Volcanoids

On a volcanic island threatened by eruptions, you build a drillship that serves as your base. Explore the island and its underground areas while contending with hostile mining robots and the danger of staying on the surface during an eruption.

Venture out to gather resources, find new areas, and fight robots and enemy drillships for useful materials and technology. When eruptions threaten, take your drillship underground to ride them out.

Craft equipment and expand your drillship with workshops, storage, weapons, and defensive modules. Progress through technology tiers, improve and automate production, and complete objectives alone or with up to three other players.

Players who enjoy Volcanoids often single out its distinctive drillship base, especially customizing and upgrading it, and the crafting and automation systems that support progression. Reviews also praise the steampunk setting, robot fights, and playing cooperatively. Common reservations include repetitive exploration and resource gathering, uneven enemy encounters, bugs or clunky systems, and concerns about the pace of development.