Flotsam

Last updated: 2025-12-06

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Summary
  • Charming art style, relaxing cozy city-building.
  • Offers unique floating city-builder gameplay experience.
  • Developers provide strong, consistent updates and support.
  • Insufficient content often leads to repetitive gameplay.
  • Suffers from pervasive bugs and general instability.
  • Resource management is often unbalanced and challenging.
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Categories

City BuilderColony SimulationSurvivalResource ManagementExplorationResearch and DiscoverySalvaging Gameplay

Emotions

Satisfaction93%Disappointment92%Frustration89%Joy36%Excitement22%
Reviews
(sample size)
323
Helpful reviews
83%
Unhelpful reviews
16%
Protest reviews
1%
Positive points
712
Negative points
801
Gameplay points
193
Perf. points
11
Rec. points
176
Misc points
114
Point
Charming Art, Relaxing Vibe
Description
Players are highly captivated by the game's unique and beautiful art style, often described as cute, cozy, and visually appealing. The overall atmosphere, enhanced by pleasant music, sound design, and detailed, comical animations, contributes to a very relaxing, engaging, and enjoyable experience.
Importance
100%
Strong Development & Updates
Description
Reviewers commend the developers for their evident passion and continuous commitment to improving the game. Significant progress has been made since Early Access, with bugs largely resolved and new content consistently added, making the game feel increasingly polished, stable, and promising for the future.
Importance
32%
Unique City Builder Gameplay
Description
The game offers a fresh and engaging take on the city-builder genre, blending elements of scavenging, survival, and colony management in a unique floating, post-apocalyptic setting. Players find the process of expanding their settlement, collecting resources, and watching their community grow to be highly satisfying and addicting.
Importance
31%
Accessible, Engaging Gameplay
Description
The game is praised for its ease of learning, supported by a well-designed tutorial and intuitive UI, making it simple to understand even for new players. The core gameplay loop, including satisfying resource management and balanced progression, keeps players highly engaged for many hours without feeling grindy.
Importance
28%
Good Performance & Stability
Description
The game generally performs well, with specific praise for its smooth operation on the Steam Deck and effective, well-thought-out gamepad controls. Reviewers report experiencing few to no major bugs, contributing to a stable and enjoyable play experience across platforms.
Importance
7%