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Volcanoids

Open-world survival shooter built around a mobile drillship base

Volcanoid · Released Jan 29, 2019 · Early Access

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Reviews
Very Positive
83% of 8,139
Recent reviews
Mixed
58% of 17 in 30 days
Players
16
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 12, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 470
8 GB RAM · 6 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Volcanoids?

This first-person survival shooter takes place on a volcanic island where eruptions force you underground. Alone or in co-op, you explore the open world, gather resources, fight mining robots, and expand a drillship that serves as your mobile base while investigating what lies beneath the island.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy building and automating a mobile base
  • +you like gathering resources between fights with robots
  • +you want to explore a volcanic island with friends

Not for you if...

  • −you want a finished game rather than Early Access
  • −you prefer shooting without resource gathering or base upkeep

What players say

83% of 8,139 reviews are positive · 58% of 17 in the last 30 days

Players praise building and automating the drillship, as well as playing with friends. They complain about long gaps between content updates, repetitive or excessive enemy encounters, and late-game progression that can stall.

Players over time

▼ -24% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 43 players on Oct 18, 2026.

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How many players finish Volcanoids?

14% of Steam players have unlocked «Winner», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Volcanoids screenshot 1

Volcanoids system requirements

Minimum: GTX 470, 8 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 64bit (Service Pack 1)
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Graphics
Nvidia GTX 470 / AMD RadeonHD 5850
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
6 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Future releases may require more hard drive space.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64bit
Processor
Intel Core i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Graphics
Nvidia GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 580
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
6 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Future releases may require more hard drive space.

Does Volcanoids have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Volcanoids run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Achievements
40
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, Hungarian, Ukrainian.

Does Volcanoids use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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