Floodland

Floodland is a surprisingly complex survival sim with a unique aesthetic and setting, but is that enough to keep it afloat?

Vile Monarch’s post-apocalyptic city-builder puts its people first to great success but walks a fine line between providing too much or too little to do.

Floodland is a city builder that triumphs because it focuses on its citizens as much as the city. A strong narrative both in its story and in your interactions with the clans means constant decision-making that'll always make you think in a way that city builders rarely do.

Beginning at the end in this soggy city builder.

Floodland is a game that pulls no punches right from the get-go. This odd mixture between a city-builder, a This War of Mine-esque survival simulator, and a strategy game starts off with a Planet Earth ravaged by a flood of biblical proportions, that all but destroyed modern civilization as we know it. People have died, families have been torn apart, clans have been created to salvage what little is left from humanity. Yet, there is hope. The impactful opening cutscene mentions that, despite ...

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Floodland is a new post-apocalyptic civilisation simulator and city builder in the vein of Frostpunk and Endzone. You can probably guess from the name, this game’s apocalypse was a wet one — a natural disaster described only as ‘The Event’ has flooded the globe, leaving only a few straggling groups alive. You control a clan of these survivors as they try to rebuild a new world while avoiding the mistakes of the Old World. Can you lead them to a better future? Maybe, if you can wade th...

Floodland has an interesting premise and intricately linked systems. Unfortunately, a campaign run usually leads to roadblocks, strict requirements, or unruly clan behavior.