Evil Trout + DEG

During the last Steam Next Fest, I played a demo of a puzzle game called DEG that was getting a lot of buzz.

The game is made for people who like grid puzzles like Sudoku, or Nurikabe, with many additional unique concepts and puzzle ideas that are tutorialized silently to the player.

Needless to say, I was hooked. I reached out to Doseo, its creator, and inquired about investing in the game. We discussed how he would use additional money to improve and market the game, and a deal was struck.

By the way, if you want to play the demo, it is massive. It’s longer than most commercially released puzzle games. The full game will be considerably longer and more polished.

I’m doing this because sometimes I play a game and just can’t help but think “this should be a bigger thing!”

That worked out really well for The Roottrees are Dead, and thanks to its success I feel the need to spread the love to other cool developers working on awesome projects.

If DEG is the kind of game you’d like to play, please check out the demo and/or Wishlist it on Steam. The currently planned release date is later in 2026.

- Robin Ward, Founder of Evil Trout Inc.