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The Flame in the Flood

by The Molasses Flood

  • Released Feb 24, 2016
  • $14.99
  • 14 h to beat
  • Mac
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One

76%positive reviews

5,546 positive1,763 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Phenomenal soundtrack and art

  • Compact, challenging survival

Cons

  • Random and unfair sections

  • Tedious and little replayability

Mixed

  • Some call it a fun survival game, others find it tedious and unfair

Media

Trailer (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)Wildlife Tips #2 (YouTube)Wildlife Tips #3 (YouTube)Wildlife tips Teaser (YouTube)Launch Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

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

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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…

Ratings

  • 76IGDB players66 ratings
  • 77Critics17 reviews
  • 76Overall83 scores

Time to beat

  • 14 hStory and extraswith side content

Details

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
English
French
German
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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