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The Flame in the Flood cover art

The Flame in the Flood

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

13
playing now
76%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (65 ratings)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 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 13% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 182k–438k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,294 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.25-85%
GOG$2.25-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 33 of 53 observed days · $1.45 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

1522026-08-06 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.802015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $19.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-05-23 — best price $6.752017-09-05 — best price $5.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-02-18 — best price $6.792018-04-26 — best price $7.502018-07-09 — best price $4.492018-09-21 — best price $4.502018-11-19 — best price $4.502019-01-15 — best price $8.462019-05-02 — best price $4.492019-08-05 — best price $4.492019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-01 — best price $13.492020-02-14 — best price $2.992020-04-20 — best price $13.492020-07-15 — best price $14.992020-09-14 — best price $3.752020-10-22 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-02-20 — best price $14.992021-03-30 — best price $12.632021-05-05 — best price $14.992021-07-09 — best price $14.992021-09-12 — best price $11.012021-11-22 — best price $1.792022-02-05 — best price $14.992022-04-11 — best price $1.792022-06-18 — best price $11.892022-08-16 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $4.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $14.992025-04-16 — best price $14.992025-11-25 — best price $2.242026-07-27 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

67162026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 27 pageviews2026-06-08 — 25 pageviews2026-06-11 — 23 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 33 pageviews2026-06-20 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 26 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 33 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-07 — 22 pageviews2026-08-10 — 34 pageviews2026-08-13 — 67 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 29 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 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.

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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