Rootwake: The Hollow Garden — Early Alpha

Rootwake: The Hollow Garden The forest above is gone. Beneath the stone, a new beginning takes root. Explore a luminous underground world in this single-player 2D sandbox adventure. Mine through forgotten caverns, grow climbable roots, and build a refuge to return to after each journey into the deep. Build your place in the wilderness Gather wood, stone, and metals to craft equipment and construct your settlement. Place workstations, grow renewable supplies, and connect defenses to a living root network. Watch. Dodge. Strike back. Face rushing stalkers, aimed arrows, and shielded creatures. Read their attack warnings, use terrain as cover, and time your parry to turn danger into an opening. Discover what lies below Restore ancient hearts, uncover a second story realm, and earn new ways to traverse the world. Prepare for the Buried Warden—or try separate arena and extraction challenges. Your next expedition begins where your roots end. Free Early Alpha · Version 0.11 Rootwake is a playable work in progress. Expect a finite world, experimental balance, and features that will evolve with feedback—not a finished commercial release. Single-player; keyboard and mouse required. Play in a desktop browser, or download for offline play. Browser-local saves with export/import backups. No multiplayer or supported mobile controls. Choose CREATE SANDBOX WORLD to begin. Tell us what made you curious, what confused you, and what you wanted to discover next.