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The Flame in the Flood

The Molasses Flood · CD PROJEKT RED · 2016-02-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 24, 2016 (Mac), Oct 12, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 17, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 24, 2016 (Xbox One)

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

The Flame in the Flood is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 7294 reviews).

6
playing now
76%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (65 ratings)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (1,453 ratings)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Flame in the Flood is a 2016 roguelike survival adventure video game developed by The Molasses Flood and published by Curve Digital. The game was developed for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Xbox One. A PlayStation 4 version was released on January 17, 2017. A Nintendo Switch version was released on October 12, 2017. Publishing rights were moved to CD Projekt after its acquisition of The Molasses Flood.

Trailer

The Flame in the Flood trailer thumbnail

The Flame in the Flood - Launch Trailer

≈974,033 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 183k–438k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,303 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.24-85%
GOG$2.25-85%
GOG$2.25-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 18×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 67 of 89 observed days · $1.44 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6831Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2015 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2016 — avg 23 · peak 63Aug 2016 — avg 20 · peak 40Dec 2016 — avg 71 · peak 260Apr 2017 — avg 55 · peak 330Aug 2017 — avg 35 · peak 327Dec 2017 — avg 33 · peak 78Apr 2018 — avg 17 · peak 47Aug 2018 — avg 68 · peak 602Dec 2018 — avg 45 · peak 108Apr 2019 — avg 26 · peak 71Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 52Dec 2019 — avg 23 · peak 50Apr 2020 — avg 29 · peak 55Aug 2020 — avg 19 · peak 41Dec 2020 — avg 21 · peak 68Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 40Aug 2021 — avg 17 · peak 41Dec 2021 — avg 19 · peak 40Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 30Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 22 · peak 195Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 26Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2025 — avg 23 · peak 1,396Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.802015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $19.992017-01-18 — best price $11.992017-06-26 — best price $7.492017-11-24 — best price $5.982018-02-10 — best price $12.992018-04-26 — best price $7.502018-07-23 — best price $4.502018-10-11 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-04-18 — best price $4.502019-08-05 — best price $4.492019-11-13 — best price $14.992020-01-20 — best price $14.962020-03-25 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-09-14 — best price $3.752020-10-30 — best price $14.992021-01-10 — best price $12.632021-03-14 — best price $14.992021-04-30 — best price $12.632021-07-09 — best price $14.992021-10-05 — best price $12.482021-12-11 — best price $14.992022-03-23 — best price $14.992022-06-07 — best price $13.192022-08-16 — best price $14.992022-12-23 — best price $13.472023-10-01 — best price $14.992024-05-01 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $2.242025-11-25 — best price $2.242026-08-11 — best price $2.252026-09-20 — best price $2.252026-10-14 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

58182026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 28 pageviews2026-06-07 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 23 pageviews2026-06-15 — 39 pageviews2026-06-19 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-01 — 29 pageviews2026-07-05 — 40 pageviews2026-07-09 — 23 pageviews2026-07-13 — 26 pageviews2026-07-17 — 31 pageviews2026-07-21 — 36 pageviews2026-07-25 — 29 pageviews2026-07-29 — 20 pageviews2026-08-02 — 30 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 34 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 26 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 57 pageviews2026-08-30 — 32 pageviews2026-09-03 — 44 pageviews2026-09-07 — 41 pageviews2026-09-11 — 41 pageviews2026-09-15 — 28 pageviews2026-09-19 — 31 pageviews2026-09-23 — 39 pageviews2026-09-27 — 24 pageviews2026-10-01 — 30 pageviews2026-10-05 — 29 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
25.9%
earned "Stay Warm"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,7142%36
Xbox One (Xbox)4,3981%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieActionCraftingSurvivalAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

MiscreatedChasmVaganteRising WorldSurvivalistHow to Survive 2The Wild EightForce of Nature

Similarity via IGDB.

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