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Build a town on a drifting boat, salvage the flooded world, rescue survivors, and manage resources as you seek a way forward.
Released 04 Dec 2025
Build a Floating City
Recycle Ocean Debris
Rescue Specialists
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Developed by Pajama Llama Games · Published by Stray Fawn Publishing
In a world reshaped by flooding, you guide a floating community across the ocean. Expand a small boat into a town while gathering survivors and supplies from the water and the remains of the old world.
Collect floating debris and salvage resources from islands, ruins, and other locations, then turn them into homes, workshops, food, and clean water. Keep the community supplied and account for pollution as you explore.
Research new technology and recruit specialists whose expertise unlocks buildings, discoveries, and quests. Develop production systems for your growing town and follow its story quests toward a goal beyond the open sea.
Players who enjoy Flotsam often praise its colorful, cozy presentation and the satisfaction of expanding a town from a small boat while collecting resources and exploring. Some also appreciate its approachable colony-building systems and specialist quests. Other reviews describe bugs, cumbersome management, or a progression that becomes repetitive and resource-intensive later on.
Turn ocean garbage into homes, workshops and colorful little gardens.
Collect floating plastic and driftwood, salvage scraps of the old world, and recycle them into homes that stay afloat.
Desalinate water, gut fish and board up a shelter to keep everyone safe
Decorate your town with plants, refurbished furniture and statues that keep your drifters happy.
Set sail to explore the flooded world, from soaked ruins to forgotten islands, and discover what still floats beyond the horizon.
Explore flooded remnants of the old world
Rescue stranded survivors and friendly animals
Re-discover old technology to improve your town. But be careful your drifters don’t get sick. The old world is polluted!
Your drifters each have their own stories to tell. Recruit specialists who unlock new buildings, quests, and discoveries for your floating community.
Find unique drifters like the Birdkeeper, Chemist, and Electrician
Unlock new technologies and story quests through their expertise
Complete personal storylines to unlock new mechanics
Develop cleaner, smarter systems that turn waste into progress and keep your floating town thriving in this feel-good apocalypse.
Research new tech to transition from burning firewood to green eel-ectricity generation.
Build connected production pipelines that turn your floating town into a self-sustaining ecosystem.
Clean food and develop cures for pollution-born diseases and keep your drifters healthy and productive
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 42 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
