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Roots of Pacha
Developer Soda Den
Roots of Pacha is a 2023 farm life sim indie video game set in the Stone Age developed and published by Soda Den, funded as a Kickstarter campaign. It allows up to four players to play online together. The village offers activities such as fishing, farming, wild animal domestication, cave exploration and romantic relationships. Overall it was inspired by the Stardew Valley and Story of Seasons series. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
367 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
185 positive · 25 negative
95% range 83–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 185 | 25 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 55 | 1 | 55 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 1 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,848 of 3,007 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 179 yes, 25 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 204 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (4,280 of 4,571 positive).
Some reviewers praise its prehistoric setting and innovative mechanics like crop domestication. [1][2][3] A few players criticize the game's slow pacing and lack of endgame content. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [4]
TL;DR: It's a standard farming sim with a stone age coat that goes through a midlife crisis at the end. So I went into this because of the concept. Paleolithic fantasy has always been a thing of fascination, just imagine figuring out the things we know as a matter of fact now in a time when those things needed to be discovered. You have to figure out taming animals, growing crops, watermills, toolmaking - it's not …
- [10]
So for years this game has been recommended to me. Honestly I was put off by the terrible chibi art used in all advertising. I went looking for the negative reviews that all said the game was just another stardew valley rip off with little unique to it. After playing some real bad cozy games lately I thought it couldn't be worse than those so lets try it. This game is amazing. I can't believe I waited so long to try …
- [11]
Easily my favorite Stardew-like game, I might like it even more than Stardew! Adorable art style, enjoyable progression with the ideas mechanic and crop (and animal!) domestication, cute puzzles, and overall very relaxing and fun gameplay. I really enjoyed breeding animals to get better stats, including a better mount, and hunting down the rare variations of the animals. I absolutely love the variety of mounts to …
- [12]
This game is WONDERFUL and deserves way more attention and traffic than it currently gets. Maybe like many of you, I found this game mentioned on a couple lists of things to try out after Stardew Valley -- I had achieved Perfection and also had a few other play throughs, so with 400+ hours in that game, I was excited to try something new. But I was skeptical I'd find something that I'd love as much and just assumed …
- [1]
This might be the only farming sim I've ever played that has a system for domesticating crops over time! It has a lot of unique features that I really enjoy, like the mount system. Some minor complaints: - The skintones for Black and brown characters are usually really ashy/desaturated, which is unfortunate. Please, give them some colour! Dark skintones are vibrant IRL! - Darker-skinned NPCs almost always have …
Summarised from 34 of the 345 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Roots of Pacha sits at 88% positive across 210 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Roots of Pacha received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. PC Gamer's Lauren Morton referred to the game as "my favorite Stardew Valley–like game". Andrea Shearon, also writing about the game for PC Gamer, wrote that Roots of Pacha "brilliantly iterates on a genre famous for finding joy in the monotonous and mundane." Sam Loveridge, writing for GamesRadar+, praised the game's originality, stating that it "manages to feel unique and refreshing, mostly because of its setting and its approach to progression."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 367 · most liked firstSo for years this game has been recommended to me. Honestly I was put off by the terrible chibi art used in all advertising. I went looking for the negative reviews that all said the game was just another stardew valley rip off with little unique to it. After playing some real bad cozy games lately I thought it couldn't be worse than those so lets try it. This game is amazing. I can't believe I waited so long to try it, it is so unique and they seem to have done so much research. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR: It's a standard farming sim with a stone age coat that goes through a midlife crisis at the end. So I went into this because of the concept. Paleolithic fantasy has always been a thing of fascination, just imagine figuring out the things we know as a matter of fact now in a time when those things needed to be discovered. You have to figure out taming animals, growing crops, watermills, toolmaking - it's not just there if you have the money, there's an at times frustratingly long…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've seen a few other reviews wishing for a neutral rating instead of just 'yes or no', and I can't help but wish for the same. Is the game worth the price and effort to comfortably almost complete it? Sure. Is it worth anything after the fact? Nope, won't even be memorable enough for a replay. I recommend this game for the "cozy" fun of a farming sim and getting to know the characters and feeling really immersed in your efforts as the player character of the story. It's also got engaging…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Prehistoric life and farming sim Roots of Pacha gets a surprise Anniversary Update #RootsofPacha #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
neutral · AI labelView post →I like these kind of games. A lot. And I must honestly say that when it comes to implementing common genre tropes: Roots of Pacha does it best. So, you won't miss one fruit and then have to wait a whole year for the right season to come back around. You don't have to keep the wiki open at all times, write notes and still miss things for later. Roots of Pacha manages to let you play without bogging new players down with WAAAAYYYYY too much information to keep track of. And as someone that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, so I finished the game, as in I'm part of the 0.9%, and the main reason I can't recommend the game is because the second half of it is an absolute SLOG. It stopped being fun 100 hours ago, but I wanted to get the ending. The animal husbandry takes FOREVER, and the ending I was presented with simply does not justify all the boring repetition I had to go through. Aside from that, the pacing of this game is just wonky. It takes half the game to meet all the characters (including all the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stone Age co-op farming & life sim Roots of Pacha gets a major 'Sun and Moon' v1.3 update.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Roots of Pacha again. I love the painting festival 🦊✨ #furryart #furry
positive · AI labelView post →Hi. I’m sregion and i host cosy game giveaways. i love indie games, animals, reading, cooking, gardening + progressive politics. she/her, feminist 💪🏼🌈 My fave games 🌿ACNH 🌿stardew valley 🌿Roots of Pacha 🌿Wylde flowers 🌿DDLV 🌿story of seasons #promosky
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to procrastinate on doing prints once again & play more Roots of Pacha A week before a con is probably not the ideal time to get addicted to a new game ...oh well www.twitch.tv/shiarragames
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve decided on ‘Roots of Pacha’ as my cozy-winter-time game this week c: So far… I feel like I’m not doing enough in each day lol but maybe I need to just kick back and embrace the hunter gatherer vibes
neutral · AI labelView post →Roots of Pacha – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch.
neutral · AI labelView post →This might be the only farming sim I've ever played that has a system for domesticating crops over time! It has a lot of unique features that I really enjoy, like the mount system. Some minor complaints: - The skintones for Black and brown characters are usually really ashy/desaturated, which is unfortunate. Please, give them some colour! Dark skintones are vibrant IRL! - Darker-skinned NPCs almost always have straight hair, and it would be nice to see more afrotextured hairstyles - both for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mental Health Monday is live! Come join for a little chill stream of a game I’ve been enjoying, Roots of Pacha! Twitch.tv/birdholly
positive · AI labelView post →If you like chill farming sims in general and have a non-pedantic interest in prehistoric culture (got to be able to let a lot anachronisms go) this is a worth the low price. Plays similar to Stardew, but with some interesting twists and doesn't seem like its in such a rush. There are seasonal crops, but that 28 day limit becomes less of one the more you play. I like the exploration in the world and the way it expands as you become ready for it. A great balance of farming, exploring, and social…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easily my favorite Stardew-like game, I might like it even more than Stardew! Adorable art style, enjoyable progression with the ideas mechanic and crop (and animal!) domestication, cute puzzles, and overall very relaxing and fun gameplay. I really enjoyed breeding animals to get better stats, including a better mount, and hunting down the rare variations of the animals. I absolutely love the variety of mounts to choose from! To be honest, what initially sold me on the game was the horses-…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roots of Pacha removed from Steam after fight with publisher Crytivo https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/roots-of-pacha-removed-from-steam-after-fight-with-publisher-crytivo/ #IndieGame #RootsofPacha #Crytivo
neutral · AI labelView post →I really love this game. Its super creative, pretty to look at and there is lots to do. I followed the development of it for years. However, I only have 30 hours because I always end up getting frustrated. I think it needs some real quality of life changes. So many things are hard for no reason. Several things take too many clicks to accomplish like auto sorting or auto transfer. Its not really auto at all. There should just be one button to allow us to do it. We also should be able to craft…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is CRIMINALLY underrated. I think the promotional art does it a bit of a disservice. It makes it look a little kid-ish when in reality it's an incredibly nuanced and well-thought out game. Just the sheer level of detail makes it so clear that this game was a labor of love. Each character has their own little dance animation? The in-game numbered clock appears once you discover sundials? It's incredible! The art style of the male romantic interests, in my opinion, isn't the best, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, normally, I don't bother to review farming sims - they have a dedicated playerbase and fangroup and don't really need my help However, this one is kind of special - I've recommended it to two of my best friends and even bought it for a sibling, so, I thought I'd throw my impressions of the game from the smattering of time I've spent with it There's no combat - gonna go ahead and get that out of the way - like, if you enjoy Harvest Moon's more laid back take (as opposed to Rune Factory or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I doodled me and @lovebruv.bsky.social for the Cave Painting festival in Roots of Pacha!! I love this game so much, hehe! 🥰💖 Highly recommend to anyone who likes cozy relaxing indie games as much as I do! @rootsofpacha.com
positive · AI labelView post →I only just figured out how to write a review. I'm not a big gamer. But loved playing this with my husband. We had a great time. Thank you for making such a fun game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Prehistoric life and farming sim Roots of Pacha gets a surprise Anniversary Update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/prehistoric-life-and-farming-sim-roots-of-pacha-gets-a-surprise-anniversary-update/ #RootsofPacha #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that you can't finish the game in a day (there is SO MUCH content and SO MANY items and other little things to keep you waiting for the next season or the next year even!). And I love how they deliver the usually 'normal' mechanics of this game genre in a unique way ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roots of Pacha is on sale (PC & Switch) until April 29th to celebrate the release of Patch 1.3 🥂 There's tons of new content and I'll be diving back in soon Also putting a plug for my 10|1|10|1 Review if you are interested in getting the game but wanted to know what the experience is like!
positive · AI labelView post →What game releases are you next looking forward to? Next week looks busy for me on Switch as I’m interested in… 28th Nov - Roots of Pacha 30th Nov - Pixel Cafe 30th Nov - Cattails: Wildwood Story
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent most of today playing Roots of Pacha which I am reminded is a pretty great game (although with everything they added since I played last I'm glad I restarted)
positive · AI labelView post →I really tried to give this one a shot, but it got too repetitive and grindy. You are super slow and at the beginning you're just wasting all of your time running around. I know you get things to help with that, but it was making it unbearable for me so I used a mod to make me move faster. I enjoyed the animal mechanic at first, but over time the mini game just got annoying. Domesticating plants was interesting, but also really grindy. I finished all of the totems and I finished the prophecies…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is WONDERFUL and deserves way more attention and traffic than it currently gets. Maybe like many of you, I found this game mentioned on a couple lists of things to try out after Stardew Valley -- I had achieved Perfection and also had a few other play throughs, so with 400+ hours in that game, I was excited to try something new. But I was skeptical I'd find something that I'd love as much and just assumed I'd be disappointed by anything other than Stardew. Well, Roots of Pacha…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s just a bit too sweet for me. There’s not much about this game I can say is objectively bad. The one thing I think was an unambiguously poor choice was the lack of a narrative framing to explain the player’s presence in the tribe. It seems to communicate that you’re already an established member with a bit of history with them, which creates a bit of dissonance with the fact that you’ve got no knowledge of the NPCs as a player, and a relationship status of zero as a character. It also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun to play. Lacks an end game goal/goals. By the time you can breed a high stat animal there is nothing you need it for. Same with high end crops, nothing to strive for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YOOOOO I didn't expect this to be such an amazing game! Instead of following the usual formula to the farming sim genre (what people like to call "SDV clone"), Roots of Pacha actually does quite a few original takes to its features. The little details like there's no "gold/silver quality tools" becos the metals are soft and much more suited as jewelry and the pre-historic technology developed from using stones to obsidian to bronze... agriculture development from seeds of crops found in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't trust crowd-funding, particularly considering the publisher here. At the very least, they have 4 games on steam with mixed reviews. Most people might not care, but also there was the Roots of Pacha dispute... plus the publisher doing unpaid promotion (using many accounts, and I suspect this isn't great for devs). That and crowd-funding being a cornerstone of their business model (on top of community QA) on its own doesn't seem right to me.
negative · AI labelView post →Prehistoric farming life sim Roots of Pacha 1.2 is out now, plus a 'massive' update on the way https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/prehistoric-farming-life-sim-roots-of-pacha-12-is-out-now-plus-a-massive-update-on-the-way/ #SteamDeck #Linux #RootsofPacha
neutral · AI labelView post →Weirdly enough I enjoy this game more than stardew and I haven't even romanced anyone yet! the stories are lovely, the farming is nice, and the progression feels good. it doesn't feel like I'm gaming to get a hit of dopamine or the best items. it feels nice just to discover the animals, the villagers and the prophecies. I guess my only complaint if at all is that the stamina feels very limited and the stamina recovery is a tad slow
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →13 hours in and I have no intent to come back to it. Started promising and there wasn't anything outrageously bad but just, feel like progression is too slow and not meaningful enough already. There is no combat, which doesn't help, since even rudimentary combat helped break things up in Stardew. In this game's version of the mines you go there and hit rocks until your energy is gone. Yay. The taming mechanic and the trapping mechanics are both absoluite snoozefest chores. And so is animal…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe we were all just burned by EA and the like, but the amount of content this game contains without having to buy DLC surprised me again and again. The game mechanics and gameplay felt familiar and still captured me. I would've liked an actual use for the amphitheatre, but that's a negligible aspect in my opinion :) I did have to play a few hours to get into it but now it finally did I have played nothing else for the past months. I'm done now though, having completed all achievements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MC from the game Roots of Pacha applies ritual makeup 🪔 Gift for @skollgri.bsky.social 💖😘 #RootsofPacha #KraytsArts
neutral · AI labelView post →Alek pixel art done in 'Roots of Pacha' game during one of the festivals :D #myart #furry
neutral · AI labelView post →This game has been perfect for me, I feel like. My playtime for this game is getting close to approaching my playtime for Stardew - and frankly, I already know I'll be playing this more than Stardew. The beginning of the game feels like an actual beginning, settling into a new, unfamiliar land and picking up the ropes are what you can do. The way you progress upgrades and ways to make new items is really nice, and makes you feel like you're really working together with the folks who are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid Stardew Valley-like, with a few minor tweaks. Roots of Pacha is a slow paced, cosy farming sim, with the unique twist of being set in the Stone Age. The setting works surprisingly well, and is used in a few interesting ways. (Though I was a bit saddened at the lack of dinosaurs, realism be damned.) The gameplay mostly sticks to the Stardew Valley formula, and it works just as well here. It's got a few unique ideas of its own; nothing too revolutionary, but they generally work…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot less static then other Harvest moon/stardew valley types, feels like the tribe is actually trying to improve/grow without you being the only one doing anything. You are still vital to major discoveries and advancement in a good way however. Lots of plant and animal variety. Wish the boy choices were as good as the variety of girl choices. Still three tribes worth of npcs, and none feel too shallow. very good cozy style game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time to play Roots of Pacha and decorate my village, and maybe spice up my wardrobe with some new furs 😎
positive · AI labelView post →Happy Farm'n Friday! EU gets a neater version of the HM: Lost Valley/Skytree Village collector's edition, info about animals and digital preorders for SoS: Grand Bazaar, another new farm'n game from RedDeer Games, and Roots of Pacha 1.3 content update - fogu.com/hm/
neutral · AI labelView post →Hiya Everyone! Stream will begin soon, and today me and Aura will be doing some Roots of Pacha! We're seeing the brand-new end-game, and exploring two new villages! Stream will begin in about ten minutes, so hope to see you there! www.twitch.tv/aura_and_alloy #vtuber #RootsOfPacha
positive · AI labelView post →been slowly doodling. Got into this one farming game Roots of Pacha
positive · AI labelView post →Ahh yes, time for my nightly struggle of what game I should play... I have Rune Factory 5, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and Roots of Pacha vying for my attention right now (‘◉⌓◉’) Help me decide~
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a cute game but it smells like vibe coding. Evidence: Recipes They are all over the timeline of human history. Even if the story made any sense, none of the answers ever cast any light on why the heck there are cheese and tomato make pizza, an american classic by way of italian roots by way of south american roots by way back again to italy and the world. Then they have sushi and multigrain bread and bakalava. Show me a prompt that says "generate a list of 100 foods from around the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I knew of this game for a while, because you can't like pixel farming sims without coming across it, but I only got it this year, which was conveniently after an update that brought some much appreciated quality of life features, like seeing which animal variant you already tamed. The start was a bit slow. Need to gather seeds myself, don't know what I might need so I don't dare to sell stuff, tools too weak to remove big obstacles, etc, the usual. A few hours in, it opened up more, when I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played through Stardew, Fields of Mistria, and Sun Haven already so I was desperate for another game. There was some hesitation to starting Roots of Pacha because I wasn't really into the tribal scene. However, it was on sale so I decided to give it a whirl anyways and I AM SOOOO GLAD I DID. They keep the gameplay so interesting with introductions of new ideas and developments just when things start to get a little monotonous. I wish that the romance and some of the dialouge is more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What began as an amazing day soon veered to a wreck. What began as an amazing day soon veered to a wreck #Gaming #Videogames #Meme #RootsOfPacha #Vallah #PCGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →After two whole days of adulting I deserve some gaming tonight.. After two whole days of adulting I deserve some gaming tonight. I'm torn between: - Aska - Void Crew - Roots of Pacha Which one would you pick, gamers? #Gaming #Gamers #Videogames #Adulting #PCGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →It's pretty good. Though I wish they told you where flint was. Or made it drop from regular rocks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you like stardew valley: PLAY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW OMG. 1000000000000000000000/10. i love the creativity, the unique farming/processing systems, GORGEOUS art style and unique identity
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was thinking about Roots of Pacha for this btw. Truly fresh take on the genre and the overall game story is cool, but the NPCs are so BOOOORIIIIIINGGGGGGGGG
neutral · AI labelView post →I appreciate that they tried something different here, and I did enjoy the game to the extent that I kept playing until I had completed all the totems. I enjoyed growing crops, cooking, decorating the house, and taming various animals with the music mini game was fun. The main thing that stops me from giving it a thumbs up is that ultimately the story and, more importantly, the npcs were just not very interesting to me. I more or less stopped bothering with the social aspect towards the end.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to like this game, I've had it since kickstarter. It just has terrible pacing and npc schedules. Everything feels very artificially time gated. The game is just... boring. This is my favorite genre, but not this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played a ton of farming sim games and Roots of Pacha stands out as unique! Which is hard to do! The mini games and mechanics are refreshing, the story line engaging, and the gameplay manages not to feel exceedingly repetitive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you love Stardew Valley? Are you looking for a game with a similar vibe? Look no further! I have been an avid lover of Stardew for awhile now but I was looking for a new game to start up. This one was talked about on a Reddit thread and was on sale so I thought "Why not?" I am so glad I did! This one seems to have more animal interaction so far but the same base kinda idea as Stardew. You are part of a community that you are building up and you can interact with villagers and follow a story.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roots of Pacha offers a thoroughly well crafted and charming world with gameplay loops that engage and reward for a long time. It is utterly enjoyable to explore the various areas as they open up, discover new animals which you can breed, and gather seeds for vegetables and fruit which you domesticate over time. The different characters and tribes are mostly well written and have their own personality with some of them having more depth than others. Building friendship with the locals,…
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