The Flood

Released Mar 2018

The Flood is a peaceful 5 minute narrative experience in which you pilot a little boat down a river. It's a gentle reminder that sometimes we should stop worrying about our destination and just enjoy the journey.

83% positive · 1,258 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

The Flood is a self-described "5 minute narrative experience" created by a solo developer over 3–4 months as a personal project. The developer explicitly framed it as a complete, standalone piece from the start — a short metaphorical journey they chose to share. The game launched on March 30, 2018 with a single support DLC (soundtrack and extras) released the same day. The only post-launch update was a localization patch on June 11, 2018, adding language support — a maintenance improvement rather than new content. There have been no developer communications since June 11, 2018, no announced future content, no roadmap, and no unreleased DLC. The game was designed and shipped as a finished product, and all evidence points to it having been complete since its launch window.

Evidence

Developer describes the game as a solo project developed over 3–4 months, presented as a complete short narrative experience. The comment ends with 'Enjoy!' — framing the release as a finished, self-contained work.

description · Mar 30, 2018 source development ending

high

A localization update added support for 9 languages. This is the last known developer communication. The developer also mentioned working on 'other projects' via a Discord server, suggesting their focus had moved on.

news post · Jun 11, 2018 source development ending

medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

The Flood - Support the Developer package (Soundtrack + Extras)

Mar 2018

Media

Details

Developer

Ondrej Angelovic

Publisher

Ondrej Angelovic

Achievements

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Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Free to Play Indie Relaxing Short Experimental Atmospheric Casual Story Rich Visual Novel Walking Simulator Colorful Adventure Narrative Music Soundtrack

About this game

The Flood is a peaceful 5 minute narrative experience in which you pilot a little boat down a river. It's a gentle reminder that sometimes we should stop worrying about our destination and just enjoy the journey.

Steer a boat down a river and avoid obstacles and debris
Explore beautiful hand crafted sceneries
Enjoy wonderful soundtrack composed by Jozef Sarissky

COMMENT FROM DEVELOPER:

I developed this game alone during a course of 3-4 months. Whole project started when I was experimenting with environment design and it has slowly transformed into this short metaphorical journey which I decided to share with you. Working on this project was a very interesting and rewarding experience that has taught me a lot and pushed my limits.

I understand that this game is quite unusual and it may not fit everyone's style but hopefully there are some of you who will enjoy this journey and find themselves in it.

Enjoy!