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Flotsam FAQ
Flotsam the game is a PC survival city-builder whose 1.0 date is 4 Dec 2025 on Steam. The word also means wreckage floating on water, which is why other results exist.
The word, in one paragraph
Maritime law uses flotsam for goods lost from a ship that still float, and jetsam for goods thrown overboard on purpose. That is why “flotsam and jetsam” results are about salvage law, a thrash band, and the moray eels in The Little Mermaid. This paragraph is the only place on the site that answers the dictionary. The rest of the site is the game.
The game, in short
Pajama Llama Games in Ghent makes it. Stray Fawn Publishing releases the current version. Early Access started 26 Sep 2019. Steam lists the 1.0 release as 4 Dec 2025; Wikipedia says 5 Dec 2025. I keep both. It is Windows, single-player, $24.99 on the US Steam page, with 42 achievements and interface text in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Spoken audio is English.
Questions
What is Flotsam?
A floating-city survival builder for Windows. The dictionary meaning is floating wreckage. This site covers the game.
When did version 1.0 come out?
Steam says 4 Dec 2025. Wikipedia says 5 Dec 2025. Both dates stay on the page.
Can I play offline?
It is a single-player Windows download with Steam Cloud listed as optional. The store does not describe an online-only mode.
Is the name the same in other languages?
Stores keep the English title Flotsam. Japanese coverage also says 漂流ガラクタウン. Chinese coverage uses both 漂流品 and 浮游世界.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict — checked 2026-11-07
- Steam store page for Flotsam — checked 2026-11-07
- Wikipedia: Flotsam (video game) — checked 2026-11-07