Volcano Princess

In Volcano Princess, players spend time with the daughter and manage what daily activities she participates in. The daughter has several stats, such as strength, intelligence, emotion and imagination, which can be increased by enrolling her in classes and managing her schedule. The daughters are able to learn more than a dozen skills from courses such as music, painting and fighting. They can also participate in other activities such as work, adventures, gardening, dances, dice games, horse catching, horse racing and others.

As time passes, the character will grow older and go through different stages in her life, reflected by her appearance and additional gameplay options. The player and the daughter will also interact with many different NPCs. Based on player decisions, NPCs can form friendships and romantic relationships with the daughter. These interactions can affect the ending of the game.

The story of the game takes place in the Volcano Kingdom where chivalry, magic and alchemy are prevalent. The player takes on the role of father who takes care of his daughter alone after his wife died.

The game was developed by the team Egg Hatcher, which consists of two students who graduated from the Communication University of China in 2019. This work was adapted from their previous graduation project, which took 4 years of development to complete.

On July 9, 2021, the game released the Steam store page, and announced that the game trial would be available at Shanghai CCG EXPO from July 15 to 18. On 15 September 2022, the game published its first trailer, and announced that a trial version will be launched on Steam in October.

Amanda Yeo of Mashable stated the game to be "as wholesome as parenting can get". She compared the game with Princess Maker 2, saying that since both of the games are "raising simulators", this game is "the experience nostalgic players remember Princess Maker 2 to be". However, she also mentioned that it "has a fairly robust social system", with multiple routes to be chosen from. Despite that, she pointed out that numerous errors exist in the English language localisation of the game, alongside a few bugs upon release. In all, she compared the game to "a handmade gift", since it "isn't perfect, but is beautiful and made with heart".

Jenni Lada of Siliconera also compared the game with the Princess Maker series. In her view, the game "lets you be more involved in your child’s life", since the player character can take part in activities together, forming the scene of "a father-daughter outing". In general, she claimed the game to be "both more interactive and approachable".