StrategyFit check
Is Floodland worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- City-building fans who want survival pressures tied to scarce supplies and labour
- Strategy players who enjoy setting laws for groups with conflicting views
- Simulation players who prefer variable maps and events between runs
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want a fast-paced game may find the focus on resource gathering and settlement management slow.
- Players who dislike juggling food, shelter, water, health, security, space, and labour may hit a wall managing the colony’s competing needs.
- Players looking for squad-based combat or military campaigns may not find that focus here.
Our take on Floodland
Players who struggle with several demands competing for limited labour may hit the wall during colony management, where food, shelter, water, health, and security all need attention. Law choices add another pressure point: groups may resist the direction set for the settlement.
What is Floodland?
Floodland is a society survival game set on a world reshaped by climate disaster and rising seas.
Lead a group of survivors as they explore islands, gather scarce resources, and rebuild a settlement. Colony management involves providing food, shelter, water, health, and security while researching technology, upgrading buildings, and training specialists. Limited resources, space, and labour shape those tasks. Set laws through a branching Law-Tree, balancing the needs of groups with different views of the future. Maps, events, and the world’s makeup are randomly generated for each playthrough. The game also includes four possible starting islands, eight clans, ten events, and a Mushroom Picker Hut for expanding food supplies.
How Floodland plays
- 01Colony management
- Settlement work covers basic needs alongside technology research, building upgrades, and specialist training.
- 02Law choices
- A branching Law-Tree lets players set rules while dealing with differing faction views and consequences.
- 03Randomized worlds
- Maps, events, and survivor groups vary between playthroughs.
- 04Island exploration
- Players travel across islands to gather resources and encounter isolated survivor groups.
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Floodland: platforms & release
Is Floodland worth it?
It is worth it if: city-building fans who want survival pressures tied to scarce supplies and labour. Skip it if: players who want a fast-paced game may find the focus on resource gathering and settlement management slow.
Where can I download Floodland?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Floodland's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Floodland on?
Windows only.
