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2019PC, Steam Deck playable83 % positive16.79 €

Instead of a fixed base, you build up a giant mobile drill vehicle to travel a volcanic island, mine resources and fight robots. Play solo or in co-op to uncover what lies beneath the surface.

  • Resources and survival
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Co-op or multiplayer

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In short: Games like Volcanoids

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Volcanoids special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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No Man's Sky

91 %Match

2016USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified84 % positive58.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Volcanoids: an open world, lots to discover and a sci-fi setting.

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

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Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Resources and survival

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

TerraTech

Sci-fi setting

You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

Scrap Mechanic

Co-op or multiplayer

A colorful physics sandbox where you engineer your own vehicles and contraptions from parts. Its survival mode has you and friends scavenging and farming on a planet overrun by hostile Farmbots.

Astroneer

Sci-fi setting

As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

Raft

Resources and survival

You begin on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, collecting debris, expanding your floating home and exploring islands while sharks circle. Solo or in co-op, survival turns into a laid-back crafting and discovery voyage with a mysterious story.

Voidtrain

Resources and survival

You build and expand a train that travels through strange dimensions, gathering resources along the way to craft weapons and upgrade your carriages. This survival adventure can be played solo or with up to four players.

Creativerse

Open world

A colorful sandbox survival game about gathering, crafting and building elaborate structures. You explore a procedurally generated voxel world full of caves, biomes and creatures, solo or with friends.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Resources and survival

Stranded on an island full of dinosaurs, you gather resources, build bases and tame prehistoric beasts to ride and fight alongside you. On multiplayer servers it becomes a harsh, time-hungry struggle of tribes, raids and alliances.

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