The Flame in the Flood similar games & best alternatives

The Flame in the Flood - Trailer
The Flame in the Flood - the-flame-in-the-flood_1.avif
The Flame in the Flood - the-flame-in-the-flood_2.avif
The Flame in the Flood - the-flame-in-the-flood_3.avif
The Flame in the Flood - the-flame-in-the-flood_4.avif
The Flame in the Flood - the-flame-in-the-flood_5.avif
The Flame in the Flood - the-flame-in-the-flood_6.avif

The Flame in the Flood

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

What works

  • Immersive survival mechanics
  • Unique river rafting progression
  • Beautiful art style and soundtrack
  • Challenging but fair difficulty
  • Compelling atmosphere and story

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited replayability after campaign
  • Inventory management can be tedious
  • Raft controls sometimes frustrating
  • Randomness can cause unfair deaths
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Survival: Fountain of Youth

  • CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut

  • The Long Dark

  • Narcosis

  • Radiation Island

  • Islets

More fantastical

Games that feels like The Flame in the Flood but with more imaginative fiction

  • Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

  • Stories: The Path of Destinies

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

  • Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

  • Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Flame in the Flood: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Expression, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026