Goodbye Volcano High

Goodbye Volcano High

Released Aug 2023

Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.

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Steam $29.99
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Evaluation

Goodbye Volcano High launched on August 29, 2023 as a complete, self-contained narrative game. Before launch, the developer explicitly confirmed the game had "gone gold" on August 21, 2023 — industry terminology meaning the game was fully finished and ready to ship. The only DLC ever listed is the soundtrack, which was released on launch day and is not a content expansion. Following release, KO_OP issued a series of bug fix and quality-of-life patches through early 2024 (the most substantial being Patch 1.06 on February 27, 2024), and a Unity security patch on October 3, 2025. None of these updates added story content or signaled plans for future expansions. The developer has made no announcements about post-launch story content, a sequel, or any upcoming DLC. The game was designed as a complete, linear narrative experience and has been treated as such by the developer since launch.
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Game launched on August 29, 2023. No post-launch content roadmap or future DLC was announced.
news post · Aug 29, 2023 source content shipped
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Developer confirmed the game 'went gold,' signaling the game was fully complete and ready to ship ahead of its August 29 launch.
news post · Aug 23, 2023 source development ending
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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
KO_OP
Achievements
37
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Features

  • Fully voice-acted and starring Lachlan Watson (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

  • Meaningful choices: Make difficult decisions to navigate Fang’s life and friendships

  • Stunning hand-drawn art and character animations—feels like a playable cartoon

  • Written using the storytelling engine that powers Heaven's Vault, Sorcery! and 80 Days

  • Goodbye Volcano High: a hybrid cinematic narrative/rhythm game/coming of age/interactive movie visual novel experience

The world’s about to explode. Just in time for senior year.

Just Fang’s luck: they finally figure out what they want out of life, and now the world’s about to explode.

Ok. So the world’s ending—do you tell your crush your feelings? Fix your messed-up family dynamic? Write the best song ever ever ever?? Try to do it all?

Goodbye Volcano High is a story-driven, choice-based cinematic adventure game about personal growth, acceptance, and the power of community. What will you do at the end of an era?

Decide Who To Be

Your choices shape who Fang becomes, and determine your gameplay experience. Discover what the future holds as you play through your final year at Volcano High. No pressure...

Chosen Family Values

Get close with friends, family, acquaintances, frenemies, crushes (crushes!?!). Figure out how you’re gonna be there for your loved ones when it matters most—it is the literal end of the world, after all. Nurturing relationships builds affinity and changes the outcome of your gameplay.

Don’t Let the Apocalypse Get You Down

Put all the shit that’s hard to say into your music with an interactive rhythm and lyrics system. Choose what you want to say in your lyrics and then perform those original tracks throughout the story.

Dino Minigames & Prehistoric Interactions 

Immerse yourself in Fang's day-to-day through interactions and conversations. In-game dinosaur-themed social media and interactive one-offs make you a part of Fang's life.

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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