The Molasses Flood

The Molasses Flood was a Massachusetts video game developer founded in 2014 by veterans of Irrational Games, Bungie and Harmonix. Its work focused on survival systems, base-building and action-adventure gameplay, combining procedural environments with stylized visual art. The studio developed games for PC and consoles and worked with Unreal Engine.

Its debut, The Flame in the Flood, launched in 2016. The isometric roguelike survival adventure established the studio's focus on interconnected gameplay systems and environmental challenges. Its second major release, Drake Hollow, followed in August 2020, bringing cooperative play to an action village-building game. Across these projects, the team's capabilities included game design, systems engineering, environment and concept art, and narrative implementation.

Acquisition and subsequent development

CD PROJEKT S.A. announced its acquisition of The Molasses Flood on October 22, 2021. The studio initially retained its own branding and began developing Project Sirius, a standalone game set in The Witcher universe that combined single-player and cooperative multiplayer elements. The project subsequently underwent a reassessment and development reboot in 2023.

On April 1, 2025, The Molasses Flood LLC merged into CD PROJEKT RED Inc., ending its existence as an independent legal entity. The remaining development staff transitioned into CD PROJEKT RED to continue work on Project Sirius. Its earlier releases remain part of The Molasses Flood's development history, while subsequent work on the Witcher project continued within the successor organization.