Escape the Flood! is out NOW in Early Access!

Escape the Flood! is out now in Early Access. The sea is rising, your island is going under, and from today you can grab your friends and get off it.

To celebrate the launch, the game is 15% off for the first two weeks.

Wash ashore with up to nine friends, chop down trees, craft a boat and steer it out to the open sea before the last hill floods. Or play solo, and the boat is all yours.

Thank you, demo players

Your runs, reviews and bug reports from the demo and Next Fest shaped this version. Two weeks ago we showed you what we were working on. Steerable boats, sharks, fire, your own character and third person are all in the game today.

New since the demo

• Steer your boat. Getting aboard is no longer the end. Cast loose, take a seat and sail your raft with the wind, or row side by side with a friend. The first crew to reach the open sea escapes.
• Sharks. Stay in the water too long and they find you. Dodge the lunge, get back on land or climb aboard. Or fight back from the shore or your boat.
• Your own style. Pick a body, hair, face, beard, hats, eyewear and clothes. Every run earns XP, and new levels unlock more styles to show your crew.
• Fire. Place a Campfire and feed it Logs. It smelts your Metal Ore into Nails, so you no longer craft them by hand. Craft a Torch to light up the night. Whatever you hit with it starts to burn.
• First or third person. Switch with one button, any time.

Also new

• Further out, the sea sometimes holds still, then surges up the hills. The ground rumbles to warn you.
• Punch bushes for Sticks, and look for Dried Fern to get a fire going.
• Boats rock on the waves, with new water sounds and spray.
• The inventory shows what food does and how strong your tools and weapons are.
• The crafting list shows only what you can make on your current island.
• Steam achievements, one of them secret.

What Early Access means

A full run is playable from the first beach to the open sea, alone or with up to 10 players. There are two islands so far, and sharks are the only animals. We plan to add more islands, gear and animals, and your feedback helps us decide what to build next.

Played the demo?

Everything above is in the full game only, so everyone starts on the first beach together.

Tell us how your run went

We are a team of two. Tell us what works and what does not in the Steam discussions or on our Discord. If you enjoy the game, a Steam review helps us more than anything.

Now grab your crew and build that boat.

~ Platuro and Orys