Game Overview
A flooded Australia becomes the stage for a choice-driven climate-fiction RPG where every conversation, alliance, and career decision carries weight. Life on a floating settlement is practical rather than glamorous: people trade resources, raise sharks for survival, and live above the drowned remnants of Sydney. Beneath that everyday routine sits an unsettling mystery, as the sharks begin reacting to something far below the waves. The Floating City balances its ecological concerns with personal drama, asking whether ambition, loyalty, or public responsibility matters most when disaster is already part of daily life.
Players shape a protagonist’s identity, relationships, skills, reputation, and eventual profession through a substantial branching text narrative. One path may involve taking over the family shark farm, while another focuses on commerce, exploration, social connections, or uncovering why the city’s sharks are terrified. Travel between the floating settlement, subterranean New Sydney, and the ruins of Old Sydney opens up new scenes and decisions, with trading and networking helping improve career prospects. Central choices revolve around Kassandra, a friend willing to risk her life investigating the threat, and the player must decide whether to support her dangerous work, protect her, or turn the crisis to personal advantage.
The strongest feature is its willingness to treat character customization and romance as part of the role-playing rather than a fixed protagonist’s story. Players can be male, female, or non-binary, and can pursue male or female romances, remain unattached, or define the character as asexual and/or aromantic. With roughly 130,000 words and outcomes that can prioritize saving lives or maximizing profit, it has the replay value expected from interactive fiction even without visuals or combat. Fans of Choice of Games-style narratives, speculative fiction, and morally complicated decision-making should find a thoughtful, accessible adventure here, while players seeking action-heavy RPG systems may find its all-text format too quiet.
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Installation
- Select the Download button at the top of this page to open UploadHaven.
- On UploadHaven, wait for any countdown, then select Free Download. Optional: UploadHaven Pro for faster downloads.
- When complete, extract the archive to a The Floating City folder using 7-Zip.
- Open the extracted folder and start the game normally.
- For errors, check Setup Guide & Troubleshooting below. Keep your security software enabled.
Setup Guide & Troubleshooting
How do I fix missing DLL errors for The Floating City?
After extracting The Floating City, navigate to the _Redist or _CommonRedist folder inside the game directory and install DirectX, Vcredist, and any other dependencies included.
What should I do if the downloaded file is corrupted?
The full archive is 88.92 MB — make sure your download completed fully before extracting. Use 7-Zip to extract the files. If you still see a "file corrupted" error, re-download and try again.
Do I need to run the game as administrator?
Usually, no. Start the game normally from the extracted folder. If you see a permissions or save error, check that the folder is writable and follow the game's documented fix. Only grant administrator access when a trusted game's specific setup requires it.
How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?
The game won't launch — what should I try?
Check that extraction completed and your PC meets the system requirements. Note any error message before choosing a fix. If it identifies a missing runtime, install the required DirectX components or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft.
My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?
A warning needs to be investigated; the download source alone cannot confirm that a file is safe. Keep your security software enabled and review the detection details. Do not run or restore a flagged file unless you have verified that it is a false positive. If you are unsure, leave it quarantined.