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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Exploration · Singleplayer · Adventure · Crafting · Simulation · Atmospheric · Action · RPG · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://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)