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Content notice: The game features blood as result of combat with monsters. The visual style of the blood can be modified in a settings menu (from default red to green or completely replaced with a white smoke effect). One particular robot enemy features destroying of human-shaped limbs (arms). While there is no violence against human persons, many enemy designs are informed by humanoids or animals.
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Explore an interconnected world unfolding as you acquire new abilities, each region brimming with secrets to uncover as you learn your purpose in a collapsing artificial world.
Free
Action, Adventure, Indie · More free games
Embark on an adventure through interconnected regions as you explore and uncover mysteries in Volatility. Acquire unique abilities to navigate the dangerous corridors of this action-packed indie game.
About this game
In Volatility, explore an interconnected world unfolding as you acquire new abilities, each region brimming with secrets to uncover!
Left to die in a collapsing artificial world, you must learn how to escape it with the help of its few inhabitants still sane.
Why is this world being engulfed by its own core? What happened to the people who lived here? Who are you and how did you end up here?
Inspired by both modern metroidvanias and adventure games of the '90s and early 2000s, the game sees you conquering a world of dungeons and treasure.
Every newly acquired ability means new ways to interact with your environments like slashing chains, shooting far-away objects and riding on laser beams!
- An adventure spanning several floating islands and their dungeon interiors.
- Earn and upgrade Gems to broaden your combat and puzzle-solving options.
- Engage in widely varied gameplay including third-person shooting, top-down action, and on-rails shooting.
- Collect secret treasures to power up and learn more about the world.
- Help survivors stay alive and sane in their broken world.
- Escape the collapsing pocket dimension before it's too late!
Left to die in a collapsing artificial world, you must learn how to escape it with the help of its few inhabitants still sane.
Why is this world being engulfed by its own core? What happened to the people who lived here? Who are you and how did you end up here?
Inspired by both modern metroidvanias and adventure games of the '90s and early 2000s, the game sees you conquering a world of dungeons and treasure.
Every newly acquired ability means new ways to interact with your environments like slashing chains, shooting far-away objects and riding on laser beams!
- An adventure spanning several floating islands and their dungeon interiors.
- Earn and upgrade Gems to broaden your combat and puzzle-solving options.
- Engage in widely varied gameplay including third-person shooting, top-down action, and on-rails shooting.
- Collect secret treasures to power up and learn more about the world.
- Help survivors stay alive and sane in their broken world.
- Escape the collapsing pocket dimension before it's too late!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 2070 RTX
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Graphics card suggestion is a conservative estimate. This is oldest tested Graphics card, but lower end cards may work (requirements may change upon further testing).
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Volatility Demo Update (v0.2.2) - Bug Fixes
Fixes • Adjusted collisions on several points in exterior areas to prevent player from getting stuck. • Removed experimental/unfinished camera angle changes in Newston area interiors. • Adjusted UI menu navigation to prevent player from accessing menu options not visible on-screen. • Fixed issue where opening a specific chest could result in a different chest becoming inaccessible. • Adjusted charge value needed to open "Ruby Containers". Additionally, you may see some changes/additions to Rotreef's terrain!Read full article on Community Announcements (Spainmail)Patch NotesOfficial
Volatility demo version 0.2.0 is live now!
In preparation for Steam Next Fest later this month, a new update to Volatility's demo has landed! This update consists mainly of bug fixes, but many areas in the game have also received visual adjustments and the addition of more rewards to find (some more well-hidden than others!). Read on below for version 0.2.0's changelog: Additions • Settings: Normalize Engage Aim (re-centers aim at eye-level height every time player aims) option added. • Gameplay: Added treasure to both playable areas. • Gameplay: Added "Beam Emitter" hazards to Portal Transit. • Gameplay: Most cutscenes can now be skipped. Fixes & Adjustments • Fixed lighting issues. • Visual optimizations for Portal Transit area. • Restored missing damage numbers during boss encounter. • Actor speech now ends correctly if player skips dialogue lines during a cutscene. • Visual optimization for UI elements. • Fixed missing SFX instances. • Fixed Transport Junction interaction icon inconsistencies. • Fixed instances where player was able to go out of frame of camera. • Minor changes to Portal Transit level design. • Fixed physics interactions of destructible crates. • Fixed issue where cursor was not disabled correctly. • Decreased time between a pickup spawning and it seeking to the player. • Fixed issue where Alexandrite upgrades were instead applying to Ruby. • Fixed issue where the Diamond "Slash Range" upgrade was not working correctly. As always, thank you for spending time in Rotreef and feel free to contact me with any feedback, questions and suggestions! Billy / May As Well GamesRead full article on Community Announcements (Spainmail)AnnouncementsOfficial
Volatility demo out now!
Please enjoy this ~20min demo of Volatility's starting chapter. If you have any feedback, or in case of bugs, please report them either through the steam community boards or via the May As Well Games website/email/twitter (all links available on the store page). This game is a labor of love, and I appreciate each and every person who shows or has shown interest in it! Read on for more information about the game below or jump straight into the demo if you like! --- Volatility is an action-adventure (a Zelda-like, if you will) which borrows elements from a wide variety of genres, foremost of which modern metroidvanias. The player awakes to find themselves in an unfamiliar world on the brink of destruction, a pocket dimension approaching its natural end by collapsing in on itself. The few survivors left in this world implores the player to assist them in finding a way out, having been stranded here for centuries on the orders of a mad regent. What dark purpose did this pocket dimension serve the regent, and why were some of their most brilliant scientists left to such a harrowing fate as to wither away here? Most importantly, how did you end up here, and is escape even possible? Volatility features a host of abilities tied to gems, each of which lets the player interact with the world around them in a unique way. The ruby allows firing off projectiles at faraway foes and activation of electricity-powered devices, while the emerald enables powerful kick attacks and skating through the sky on etherlines. The player can upgrade gems to hone in on a favored playstyle, by searching environments for the many, many secrets scattered and hidden about the world. The player will come across friendly characters while exploring the pocket dimension, some of which may offer helpful insights or ask for help with things to make their existance in this world less fraught with danger. Your survival and escape depends on your ability to understand this self-annihilating world, but there...Read full article on Community Announcements (Spainmail)
