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Volcanoids

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.

Released Jan 29, 2019 Developer Volcanoid Platforms Windows · Linux Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerCrafting
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

83.1%positive8,915 reviews
Recommended · 39 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 33 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

43playing at last check
8824-hour peak
2,750all-time peak
0 250 500 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 473 avg · Mar 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

40achievements
4.5%median completion
0.3%rarest: Volcanic Virtuoso
80.0% of players 78.7% of players 77.7% of players 51.8% of players 50.4% of players 39.7% of players 39.2% of players 38.3% of players 25.1% of players 17.9% of players 15.6% of players 15.3% of players 13.9% of players 12.9% of players 12.0% of players 10.0% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.7% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.3% of players 80.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.0%The Underminer! — Claim your own drillship
78.7%Technologist — Collect technology component
77.7%Robot destroyer — Kill 10 Cogs
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Volcanic Virtuoso — Collect all the phonograph tracks scattered around various points of interests on the island
0.5%Make them dance! — Help the cogs throw the best party ever
0.5%Poke The Bear — Shoot the spider’s periscope before it spotted you

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 11, 2026
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

Jun 25, 2026
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

Jun 19, 2026
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

Jun 01, 2026
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

May 30, 2026
New Island Preview - Patch 2.0.44.0

Fixesfixed missing ladder in lower parts of the sewersfixed issue with expeditions caused by saving and loadingfixed missing water on new island map (map screen)increased damage of the elite cog in ex

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsOpen World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Multiplayer · Crafting · Exploration · Online Co-Op · Shooter · Action · Steampunk · First-Person · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, Hungarian, Ukrainian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements40
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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.