The Flame in the Flood
A rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators. Travel by foot and by raft down a procedurally-generated river as you scrounge for…
The Flame in the Flood is an adventure developed by The Molasses Flood, released 24 February 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac. It currently starts at $2.24 at Steam. The main story takes about 14 hrs to finish.
What The Flame in the Flood is
The Flame in the Flood is an adventure game developed by The Molasses Flood and released in 2016. It was published by Curve Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a forgotten, post-societal America swallowed by an endless flood, the land has broken apart into scattered islands linked only by a vast, winding river. A young girl named Scout, joined by her loyal dog, sets out downstream on a makeshift raft in search of safety. Their journey carries them through overgrown backwaters and the crumbling remnants of a world left behind. Alone against the wilderness, Scout must endure the elements and the dangers of the river to keep moving forward.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Flame in the Flood holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 83 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.24, that works out to about $0.16 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core Processor, 2.5 GHz or higher, 4 GB RAM and DX11 compatible video card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.24 at Steam, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Flame in the Flood launched on 24 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Flame in the Flood yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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