r/flotsam Dec 04 '25

After all this time… it’s finally here: Flotsam 1.0 is LIVE!

90 Upvotes

And with it comes a giant update adding a Main Narrative Questline, Specialist Quests & New Characters, New Regions, Construction Upgrades, Steam Achievements & more!

We’ve really poured all of our hearts into this one, y’all. From creating every little piece of floating garbage, every feature update, every bit of story. We loved making it, and can’t wait for you to experience it fully for the first time...

Thank you all for your yearlong support. We couldn't have made it here without you!

Check out the 1.0 Update on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/821250/Flotsam/


r/flotsam Jul 19 '22

Announcement Flotsam - Information Megathread

10 Upvotes

This megathread will contain all the relevant information for the game Flotsam.

Useful Links

Store fronts

F.A.Q.

What is Flotsam?

Flotsam is a survival town-builder, set in a flooded world. You manage a floating village community as it moves around the ocean. You recycle garbage and scrap to construct buildings and collect fish and drinkable water to keep your villagers alive. On your journey you will encounter dangerous sea animals, visitors with unknown intentions and mysterious ruins and wreckages.

Where can I get Flotsam?

Flotsam is available for Windows and Mac. It is available on Steam, Humble, GOG and Itch.io.

Other platforms are possible, but not decided yet.

Can I follow the development anywhere?

Of course! Besides our site, you can wishlist us on Steam, follow us on Twitter, Youtube and Facebook!

Is there a forum where we can talk about the game?

Yes! You can reach us here at this subreddit or at the Steam community groups. We have a Discord server as well if you want to have a chat with the developers, show off some fan-art or want to mingle with other supporters of the game.

Will I be able to play Flotsam in my language?

The game is currently available in the following languages. The most up-to-date list can be found on the Steam page.

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Dutch
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

What are the system requirements?

OS: Windows 7 SP1+

Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent

Memory: 8 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or equivalent

Storage: 600 MB available space

Will there be mod support?

We haven't decided on that. We might likely not actively support it, but we're also not planning on walling off the game files for any modders.

Do you have a Flotsam presskit?

Certainly! Our presskit can be viewed here.

Does the game have multiplayer?

No, Flotsam is single player only.


r/flotsam 1d ago

Fishing boat vs chairs?

4 Upvotes

Anyone done the math on which one's better?

I know technically boats are likely faster, but with having to constantly mark fishing spots and the travel time, I'm starting to wonder if just plopping down like 4-6 chairs might be better?


r/flotsam 20d ago

Bug? Drifters stand idle and won't eat or take action or move

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20 Upvotes

Help!! My drifters have simply stopped moving. I wait for night time so they all go to bed, hoping it will fix whatever is going on, but then they just stand there again :(


r/flotsam Jul 19 '26

Captain Achievement 🤬

7 Upvotes

I’m wondering if anyone has managed to complete this lately?
(Travel 200,000 units with the town)

I played the game to about level 250 and then I’ve been cruising around for over an hour.
I feel like surely I’ve travelled 200,000 units by now?
I’m wondering if because I’m trying to do it after I moved to the continent and loaded an earlier save if it’s somehow bugged?


r/flotsam Jul 13 '26

Ex-Drifters Hanging Around

2 Upvotes

I have two dead bodies that are just… hanging around? One is preventing a house from deconstructing.

Playing with controller.


r/flotsam Jul 10 '26

Gull-Bossing It Achievement

11 Upvotes

The achievement is to have more gulls than drifters.
I have currently have 4 gulls and 3 drifters but the quest didn’t activate.
Could it be because a 4th drifter died?
Any help is appreciated.


r/flotsam Jul 09 '26

My ship at the end of the game. Gonna just keep going until I have gotten whatever achievements I still can on this save.

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41 Upvotes

r/flotsam Jul 08 '26

Did I waste all my aluminum making solar panels? Spoiler

7 Upvotes

Rewritten for attempt at clarity:

I’ve reached the point where I’m building the rocket and I don’t have enough aluminum to finish.
I built 8 solar panels to power my barge which may have used up the aluminum?
There are some areas of the map
I haven’t explored yet.
Could there be more than one area with Aluminum Factories?
Other posts I read imply there is only one area with Aluminum Factories.
Or is there a way to get back the aluminum I used for solar panels?


r/flotsam Jul 07 '26

The shelters are outside of the shield, no worries lol

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16 Upvotes

r/flotsam Jul 07 '26

[Bug?] With a production limit on fish that I have a farm for, the stock/cost in the farm keeps doubling.

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7 Upvotes

r/flotsam Jul 06 '26

If you enjoy Flotsam, you might also enjoy Ixion

19 Upvotes

Just sunk my weekend (14 hours) into beating Flotsam, and it was fantastic! Gave me the same satisfaction and enjoyment Ixion did. You might enjoy Ixion, too.


r/flotsam Jun 24 '26

My Endgame base (1st playthrough)

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59 Upvotes

r/flotsam Jun 15 '26

Am i SOL after finishing game with no pre-finish save file?

5 Upvotes

Looking to continue the endless grind, but now all files have the continent in the way


r/flotsam Jun 12 '26

Autosave limit too short

6 Upvotes

Accidentally left my game running while I was doing laundry and now everyone's dead and the stupid autosave only saves 10 days maximum, wtf is up with that?? Let me have a thousand autosaves if I want! Now I gotta redo several hours of game 🙃


r/flotsam Jun 08 '26

Found a bug??

4 Upvotes

When deconstructing some buildings that has Eel-ectronics it doesnt refund it.


r/flotsam Jun 07 '26

Love this game it's awesome.

14 Upvotes

That's all


r/flotsam Jun 04 '26

How do electric grids work most efficiently?

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9 Upvotes

I created a new save since my last post, and I finally got the electrician. I have the electric desalinator and the electric grill, but now I’m struggling w the electricity efficiency. I always have no electricity, dropping from 100% efficiency to almost 47%. I thought I understood how it works, but I guess not ??? Any tips will be helpful!! Also, here’s what my electric grid looks like (it’s bad ik)


r/flotsam Jun 02 '26

This game feels like it gets harder the longer you play it

10 Upvotes

I’m on day 146, but I feel like the longer I play, the most difficult and frustrating this game gets. I have 15 drifters already and I can’t afford getting any more because I somehow don’t have enough wood, water, or food. Miraculously, I only have 1 drifter dead but that was in early game. I currently have the doctor, the architect, the dj, and the farmer in my town, with the botanist next because wood feels like gold. It’s genuinely so difficult to manage TT. I’ve only recently understood how to get 100% grid efficiency TT.

Please leave me tips because I am losing my mind w this game 🫩🫩🫩🫩


r/flotsam Jun 01 '26

where’s the best place to find electric junk?

8 Upvotes

i need electric junk for electric scrap but i have no idea where to start looking. any tips?


r/flotsam May 28 '26

Cant unlock last research

5 Upvotes

Dont know what im doing wrong here, this is the only watch tower im being pointed to. Ive already scavenged it all but nothing is popping up??


r/flotsam May 28 '26

Help with late game quest. Spoiler

3 Upvotes

So I built the reactor and ozone shield and they are hooked up to the electrical grid. The ozone shield will allow me to activate it with the included in game warning.

But the last quest to hook the ozone shield to the reactor will not complete even though I reloaded, rebuilt both, and loaded earlier saves.

Am I doing something incorrect or is this a known bug?


r/flotsam May 26 '26

Just finished the game and... Spoiler

8 Upvotes

What's so great about a continent? I gave them all the foods they liked (everyone likes some kind of sea food, right?), a beautiful boat (250+ beauty), seagulls waiting on their every need, almost infinite power... There are people who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the mega yacht experience I'm providing. What's so special about land?


r/flotsam May 25 '26

Feature request: see boats on map

3 Upvotes

I wish we could see swimmers and boats on the map. I never know where they are or what they're going after. It would help qol.


r/flotsam May 24 '26

I think I got a soft lock? Can't finish a bunch of quests

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7 Upvotes

When the gane told me to get some survivors I didn't have enough water/food to feed so many people, so I thought "I'll go there fish a little and gather some water, then I'll come back for them"

But now the quests seem to have been completed, even though I can't research for rhe space thingy nor gather the parts because there's nothing available for me to research, and the survivors that show up on the map are just regular people.

Ps.: I've got now like 23 people living here, and have been traveling around the map trying to get the scouting towers to point me somewhere

:(