Roots of Pacha Reviews

A great prehistoric farming game with many elements you love about this genre with an ancient twist! I definitely recommend!

If you are a fan of Stardew Valley and other farming/exploring games this is a great game. There is a lot to explore, collect and grow. The NPC's are diverse, though I wish there were more dialogue lines. The pre-historic setting, animals, and produce add a new flavor to the genre. The keyboard and mouse controls are unintuitive and hard to learn/master. Playing with a controller may be easier.

honestly this is the best farming sim i've played. at first, i struggled to get into it because i was used to stardew valley and expected this to be the same. without giving spoilers, once you actually start to get a little further into the game, it really blooms into something unique and beautiful. i *really* love this game

A very cute cozy game on par with Stardew Valley. Takes a while to get going but I loved how the villagers would help come up with ideas - it made it feel like I wasn't the only one developing the village. All the villagers have great stories and there are lots of interesting romanceable characters. Progression is slow but satisfying. It also has 4 player co-op so you can play with friends! The art is great and the music is catchy without getting annoying. There is no combat so it's especially good for people looking for a stress free experience. Even your animals can't die! Definitely pick this one up if you like farming sims/cozy games - it's worth it at full price.

My wife and I play this game together and I must say its great. Somewhat reminiscent of another very popular farm sim but unique in its own way. I can see us putting a lot of hours into this one.

Great game! I'm big into farming sims. Love the flavor of this one. Garrek is such a sweetheart.

Many farming sims these days feel like a cheap reskin of Stardew Valley meant to cash in on the current popularity of farming sims/cozy games, but Roots of Pacha isn't one of them! The plot is an endearing journey of mending mistakes made in both the past and the future, giving a warm reminder that every action in the present is relevant and ripples out to impact others across time and distance. The theme makes Roots of Pacha memorable and the gameplay remembers to tie into it in meaningful ways. In a pre-currency world, you don't sell items for monetary reward. Instead you earn community points that advance the development of your village, lead to new innovations in crafting, and spill over into credit you can spend within the community. In outside communities you barter/exchange goods. The initial plants you gain will become domesticated over time and animals have to be tamed, a late stage plot twist allowing you to evolve both into more modern variants. The art is very polished and pretty. With the latest content update, there's a very satisfying chuck of story and assorted tasks/quests to work your way through and overall it's very well balanced. I played at a leisurely pace and it took almost 4 in-game years for me to finally check every possible thing off, which I think is [i]great[/i]. They even did what few of the farming sims I've played allows and opened up a butcher option for excess animals (which I had a lot of) while still allowing them to be harmlessly released for players who feel uncomfortable with that and giving alternative ways to get meat. My only complaint is that I wanted to keep one of every color of animal and could not build/upgrade enough sheds to do it. Roots of Pacha comes up often in lists of Best Farming Sims and I can see why! I definitely recommend this game!

Gameplay is a bit simplistic and repetitive, but the world and the characters are adorable and I really like the community aspect of the game where everyone is slowly working on improving the village over time.

Highly recommend this game if you want to scratch the Stardew Valley itch, though it is unique enough as well! The co-op works very smoothly

The Good: Where to start. I used to call this one "Stardew Valley but you're a caveman." However, after playing for almost 60 hours, I can assure you it's so much more than that. I looked at the steam achievements recently. I didn't realize just how much stuff there is. I just finished the first main storyline and realized there's two more branching storylines that they added with the latest update?? I always feel like I'm improving and my days are always full. Where in other farming sims I would just water my plants and go to bed before noon, in this one I always have stuff to do and people to talk to and places to go. There's minigames I haven't even unlocked yet. There's progression and evolution and growth and I care about the animals and the people and the story. The Bad: I broke up with my caveman boyfriend to marry someone else. He hated me for a week. ): The Ugly?: There are like 10 hot people total in a cast of 40+ NPCs. I'm not complaining because that's still a lot of people. I think the animals are cute and the people are pretty cool looking and the world and the festivals and the cut scenes are all beautiful. I recommend this game to people who value a lot of gameplay and a lot of progression (I recommend this to basically everyone).