Volcanoids

Open-world survival shooter built around a mobile drillship base

Volcanoid · Released Jan 29, 2019 · Early Access

Action Adventure Indie Simulation Early Access

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 9,354
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 70% of 24 in 30 days
Playing now: 20; peak 24h 27
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 12, 2026

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 9,354 reviews are positive · 70% of 24 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Volcanoids system requirements

As published by the developer.

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.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 40
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, Hungarian, Ukrainian.