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Goodbye Volcano High

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Emotional and relatable story
  • Strong character development and voice acting
  • Beautiful art and animation
  • Excellent soundtrack and rhythm gameplay
  • Meaningful lgbtq+ representation

Things to keep in mind

  • Some technical issues and bugs
  • Linear story with limited impact of choices
  • Short game length
  • Occasional pacing and writing inconsistencies
  • Lack of manual save or chapter select features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Boyhood's End

  • Scarlet Hollow

  • MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury

  • Road 96 🛣️

  • BUSTAFELLOWS

  • Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Goodbye Volcano High but with less survival pressure

  • Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo

  • Goodnight Universe

  • Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm

  • The Crown of Leaves

  • Until Then

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Goodbye Volcano High but with less of a community feel

  • Starlight Vega

  • Vampires' Melody

  • Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel

  • Dreamfall Chapters

  • I'a I'a Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa

  • Seduce Me 2: The Demon War

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Goodbye Volcano High: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026