Volcanoids

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Volcanoids is a base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces the boring old base with a steampunk drill. Alone or with up to 3 other crewmates, explore an ever-changing volcanic island, build out your drill, and fight hostile machines to reveal what's been hiding in the depths of the underground.

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Engine:
Unity
Release date:
29 January 2019
Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (34)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (4905)

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Description

Volcanoids is a base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces the boring old base with a steampunk drill. Alone or with up to 3 other crewmates, explore an ever-changing volcanic island, build out your drill, and fight hostile machines to reveal what's been hiding in the depths of the underground.

EXPLORE AN EVER-CHANGING VOLCANIC ISLAND

Explore a seemingly abandoned island cursed by persistent eruptions. Utilize your drillship's ability to travel underground to survive these eruptions as you discover new parts of the island, gather resources, and uncover secrets.

BATTLE ROBOTS AND DESTROY THEIR MACHINERY

Battle hostile mining robots of all shapes and sizes who roam the island's surface as well as underground. Capture any of their resources and technology that might be useful and destroy the rest.

CRAFT, UPGRADE AND AUTOMATE

The "drillship" is your very own mobile fortress. Customize it from inside out using the building system. Progress through technology tiers to upgrade, expand, automate, and weaponize different parts of the drillship.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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.

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 64bit
Processor:
Intel Core i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 580
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
6 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX® Compatible
Additional Notes:
Future releases may require more hard drive space.

User reviews

thickleweed
Recommended | 05 Jun 2026
13.5h played

I never leave reviews. This game is a gem. I played this with a friend 1-2 years ago we had an amazing playthrough even though there were some obvious improvements that needed to be made. Since then we've both monitored

Helpful: 10
VINC_CS-OPERATOR
Recommended | 05 Jun 2026
60.8h played

The best game of its kind. All of the mechanics mesh together really well. It feels quite well balanced for both multiplayer and single player. Also the only game where you pilot a drillship destroying enemies that I

Helpful: 1
Snog (EG)
Recommended | 03 Jun 2026
24.1h played

6/3/2026: I played this game back in 2014 I believe and it was good then, but I kind of got bored with it. I returned to it recently, and let me tell you this game has improved a whole lot in 12 years. The details are

Helpful: 2
Black Tongue
Not recommended | 13 Jul 2026
11.1h played

Played this for the first time in roughly three years. Inventory management is still the single biggest flaw in this game. In order to have stuff available to build anything you need to keep adding storage lockers and

Helpful: 0
Stravick Ovmahn
Recommended | 11 Jul 2026
91.7h played

Unless there have been a lot of updates since you last played, there isn't much replay-ability currently. Still, the main gameplay is progression and ultimate goal is simply, solid, and fun. Worth a play through or two,

Helpful: 1
hedgehogs119
Recommended | 13 Jul 2026
12.7h played

this game is early access but its great! the combat can be messy and frantic, upgrading your base is (relatively) intuitive, there are a handful of issues with clipping when your drillship goes underground but its so

Helpful: 0