Game

The Flame in the Flood

2016 · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · Adventure · Indie

76IGDB player score
83 ratings

Previously Take

A respectable 76 average that never found its audience. Survival is the whole game — scarce resources, bad odds, and every small win feeling huge. Solo only, and better for it — this is a one-player experience through and through.

About this game

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 resources, craft tools, remedy afflictions, evade the vicious wildlife, and most importantly, stay ahead of the coming rains.

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.