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Volcano Princess

养蛋人 Egg Hatcher · 2023-04-20

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 24, 2025 (Xbox One), Jun 24, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 30, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jul 30, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2026 (iOS), Jul 30, 2026 (Android)

Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!

Volcano Princess is a $10.99 Casual, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2023, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 49126 reviews).

393
playing now
98%
positive of 49k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (3.5k downloads)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (117 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.99
steam price (US)

393 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Volcano Princess is a social simulation game, developed by the Chinese studio Egg Catcher and published by the Chinese publisher Gamera Games, where players play the role of the single father to a young girl. It was released for Microsoft Windows on April 21, 2023. By July 2023, it had sold over 600,000 copies.

Trailer

Volcano Princess trailer thumbnail

Volcano Princess - Now Available on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass - Launch Trailer

≈437,015 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 393 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,746 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~343/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,053 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 988k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 49,403 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.14 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.4k7.4k20232026Week of 2023-04-01: 7,355 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4,811 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,068 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,369 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,633 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,250 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,322 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 800 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

999772026-09-15 12:00 — 609 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 127 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 271 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 630 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 211 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 195 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 383 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 321 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 115 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 586 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 450 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 77 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 364 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 867 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 173 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 664 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 945 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 154 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 493 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 777 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 141 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 219 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 393 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k397Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 10,760 · peak 30,515Jun 2023 — avg 2,144 · peak 7,824Aug 2023 — avg 838 · peak 2,008Oct 2023 — avg 830 · peak 3,076Dec 2023 — avg 756 · peak 2,211Feb 2024 — avg 924 · peak 2,814Apr 2024 — avg 801 · peak 2,318Jun 2024 — avg 849 · peak 2,750Aug 2024 — avg 714 · peak 1,961Oct 2024 — avg 632 · peak 2,049Dec 2024 — avg 810 · peak 2,815Feb 2025 — avg 667 · peak 2,367Apr 2025 — avg 680 · peak 2,085Jun 2025 — avg 817 · peak 4,176Aug 2025 — avg 829 · peak 2,147Oct 2025 — avg 736 · peak 2,439Dec 2025 — avg 684 · peak 1,887Feb 2026 — avg 559 · peak 1,386Apr 2026 — avg 397 · peak 989Jun 2026 — avg 452 · peak 1,111Aug 2026 — avg 433 · peak 1,193
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
62622026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 62 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 9 new positive2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 9 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 22 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 12 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$7.142023-02-072026-08-052023-02-07 — best price $99.992023-04-27 — best price $10.992023-11-16 — best price $9.342024-01-04 — best price $10.992024-03-14 — best price $8.792024-04-19 — best price $8.792024-04-25 — best price $10.992024-05-25 — best price $10.992024-06-08 — best price $10.992024-07-11 — best price $10.992024-07-26 — best price $8.792024-08-01 — best price $8.652024-08-07 — best price $10.992024-08-26 — best price $8.792024-09-14 — best price $10.992024-09-29 — best price $8.792024-10-08 — best price $10.992024-10-17 — best price $10.992024-11-20 — best price $10.992024-12-20 — best price $8.242025-02-01 — best price $10.992025-03-04 — best price $8.652025-03-20 — best price $10.992025-05-16 — best price $8.242025-06-24 — best price $10.992025-08-23 — best price $10.992025-10-06 — best price $10.992025-12-18 — best price $7.472026-02-24 — best price $10.992026-04-20 — best price $7.142026-06-11 — best price $10.992026-07-22 — best price $7.142026-08-05 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

25462026-05-30 — 26 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 29 pageviews2026-06-15 — 28 pageviews2026-06-19 — 27 pageviews2026-06-23 — 58 pageviews2026-06-27 — 36 pageviews2026-07-01 — 56 pageviews2026-07-05 — 30 pageviews2026-07-09 — 33 pageviews2026-07-13 — 28 pageviews2026-07-17 — 126 pageviews2026-07-21 — 56 pageviews2026-07-25 — 51 pageviews2026-07-29 — 64 pageviews2026-08-02 — 85 pageviews2026-08-06 — 55 pageviews2026-08-10 — 50 pageviews2026-08-14 — 39 pageviews2026-08-18 — 30 pageviews2026-08-22 — 20 pageviews2026-08-26 — 27 pageviews2026-08-30 — 34 pageviews2026-09-03 — 34 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-11 — 18 pageviews2026-09-15 — 27 pageviews2026-09-19 — 18 pageviews2026-09-23 — 18 pageviews2026-09-27 — 22 pageviews2026-10-01 — 20 pageviews2026-10-05 — 31 pageviews2026-10-08 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4502026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "Happy Spring! "
61.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-09-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,0643%234
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2,9841%100
PS5 (PlayStation)3714%236
Switch (Nintendo)330%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCuteAnimeIndieLife SimStrategyDating SimSimulationStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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