The Flame in the Flood

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

The Flame in the Flood is a survival, adventure and action roguelike game developed by The Molasses Flood and published by The Molasses Flood and Curve Games.
Released on February 24th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 7,114 reviews of which 5,405 were positive and 1,709 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Flame in the Flood into these genres:

Survival Adventure Action Roguelike Indie Great Soundtrack Crafting Female Protagonist Exploration Action Post-apocalyptic Atmospheric Singleplayer Rogue-like Rogue-lite Difficult Open World Isometric Strategy Kickstarter Third Person

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 64 bit (requires 64 bit OS)
Processor: Dual Core Processor, 2.5 GHz or higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DX11 compatible video card
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

OS: 10.9.2
Processor: Dual Core Processor, 2.5 GHz or higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated Video Card with OpenGL 4.1 support
Storage: 2 GB available space

Reviews

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July 2024

I'm very sad. I've been playing this game since its release on PlayStation because of a Saudi YouTuber. I was truly captivated by the art style, music, and the very interesting concept of the game. The flood reminds me of the Moomins anime. The game is full of potential, and my sadness stems from the fact that the developers abandoned it. I wish they would make some fixes and improvements. The developers have really beautiful and interesting ideas, but I see them abandoning their games and not giving them enough support.

June 2024

This game has great bones and the story mode is solid; it just sucks that it's been abandoned. There's so many little bug fixes and quality of life changes that it desperately needs. That said, I still love the game and still play it, but it's occasionally a very frustrating experience.

May 2024

This is one of those games i wish there was a middle option. This game is amazingly charming with and incredible soundtrack and when this game works it's stunning... When it works. I encountered numerous bugs through out this game that frustrated me but they where not game breaking, until. Half way through the campaign i ran into a dead end. This was a game breaking bug. I couldn't go round it so i died and restarted the area, loosing around 45 minutes of progress as well as my items from a few boss style enemies only to be met with a different map and the same bug. Meaning i would have to restart and loose 4 hours of progress on a well equipped character. Still recommend as this is a good game and many have completed it but after experiencing this bug and knowing that it can happen i don't think i'll be revisiting this game.

April 2024

Embarking on a journey of rafting survival, accompanied by a dog, I learned the preciousness of water. Well, it might actually be a bag shaped like a dog. :P 한 사람과 한 마리의 살아남기.

Feb. 2024

I'm not good at writing reviews, but I loved this game so much. Maybe I should just say hi to the developers and thank them for making this... but For me, it was the world building. Everything in the world felt like survival was on the line. The scavenging, the crafting, the raft. I'm not a hardcore survivalist. I didn't enjoy the game for its difficulty. But this game was difficult in an unpainful way. It wasn't a horror game, but it was still frightening. This game did something for me that no other game did. I don't think I ever found a survival game fun before. So devs, I have to thank you for that.

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14.99€

7.4

5,405

1,709

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Developer

The Molasses Flood

Publisher

The Molasses Flood, Curve Games

Release 24 Feb 2016

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