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Flotsam

Flotsam

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.

Released Dec 4, 2025 Developer Pajama Llama Games Publisher Stray Fawn Publishing Platforms Windows Early AccessSingleplayerColony SimCity BuilderSandbox
View on Steam ↗ $12.49 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

77.0%positive2,746 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Very cute and fun little colony builder. Challenge is appropriate for people like me who love colony builders but suck at the complex late game stages of other titles. I managed to finish it without ever really getting into trouble, even though I usually throw in the towel…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Flotsam is a really good game that surprised me in the best way. The mechanics are smooth and easy to get into, but still offer enough depth to keep things interesting. It’s one of those games where you can just sit back, relax, and slowly build up your little floating town…”

— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“I'd like to give it a sideway thumb. (Experience from finishing the game's story once) The art says it all. It's a cute, relatively relaxing, non-combat, forgiving colony sim. It's like "what if Raft, but a city builder game." The game is alright if we expect a chill time. But…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

243playing at last check
24424-hour peak
3,210all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.1k avg · Dec 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

42achievements
8.6%median completion
0.3%rarest: THE Jack of All Trades
51.7% of players 46.4% of players 35.3% of players 33.4% of players 28.7% of players 24.1% of players 22.7% of players 21.8% of players 21.3% of players 20.7% of players 20.5% of players 20.4% of players 17.9% of players 16.4% of players 15.8% of players 15.1% of players 14.8% of players 13.6% of players 13.4% of players 10.9% of players 10.4% of players 8.6% of players 8.5% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.3% of players 1.8% of players 1.3% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 51.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
51.7%Shell-tered — House all drifters.
46.4%A Sign of Life — Rescue a drifter.
35.3%Trash Talker — Rescue the Radio Technician.
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%THE Jack of All Trades — Have a drifter with maximum expertise in all attributes.
0.4%Lone Wolf — Survive 20 days with a single drifter.
0.4%Land Hopper — Fully salvage 15 different landmarks in one day.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.49−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99base price
$12.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US12.49 USD−50%
EU11.49 EUR−50%
UK9.99 GBP−50%
Australia17.97 AUD−50%
Canada14.49 CAD−50%
Japan1,285 JPY−50%
Brazil23.74 BRL−50%
China40.00 CNY−50%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.7 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$13

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 09, 2026
1.0.1f7

1.0.1f7FixesFixed issue where some hauling tasks would not be started during the tutorial.Fixed issue where drifters could get stuck hauling from storages that contained more resources than their capa

May 24, 2026
Hotfix 1.0.1f6

1.0.1f6FixesFixed an issue introduced in 1.0.1f5 where the Tutorial could start without a Townheart.

May 23, 2026
Support Pack DLC now available!

Hey Drifters,If you've been enjoying Flotsam and want to support the game a bit more, we've now added a small Support Pack DLC :)It directly contributes to the game's development, and, as a thank you,

May 23, 2026
1.0.1f5

Hey Drifters,1.0.1f5 is now live! This update adds support support for Townheart Selection, letting you choose which Townheart to start the game with.For now, there's only one additional Townheart ava

Mar 24, 2026
1.1.0e01: Weather on Experimental!

1.1.0e01: Weather (experimental)Hey Drifters!Yup! Weather is here!It's something we've wanted to implement for a long time, but it didn't quite make it to 1.0. Now that we’re exploring ways to let you

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Singleplayer · Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox · Base-Building · Management · Building · Casual · Exploration · Colorful · Survival (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements42
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.pajamallama.be/flotsam/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: 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