throw my keyboard across the room. Some of the puzzles were just dumb. e.g. the spider boss, you install …
- [1]
The whole game is a puzzle adventure where you explore, collect items, and try to figure out how things connect. At the beginning, it feels easy and simple, but later the puzzles get harder and make you stop and think. Sometimes I got stuck and kept walking around like, “What am I missing?” 😅 There were also times when I already had the right item but didn’t know where to use it. Some puzzles are fun and logical, …
- [2]
I didn’t know much about Nordic folklore going in, but I really enjoyed this game. The puzzles are clever without being too difficult. It’s a warm, relaxing experience, and the atmosphere is incredibly cozy. The art is absolutely beautiful.
- [3]
An emotional tale wrapped in Scandinavian folklore. I didn’t expect too much from this little adventure game, but I was pleasantly surprised. The childish art style took me a bit of time to enjoy. It’s not the most amazing, but it does make the experience feel less bleak considering the rather sad story being told. Speaking of the story, it is clearly the most important part of the game. Nonetheless, there is plenty …
- [4]
TRULY a hidden gem. Everything is great; despite the cute looks, it has drama mixed into the story. The puzzles are great, not too hard and not too easy, especially the puzzles inside the castle, and not to mention the great soundtracks.
Summarised from 34 of the 234 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Röki sits at 90% positive across 197 opinionated reactions from 2 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Röki received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 78% of critics. Tola Onanuga of The Guardian calls the game an "impressively rich point-and-click adventure game". She finds some of the puzzles challenging, but when she took time to survey her surroundings - generally fairly easy. She also likes the game's "striking cel-shaded design". However, she scores the game 3 out of 5 stars. Pascal Tekaia of Adventure Gamers writes that the cast of characters is impressive. He praises the dialog and voice acting, even though each line of subtitled dialog is…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 241 · most liked first📢 EEEP!!! MYTHWRECKED is OUT NOW After *3 years* my next indie game (following Röki) is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox and Nintendo Switch... 🏝️ Explore a secret island ⚡️ Meet the gods of legend 🔎 Uncover the truth, behind the myth
neutral · AI labelView post →I always bang on about 'get things in-game ASAP'. Here's a good example from our last project (Röki) where I didn't do that and it bit-me-in-the-bum™ a little. Tove's walk...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're looking for something creepy but cute, to play this Halloween you might want to check out our debut indie game, Röki.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact. The facial rigs I created for our debut indie game (Röki) were inspired by Laika's stop motion techniques.
neutral · AI labelView post →My next indie game Mythwrecked releases tomorrow! I'm getting a bit misty-eyed about where my indie journey began, with Tove and Röki. Cool to see our two unlikely 'fish-out-of-water' heroes side-by-side 💙
neutral · AI labelView post →6 years ago yesterday we released Röki, our debut indie game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a break down on Tove's facial animation rig that I created for my debut indie game, Röki.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey Rami, I'm working on my third indie game, following Mythwrecked (just landed on GamePass) and Röki. Nothing to share just yet but I'm enjoying stepping into a new world.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's some screenshots from our debut indie game, Röki. That came out a few years ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's some screenshots from my debut indie game, Röki...
neutral · AI labelView post →I got a record player a few years back, initially to try out the test pressing of the Röki vinyl (our first indie game). I've been collecting game soundtracks ever since.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the trickiest parts of Mythwrecked has been balancing the colour palette for the various times of day, and the transitions between them (the game has a dynamic day/night cycle). With Röki (our last indie game), all scenes had a static colour scheme, so this was a whole new ball game...
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a look at the 'unlit lighting' system I devised for our debut indie game (Röki) to bed our flat-shaded characters into the game world.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was demoing and doing press for Röki at EGX. Someone completed the demo, we sat down for the interview and they started calling me Henrik. Lesson. Make sure you've not accidentally inserted yourself into your own game 😳
neutral · AI labelView post →It would seem I can't make an indie game without putting a giant doggo in it. Röki had a enormous wolf god that slumbered on a high mountain peak. I wonder what Mythwrecked will have?
neutral · AI labelView post →🔥🔥 HOT NEWS! 🔥🔥 I’m a *huge* fan of awesome indie game studio @polygontreehouse.bsky.social (Röki, Mythwrecked) And now… we’ve got something very, very cool brewing together 👀⤵️
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a video breakdown of how I created the illusion of a giant raven god for Röki, my debut indie game.
neutral · AI labelView post →You folks seemed to enjoy the early facial animation test from Mythwrecked that I shared yesterday, so here's another one... This time it's Tove, from our debut indie game Röki.
neutral · AI labelView post →Naming your indie game is tricky. Both Röki and Mythwrecked are designed to hint at the game whilst being totally made-up words. One plus side of this is your Google searches gives *very* clean results.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some of my 2D character design iterations for our debut indie game, Röki.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, real talk. We’ve got 18 exciting games on the show floor for you to play. All with developers there to chat with. Fireside chats with Adam Sawkins (Burnout, GRID), Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou (Röki, Mythwrecked) and more Plus an entire awards show! Come and play with us Tickets: debugawards.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a breakdown of Tove's walk animation from my indie game Röki...
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a 3D/2D hybrid character I created and animated for Röki. The character is a monster who slowly transforms into a little boy over the course of the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The lovely @ali-audio.bsky.social has arrived on Bluesky!!! Ali did all the sound design for our debut indie game Röki, so be sure to follow him to bless your ears with sound-based treats.
neutral · AI labelView post →Quick someone go and leave a steam review for Röki, it's about to become a 2K banger.
positive · AI labelView post →Some screenshots from our debut indie game, Röki. #gamedev #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Game dev Quote Post. Hello, I'm Alex the Creative Director and Lead Developer of Polygon Treehouse. We make art-led narrative games and our debut indie game (Röki) was nominated for 'Best Debut Game' & 'Best British Game' at the BAFTA Game Awards and 'Best Debut Game' at The Game Awards.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’re looking for a cozy-ish wintery game Röki is your choice. It’s an adventure game based in Nordic mythology. #cozygames #games #ігри #switch
positive · AI labelView post →...I learnt a lot from our first indie game Röki. The first attempt was kinda cool and atmospheric but didn't really smack you in the face and the character was pretty small in most compositions.
neutral · AI labelView post →...Röki 🏆 BAFTA Game Awards Nominee 'Best Debut Game' 🏆 BAFTA Game Awards Nominee 'Best British Game' 🏆 The Game Awards Nominee 'Best Debut Game' 🏆 Develop Star Winner 'Best Micro Studio' 🏆 Develop Star Winner 'Best Narrative' store.steampowered.com/app/1067540/...
neutral · AI labelView post →...some highlights. First, the plaque we got from @superraregames.bsky.social for the physical launch of our debut indie game, Röki 💙
neutral · AI labelView post →...Our debut game Röki, is an explore-o-puzzle adventure game inspired by Scandinavian folklore. It was won a bunch of awards and was nominated for the BAFTAS and The Game Awards. You can play on Steam below, but it's also out on all the consoles too! store.steampowered.com/app/1067540/...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is why Röki and Mythwrecked are brand new words distilled for each game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Omg you were involved with Röki! I loved that game!! I look forward to the newest one as well. 🙏🏾✨
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished Röki by @polygontreehouse.bsky.social, beautiful game!
positive · AI labelView post →Some screenshots from our debut indie game Röki to gently ram into your eyeballs.
neutral · AI labelView post →❌ ❌ ❌ Boring dialogues, uninteresting storyline, lots of backtracking, unbelievably slow animations. Unskippable dialogues are annoying. Please let me skip the 100 million years of skits and animations! Or let me fast-forward dang it! I find myself pressing the button every few seconds. So irritating that I wanna throw my keyboard across the room. Some of the puzzles were just dumb. e.g. the spider boss, you install Mirror A on the 1st floor, install Mirror B on the 2nd floor, go back to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The whole game is a puzzle adventure where you explore, collect items, and try to figure out how things connect. At the beginning, it feels easy and simple, but later the puzzles get harder and make you stop and think. Sometimes I got stuck and kept walking around like, “What am I missing?” 😅 There were also times when I already had the right item but didn’t know where to use it. Some puzzles are fun and logical, but others can feel a bit confusing and slow down the game. I really like the art…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Three years ago our debut indie game Röki launched on PC... 🎂🎂🎂
neutral · AI labelView post →Sights & Sounds Nightmare fuel With the dark fairytale story and aesthetics, it would be reasonable to assume that monster design is one of the most frightening things in Röki. Not so. In fact, if you want to see that, all you actually need to do is look up some screenshots or promotional art featuring the protagonist, Tove, or her little brother, Lars, and zoom in on their faces I'm unsure if it's the sunken-looking eyes, the unexpectedly detailed mouths and teeth, the heavy shadows on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an absolute slog. The story is cool and it's visually pleasing but it was just tedious to get through. Look, I expect backtracking in point-and-click games but while the puzzles were generally straightforward some of them were horribly designed where even if you get the solution on the first try you have to suffer through several ultra slow animations of climbing up and down, placing / removing items and repetitive dialog. I think there's like 4 hours of content in this game, which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Our debut indie game, Röki!
neutral · AI labelView post →TRULY a hidden gem. Everything is great; despite the cute looks, it has drama mixed into the story. The puzzles are great, not too hard and not too easy, especially the puzzles inside the castle, and not to mention the great soundtracks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you didn't play Röki, it was a damn treat. So it'd be worth it to check out Alex's next game Mythwrecked. Also, check out Röki. Seriously, great game.
positive · AI labelView post →The biggest problem is that the priority is story telling and not the gameplay, so it happens a lot that it's not fun playing it. Some parts are even boring and annoying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty cool game with reasonably logical usage of collected items. Plays more like an action point & click than a tradition P&C game or straight action game. Visually really nice, and lore and story are great, though the lack of dedicated voice acting for the poignant story moments ruins the immersion. I think I might have been more emotionally invested otherwise. Biggest gripe however is that there is no chapter select or manual save option, which dissuades 100% achievement hunting. If you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trolls, kids, and parents' neglect
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did like the charm, aesthetic, and folklore of this game. But I am somewhere near the end of Act 2 and I'm not sure if I'll be going back to finish the game. Some of my only critisism (and the reason I stopped) is that there are animations for everything and dialog and you cannot skip any of it. This is normally fine for a story game but when the gameplay involves solving puzzles and they might require some trial-and-error to figure out how the puzzles work and for the solution itself. For…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is a second time i purchase the game and the error still there i can't move the character .... seriously when you gonna fix the problem? i really want to play this game please fix it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fitting artstyle, great soundtrack, difficulty that is right on the spot. The story is very touching even if simple enough to understand. Couldn't ask for anything else. Only bummer is the save system which makes getting all achievements way harder than what it should be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn’t know much about Nordic folklore going in, but I really enjoyed this game. The puzzles are clever without being too difficult. It’s a warm, relaxing experience, and the atmosphere is incredibly cozy. The art is absolutely beautiful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring. It is a beatifully made kind-of-point-n-click puzzle game, and the story seems to be promising. But all the animations, dialogues, etc are made so slow and unskippable (at least immediately)... Controls are also weird, I think just having a full-on mouse control with visible cursor and a click-to-move navigation would be already so much better. As it is now, I feel so bored I just cannot.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#PlatinumTrophy number 56. #Röki was a lovely little game, but I couldn't have gotten the trophies on my own. Much to find, combine and use in certain ways. #PS5 #PS4 #Playstation
positive · AI labelView post →This is a thoughtfully designed point and click adventure, with engaging puzzles that nicely fit the Scandinavian mythos and monsters used. There's shortcuts to places you'll be travelling regularly, and items make sense in how you're supposed to use them. I did, however, find that 3 times there were very small items that were important to continue that I just didn't see. The story is both fun but melancholic in places, with a bittersweet but happy ending. Between the art and the story, it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is definitely an experience. The whole story is very emotional and despite the cute characters and fun puzzles the whole vibe is pretty gloomy and oppressive. I honestly liked playing it and didn't find boring at all, but I can totally see why it can be slow for some people. And because of it's gloomy atmosphere you won't be always in the mood to play it, which can break its flow a little bit. That's also the reason why I found one of the latest puzzles a bit too hard, had to look…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This seems to be trying to be a Point & Click adventure without mouse support. Which makes for an awful experience. Trying to drag items using keys while your right hand is laying there, useless. And so completely unnecessary. Why? The mouse is the native organ of this genre. This is like developing a drawing app without a pointer. Unplayable. Refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautifull game, truly unique take on the point-and-click style adventure games of the 90's/early 2000's (sans point-and-click). The atmosphere is really cool, very norse mythology vibes mixed with cute children stories, yet still a bit creepy here and there. The gameplay is pretty smooth and intuitive, although I hated the last portion in the castle, where puzzles didn't feel as intuitive, and the lore lacked a bit (for example what are those creatures, why are they there, etc)... and it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, Röki is one of the most magical games I've ever played. Played the game together with my niece (8 years old). You learn about family values and the value of courage and confidence. What makes it even better is that the protagonist is a young girl searching for her brother. The game offers a great story and a beautiful although sometimes very melancholic and almost depressing atmosphere. The game elements such as the riddles are also great. So if you have a child (age 6…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was already finding the gameplay a slog, but I was invested enough to want to see the end of the story, so I was grinding through. Then I hit a bug that made progress impossible. I could restart the whole chapter (which has been the majority of the game I've played so far) and repeat a whole slog of running back and forth and solving boring puzzles, but I just don't care enough. Plus, there's no gaurantee that the same error wouldn't happen again when I got back to this point in the story. A…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun point and click with a cool art direction and interesting aesthetic. Overall it's decently fair, but there are a couple sections that either break it's logical conventions (for example, one "puzzle" requires you talk to an NPC, instead of use an item on something like every other puzzle in the game) or just devolve into straight pixel hunts (the wolf dream sequence is the absolute worst at this). This makes parts of the game into just clicking on literally everything to see what happens,…
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