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Volcanoids

Volcanoid · 2019-01-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 29, 2019 (Linux)

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.

62
playing now
83%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 62 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 254 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 233k–560k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,332 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.83 at GreenManGaming (2021-07-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40040020192026Week of 2019-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10702026-08-07 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 65 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 104 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 107 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 65 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 66 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 49 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 47 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 36 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$11.832019-01-302026-07-092019-01-30 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-02-04 — best price $19.992020-05-27 — best price $19.992020-06-14 — best price $16.682020-07-13 — best price $19.992020-08-26 — best price $17.992020-09-13 — best price $17.992020-10-04 — best price $17.992020-10-22 — best price $17.992020-11-07 — best price $17.992020-11-25 — best price $15.992020-12-13 — best price $19.992020-12-31 — best price $19.992021-01-16 — best price $16.882021-02-06 — best price $17.992021-02-24 — best price $16.882021-03-15 — best price $16.882021-04-02 — best price $16.882021-04-20 — best price $16.882021-05-08 — best price $16.882021-05-27 — best price $15.992021-07-30 — best price $11.832021-10-05 — best price $16.882021-11-16 — best price $15.892022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-03-20 — best price $19.992022-06-14 — best price $17.992022-09-30 — best price $15.742023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-17 — best price $13.992023-07-18 — best price $17.882023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-03-19 — best price $17.882024-07-02 — best price $17.882024-12-07 — best price $13.992025-06-26 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
80%
earned "The Underminer!"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Polish, Dutch…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,3540%40

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

Player tags

Co-opActionShooterCraftingSurvivalAdventureSteampunkOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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