The Flame in the Flood

Game Rant

Rob Gordon

The Flame in the Flood offers up a sometimes overly-difficult survival adventure, but the fantastic visuals and tense gameplay provide plenty of reasons to keep playing.

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IGN

Leif Johnson

7.3 / 10.0

The Flame in the Flood is a beautiful procedurally generated survival sim that gains a welcome sense of momentum from the need to stay on the move. Its unwieldy menus and tendency to crash ruins some of the fun, unfortunately, but not enough to diminish the strength of the hopeful, riverbound journey at its core.

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Eurogamer

Christian Donlan

Recommended

If you can handle the wild river - and the odd bug - there's plenty to love in this heartfelt survival game.

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PC Gamer

Christopher Livingston

70 / 100

Lovely and challenging with enjoyable crafting and survival elements, but poor river controls make it harsher than it should be.​

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Game Informer

Javy Gwaltney

9 / 10.0

This challenging voyage makes for one of the most memorable and satisfying survival games in the last few years

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GameSpot

Edmond Tran

8 / 10

The Flame in the Flood is an harsh and absorbing survival game that never lets you rest on your laurels, with fantastic audiovisual design direction.

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Hardcore Gamer

Mark Steighner

4 / 5.0

Death is pretty much inevitable in The Flame in the Flood, but it can be held at bay through luck, crafting, planning and skillful awareness of the environment and what it offers and hides.

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Nintendo Life

Michael Koczwara

7 / 10

The Flame in the Flood is a gorgeous title that tries to find a good balance between realism and difficulty. The ideas and concepts are smart and make sense, but don't expect them to delve too much deeper that what is presented at the start. A few nitpicks with the menu system and cumbersome inventory management take a bit away from the experience, but the core mechanics work well. The Flame in the Flood is a good addition to the survival genre, and another satisfying inclusion to the ever growing eShop library.

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