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CasualIndieParkourAtmosphericFirst-Person3D PlatformerRunner

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 208

Peak in the last 7 days: 227

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Game description

VHOLUME is a melancholic first-person parkour adventure set in a dystopian brutalist city where bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey.

Basic info

DeveloperNathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels Tiercelin
PublisherIronEqual
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateAug 21, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OS64-bit Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise, or Education, version 1903 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory4 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R7 370
Storage10 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 446 reviews from the past 1 year

93.7/ 100
Top 5%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (97%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 14, 2026)

Praised for its movement by 156 reviewers, VHOLUME is a standout runner; it scores 93.7, top 5% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Gameplay ranks 6th of 1396 and is mentioned in 79% of analyzed reviews. 156 reviews praise the movement, and 71 describe an addictive one more run feeling. 68 value a world of simplicity and escape, where just running is enough. Visuals & Sound ranks 108th of 1249, with praise for gorgeous brutalist environments and a relaxing early 2000s soundtrack. Story & World ranks 105th of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

Complaints are modest. 24 reviews find that moving objects make runs hard and unfair, the most upvoted saying it hurts speedrunning consistency. 14 find some levels obtuse, with no clear sense of where the goal is, and 14 call it short for the price. A few say the story is vague without the store page, and others feel many of the final levels are repetitive and unfinished, with stretched textures. Content Volume still ranks 140th of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“some of the best movement in any game ever played” · 156 reviews
“consistently good games, addictive just one more run experience” · 71 reviews
“game offers simplicity and escape from life's complexity, just running is enough” · 68 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 79% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +4.51 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “some of the best movement in any game ever played” · 156 reviews
Negative “physics has quirks, incomplete movement mechanics” · 5 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 18% · Onboarding 13% · Freedom 23% · Strategy 14%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 61% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

World +4.07 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “game offers simplicity and escape from life's complexity, just running is enough” · 68 reviews
Negative “increasingly eerie and desolate atmosphere causes anxiety” · 4 reviews

Story 7% · Characters 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +4.19 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “tons of ways to beat levels, workshop support enables infinite replayability” · 12 reviews

Volume 18% · Variety 9%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 56% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.06 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “beautiful brutalist environments look gorgeous” · 54 reviews
Negative “late-game maps lack detail, art direction inconsistent, brutalist aesthetic underwhelming” · 3 reviews

Audio 36%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.80 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “multiplayer creates magical shared experience of exploration and competition” · 9 reviews

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 8% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.26 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Positive “worth every single penny, amazing game overall” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.12 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “game runs very smoothly, feels great at start” · 1 review
Negative “micro-stutters on RTX 5090 shouldn't happen” · 7 reviews

Stability 1% · Developer support 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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