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Volcanoids
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“DO NOT BUY..creators left it to die with so much potential. Played because I saw the dev tiktoks and wanted to support but he gave up I guess..”
“A fun game with lots of potential that was sadly abandoned by the creators. Good potential, a base that moves locations (through cutscenes, sadly, not driving it around) but a fun aesthetic. If they return and update…”
“I really dont get why so many reviews say its abandoned. I mena yes, there was no content update in a few months but the devs show with blogs that it is not abandoned and that they are working on another big Island and…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really dont get why so many reviews say its abandoned. I mena yes, there was no content update in a few months but the devs show with blogs that it is not abandoned and that they are working on another big Island and…”
“Vulcanoids is very good game in my opinion. It isn't just engaging but even the community and the devs care about this game, huge W. I would say 8.5/9 out of 10”
“i Do hope its not truly abandoned, but if your here to buy, know the original island is complete and you can play it through to the end. they have annouced what would be really cool features, like a steam cycle bike…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A fun game with lots of potential that was sadly abandoned by the creators. Good potential, a base that moves locations (through cutscenes, sadly, not driving it around) but a fun aesthetic. If they return and update…”
“is completely diffrent then any other survival game really enjoy this needs more updates but still love the steampunk drillship designs is really good and hope this gets more content is amazing for how stable it runs…”
“Goofy, a bit clunky, but so much fun and a really unique game.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Love this game, a favorite even. It's fun, what can I say? The content flows at a lovely pace. They don't drag anything out for the sake of playtime, there's no grinding. You fight the greasy coggers to take back your…”
“I think it is a very good game but at the time of writing this it is still in early access. It is a bit repetitive but I think every new upgrade or new area brings enough new thing for it to be fun.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I bought Volcanoids almost as soon as it came out back in 2019. The idea was very interesting to me, so I gave it a try. At that time the game wasn’t quite where I hoped it would be yet, so I stopped playing after a…”
“is a very ez game to play and i like it”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“DO NOT BUY..creators left it to die with so much potential. Played because I saw the dev tiktoks and wanted to support but he gave up I guess..”
“A fun game with lots of potential that was sadly abandoned by the creators. Good potential, a base that moves locations (through cutscenes, sadly, not driving it around) but a fun aesthetic. If they return and update…”
“i understand that development takes time, but we haven't had a single game update in 13 months. and we also haven't heard a single thing from the devs in nearly 3 months. communication is not that hard.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I once liked this game but when i was playing with a friend the enemy spawns were just too much and every time we would beat a tank another would spawn and afterwards due to the games buggy code i was teleported in lava…”
“i really like this game my friend ragequitted after like 5 tanks spawned on us and he spawned in lava, 10/10 would recommend”
“Gun play is lovely, automation is also super satisfying to set up, slightly annoying enemies at endgame, 9/10”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Wish I hadn't purchased this. It's abandoned and the Multiplayer doesn't work. Save yourself the time and keep browsing the store.”
“DO NOT BUY. Abandoned trash in EA since forever”
“MORE ABANDONWARE CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!! Recent positive reviews are total lies!!!!! Game is JUNK!!!”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I have to admit at first I thought this was going to be a basic one off indie game that would quickly get abandoned after the hype on social media died out, I am happy to say I was wrong and after 6 years this game is…”
“Goofy, a bit clunky, but so much fun and a really unique game.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Wish I hadn't purchased this. It's abandoned and the Multiplayer doesn't work. Save yourself the time and keep browsing the store.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“TO EVERYBODY WHO THINKS THE GAME IS ABANDONED: The game isnt abandoned the devs are working on a vechicle called the steam roller and that will probly be in the next update. they do some small updates to keep us pacient for the new map, the map is gonna be verry detailed (showed…”
— a player, Steam review · 285 hrs played“the game can be a -Little- Clunky, however, i've followed the game since 2019, pirated old versions, bought the early access when i had money. but honestly, no other game feels like how this game promises (and those promises may be Arriving in a Month! (NEW ISLAND UPDATE!?) but…”
— a player, Steam review · 139 hrs played“DO NOT BUY: Do not buy this game in it's current state, the devs are not making any actual updates to the game and just giving progress updates on development. I doubt this game will every see 1.0, I would not buy this until the dev makes an real update and not just words.”
— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Island Preview - Patch 2.0.201.0
We’ve got another round of updates for the Island Preview branch! This patch focuses on smoothing out the Orchard Port loop, updating your journal, and giving you new tools to play with in the form of
Dev Update: Hotfix #6, New Island Progress
Hey Everyone,Hotfix #6 is coming soon. It will probably be the last patch for the Preview branch. We've finished the Orchard Port gameplay, we're finalizing the Journal and we're making improvements t
New Island Preview - Patch 2.0.117.0
This hotfix primarily focuses on resolving critical lighting issues, gameplay bugs, and the biggest performance bottlenecks. Alongside these fixes, we've adjusted the underground lighting and introduc
Dev Update: Hotfix #5, Summer Plans & Beyond
Hey Everyone,It's been three weeks since we launched The New Island preview, and you're probably wondering what's coming next. We’ve been reading your comments, reviews, and forum posts, and we are ad
New Island Preview - Patch 2.0.64.0
Fixesfixed non-interactive doors in the sewersfixed missing water collider beneath the sewersfixed multiple repeating voice linesfixed Rosegate Port questlinefixed crane camera not switching properlyV
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Multiplayer · Crafting · Exploration · Online Co-Op · Shooter · Action · Steampunk · First-Person · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, Hungarian, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Official site | https://linktr.ee/volcanoids |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit (Service Pack 1) Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 470 / AMD RadeonHD 5850 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible Additional Notes: Future releases may require more hard drive space.