Buoyancy
Early access since Aug 2019
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
55% positive · 831 reviews
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In early access, active development but status unclear
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Active Development
Development Uncertain
Not yet
In early access, active development but status unclear
Low confidence
Active Development
Development Uncertain
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Steam $12.99
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Evaluation
Buoyancy entered Steam Early Access on August 30, 2019 and has been in active development since then — the developer (Devs on a Boat) shipped multiple substantial updates adding new systems, buildings, graphics overhauls, and gameplay mechanics through late 2021 and into 2022. Devlogs were published roughly every 2 months as recently as 2022, and feature patches arrived on a regular basis.
However, the last developer communication of any kind was a devlog announcement posted on June 14, 2022. Since then, there has been complete silence — no patch notes, no devlogs, no community updates. The game remains in Early Access with no announced 1.0 release date, and the developer has not communicated any roadmap or completion plan. The sustained post pattern that existed through early 2022 has entirely stopped, with no explanation provided.
Given that the game is still in Early Access and the developer has gone silent for approximately four years since June 2022 without addressing the status of the 1.0 release, there is real uncertainty about whether development is continuing.
Evidence
Devlog 44 posted — the most recent developer communication of any kind. No further posts after this date.
Alpha v4.0.1108 shipped with new music, overlays, pathfinding improvements, balancing, and a long list of bug fixes — a substantial feature patch.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Devs on a Boat
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game set in an ocean world.
Build a floating city. Plan out your city's expansion by placing floating platforms that connect with each other. There are several types of buildings: Gatherers, Production, Hunters, Military, and Utility. Resources are delivered in real-time for constructing and production by your villagers.
Manage a growing population. Your city's population will be ever growing! Manage your villagers happiness and nourishment levels to keep them alive. Try to balance resource production with an increasing population that demands more and more. Combat sickness and fires that could cripple your city.
Explore with your mighty city. In this ocean world there are resources and floating junk to exploit but they’re not always going to drift your way. You can move your city around to exploit resources providing your buildings a production boost. Most of these resources are critical to develop larger cities, and some are necessary to keep surviving!
Find schools of fish, derelict ships, and take advantage of rebounded whale populations (or don’t).
Fight for your survival. Pirates will attack you if they spot your city. You can train Guards to defend your city from invaders. Place Junk Cannons to destroy a large amount of pirates in one blow, but be careful of friendly fire!
Community
Feel free to follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our reddit, and be part of our Discord channel.
About us
We are Devs on a Boat, a small indie game company based in sunny Seattle, WA.
We currently do not develop on a boat, but we dream.
Build a floating city. Plan out your city's expansion by placing floating platforms that connect with each other. There are several types of buildings: Gatherers, Production, Hunters, Military, and Utility. Resources are delivered in real-time for constructing and production by your villagers.
Manage a growing population. Your city's population will be ever growing! Manage your villagers happiness and nourishment levels to keep them alive. Try to balance resource production with an increasing population that demands more and more. Combat sickness and fires that could cripple your city.
Explore with your mighty city. In this ocean world there are resources and floating junk to exploit but they’re not always going to drift your way. You can move your city around to exploit resources providing your buildings a production boost. Most of these resources are critical to develop larger cities, and some are necessary to keep surviving!
Find schools of fish, derelict ships, and take advantage of rebounded whale populations (or don’t).
Fight for your survival. Pirates will attack you if they spot your city. You can train Guards to defend your city from invaders. Place Junk Cannons to destroy a large amount of pirates in one blow, but be careful of friendly fire!
Community
Feel free to follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our reddit, and be part of our Discord channel.
About us
We are Devs on a Boat, a small indie game company based in sunny Seattle, WA.
We currently do not develop on a boat, but we dream.
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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