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Shares survival strategy and resource management with Buoyancy.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
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Shares resource management with Buoyancy.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Devs on a Boat
- Price: $12.99checked Nov 7
- 54% of 608 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Charming visuals and soundtrack
- Managing resources feels tense and strategic
- Nautical survival setting is unique
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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About Buoyancy
The closest matches to Buoyancy: The Last Haven, Endzone - A World Apart, Frostpunk, Dawn of Man, and Flotsam. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Buoyancy is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Haven, Endzone - A World Apart and Frostpunk — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its defense building and pathfinding. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Buoyancy: 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.
Is Buoyancy worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 608 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $12.99 (checked Nov 8).
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Charming visuals and soundtrack
- Managing resources feels tense and strategic
- Nautical survival setting is unique
- Significant long term strategy required
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“the game has been abandoned by devs for 2 years do not buy it. steam needs to take this off the store page so people wont get scammed buying an unfinished game the devs have stepped away from”
“absolute garbage dev abandoned game and moved to another project to milk more money out of steam customers. DO NOT BUY! abandoned game with broken mechanics that will NEVER get fixed.”
People who play it also play: The Last Haven, Endzone - A World Apart, Frostpunk
Frequently asked about Buoyancy
Can I run it?
How much does Buoyancy cost?
Buoyancy is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Buoyancy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buoyancy are The Last Haven, Endzone - A World Apart, Frostpunk.
Who developed Buoyancy?
Buoyancy was developed by Devs on a Boat.