Floodcore

Puzzle· Adventure· Exploration· Atmospheric

Released Aug 2024

Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.

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Released, content planned but development status unclear

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Development Uncertain

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Floodcore launched on August 23, 2024 as a free, short vertical slice (15–30 minutes of gameplay) created by five French students as a graduation project. On September 17, 2024, the team announced they were discontinuing development, citing a lack of time and funding now that they had graduated and were looking for jobs. However, the story did not end there. On September 27, 2025, the team reversed course with an announcement that they had returned to work on Floodcore with ambitions to turn it into a full game. They outlined plans for roughly 10 areas spanning several hours of content, dozens of puzzles, a proper storyline, and expanded gameplay mechanics. This supersedes the earlier discontinuation announcement. The catch is that the September 27, 2025 post was candid about a major obstacle: the team needs funding — through a publisher deal or a Kickstarter campaign — to work on this full-time. They estimated about a year of production to realize their vision, but acknowledged that funding may not materialize and that development could take a long time. There have been no further official updates since September 27, 2025. It is currently unknown whether the team secured funding or how development has progressed in the months since.

Evidence

Team announced they are working on Floodcore again with plans to develop it into a full game: ~10 areas, dozens of puzzles, several hours of content, a storyline, and expanded mechanics. Estimated ~1 year of full-time development needed. Acknowledged a funding gap and warned the release could be 'quite a while' away, but committed to continuing regardless.

news post · Sep 27, 2025 source content planned

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Team announced development was being discontinued, citing graduation and lack of time and funding to continue full-time production. Committed only to minor maintenance patches.

news post · Sep 17, 2024 source development ending

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Details

Developer

Floodcore Team

Publisher

Floodcore Team

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.

This game is a vertical slice made by 5 French students within 8 months as a graduation project. You can expect 15 to 30 minutes of gameplay depending on your affinity with puzzle games and your sense of spatial awareness in a 3D environment.

Your power allows you to swap positions with specific objects in the world, or swap them together. Delve further into the temple and solve puzzles that require you to become a part of them.

Each area expands on the swap mechanic and makes you use it in different ways.

Some will challenge you and require you to anticipate several moves ahead, while others will need you to figure out every possibility, and there are often several different solutions for them!

You will discover multiple ruins laid by an ancient civilisation, each with its own visuals and purpose.

From the temple's surface to its underground, all the way to a luxuriant garden, you will experience each area differently with their puzzles and atmosphere.