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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Released Aug 27, 2020 Developer Panache Digital Games Publisher Private Division Platforms Windows Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldExplorationSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $39.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

78.6%positive10,186 reviews
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“Its a very interesting game, but not a really fun one. First off, the in-game systems are barely explained due lacking tutorials and minimal HUD (even on the max setting). The drop of players between the first and second achievement (80% and 30%), show just how many players drop…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“This game is definitely not for everyone, but if it clicks with you, it's gonna have a stranglehold on you for many many hours. The sense of adventure this game invokes as you experiment with different possabilities and learn what you need to do to evolve your monkeys is…”

— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played
Not recommended · 44 found this helpful

“Sadly Steam doesn't allow a more nuanced review that "recommend: yes or no". My opinion would be: so, so. I bought this game after being intrigued by a few minutes of gameplay. It was cheap so it was worth a try. I expected a small game I'd finish in 20h or so and was surprised…”

— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

117playing at last check
21024-hour peak
2,841all-time peak
0 500 1k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 791 avg · Sep 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

13achievements
5.9%median completion
2.0%rarest: Apex!
79.5% of players 32.9% of players 25.5% of players 19.3% of players 15.4% of players 8.6% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 4.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 79.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.5%A Real Hero — Save the kid of the opening sequence.
32.9%Home Builder — Establish a new settlement for your clan.
25.5%Genetic Manipulation — Give a head start to your Neuronal Network.
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Apex! — Be the Apex Predator. Kill all possible predators.
2.4%Heritage — Launch the last possible evolution of Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.
2.6%All You Can Eat — Become Omnivorous.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$39.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$39.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US39.99 USD
EU36.99 EUR
UK32.99 GBP
Australia59.95 AUD
Canada51.99 CAD
Japan4,950 JPY
Brazil119.99 BRL
China148.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$22 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$44

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsOpen World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Exploration · Singleplayer · Adventure · Crafting · Simulation · Atmospheric · Action · RPG · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements13
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.ancestorsgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Sp1 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 760 (4GB) or Radeon HD 7950 (3GB)