Can I Run Volcanoids?
Released in 2019, Volcanoids is an action adventure game built by Volcanoid. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. There are 40 achievements to chase. Its Steam review count passes 7 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. 15 languages are covered by the store listing. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. Builds exist for Linux as well as Windows.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 470 / AMD RadeonHD 5850 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a steampunk world. Play is structured around a base the player builds up. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large. The view is from a first person view. There are 9 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Volcanoids is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Volcanoids. Nvidia GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 580 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Volcanoids within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Volcanoids takes about 6 GB of disk space. Volcanoids expects 16 GB of system memory. Volcanoids needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Volcanoids?
Volcanoids targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GTX 470 / AMD RadeonHD 5850 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 580 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Volcanoids's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Volcanoids?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Volcanoids?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300; GPU: Nvidia GTX 470 / AMD RadeonHD 5850; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Volcanoids need?
Volcanoids needs about 6 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Volcanoids?
The RTX 3060 runs Volcanoids comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Volcanoids?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Volcanoids is the GPU.