Flotsam (video game)

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Flotsam
Flotsam Game Capsule.png
Developer Pajama Llama Games
Publisher Pajama Llama Games
Engine Unity
Platform
ReleaseDecember 5, 2025
Genres Survival, City-building
Mode Single-player

Flotsam is a survival city-building video game developed and published by Pajama Llama Games, which released in early access on September 26, 2019. It was previously published by Kongregate, until the developers self-published it in 2020. [1] [2] The game is scheduled to leave early access and be fully released on December 5, 2025. [3]

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Gameplay

Flotsam is a townbuilding survival game. The player starts with a group of stranded survivors in a flooded world and guides these survivors through the world while recycling all the garbage that is found in the ocean. [4]

Development

Flotsam is developed by Ghent-based indie studio Pajama Llama Games. [5] The game released in early access on Steam, Kartridge, GoG and Humble Bundle September 26, 2019. [1] [2] [6]

Reception

During development Flotsam has already won several prizes.

DateCategoryLocation
2017Grand Prix [7] White Nights, Prague
2017Best Game Design [7] White Nights, Prague
2018Rising Star [8] IndieArenaBooth Archived 2018-06-15 at the Wayback Machine , Gamescom, Cologne
2019Most Promising Belgian Game [9] Belgian Game Awards, Kortrijk
2019Best Unity Game [10] IndieArenaBooth Archived 2018-06-15 at the Wayback Machine , Gamescom, Cologne

References

  1. 1 2 "Flotsam on Steam". Steam .
  2. 1 2 Sturm, Andreas (7 August 2019). "Flotsam Demsonstriert Die Gefahren Einer Überfluteten Welt". IGN .
  3. Romano, Sal (November 29, 2025). "Flotsam launches December 5". Gematsu. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  4. Liguori, Alice. "Flotsam's City Building Is Frostpunk Meets Waterworld - Flotsam Gameplay". Rock, Paper, Shotgun .
  5. Wood, Austin (October 16, 2017). "Build a driftwood city in the beautiful blue world of Flotsam". PCGamer .
  6. Wood, Austin (August 16, 2018). "'Garbage town builder' Flotsam mixes survival and city building in new trailer". PCGamer .
  7. 1 2 Van Verdegem, Dave (2017-03-15). "Flotsam scoops away Grand Prix Award!". Pajama Llama Games . Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  8. "Let's look back at the best gamescom ever for #BelgianGamesIndustry". FLEGA. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  9. "Belgian Game Awards 2019 Winners". Belgian Games. Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  10. IndieArenaBooth (2019-08-22). "The Best Unity Game Award goes to Flotsam from the lovely people of @_PajamaLlama . Nice work, team! #Gamescom19 #iab19pic.twitter.com/vsFNxuNip7". @IndieArenaBooth. Retrieved 2019-08-27.