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ICARUS
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
66 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“I played this game for quite a bit (638 hrs at the time of writing this). I think it's fairly well made and has potential, BUT the things that made me want to stop playing are the following: 1. DLCs are pretty damn…”
“Icarus ended up being way better than I expected. The survival gameplay is solid, and building bases is fun, and the storms can make even simple missions turn chaotic really fast. Exploring the map and slowly getting…”
“The core game mechanics are unbelievably beautiful. Chopping trees, gathering plants, mining - its all incredibly immersive, smooth, and satisfying. The crafting and the tech tree is likewise incredible. In most games…”
20 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“This game was extremely fun to play with 2 of my friends there are a ton of things to do and each one of the team can specialize in something (Mining, Fighting, Building) and after 80 hours I can absolutely recommend…”
“This is one of the tougher Survival / Crafting games, but well worth the effort, and it's roguelike account-levelup features are very unique. Good solo or with friends, a slowburn that is worth your time. Be warned…”
“Amazing game, awesome progression, plenty to do for hours and hours of game time.”
18 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“[h1] Infinitely better. Infinitely waiting. [/h1] Icarus is an incredible game with one of the most dedicated developers I've ever seen that I can't bring myself to play (My total hours played has yet to see us even…”
“Been at this game since a buddy showed me and I only have the base game so far and haven't experienced it all yet. Thank you for keeping the updates rolling in! Will be buying some expansion packs soon.”
“Great game. Has its bugs, but the team constantly updates the system. The survival aspects are nice and can be made easy or hard. For those folks that are used to survival games this game should be enjoyable. I enjoy…”
15 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Icarus ended up being way better than I expected. The survival gameplay is solid, and building bases is fun, and the storms can make even simple missions turn chaotic really fast. Exploring the map and slowly getting…”
“the game is fun on a bun especially with friends, but I don't get 60 fps @ 1080P with my PC raytracing or not.....and with raytracing on Vram usage is either just below 24GB or above my Vram when playing on epic. I…”
“This game was extremely fun to play with 2 of my friends there are a ton of things to do and each one of the team can specialize in something (Mining, Fighting, Building) and after 80 hours I can absolutely recommend…”
15 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Icarus ended up being way better than I expected. The survival gameplay is solid, and building bases is fun, and the storms can make even simple missions turn chaotic really fast. Exploring the map and slowly getting…”
“This is one of the tougher Survival / Crafting games, but well worth the effort, and it's roguelike account-levelup features are very unique. Good solo or with friends, a slowburn that is worth your time. Be warned…”
“Amazing game, awesome progression, plenty to do for hours and hours of game time.”
17 of the 105 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“If you like addicting games that begin to consume your life. This is one for you! I run it off an external so loading is slow, but gameplay is smooth. The weather is one of my favorite parts! They took their time to get…”
“Its a good game but they really need to optimize the game better instead of working on updates that sometimes dont need working on when they could spend the time wisely on making the game more playable for others. once…”
“the game is fun on a bun especially with friends, but I don't get 60 fps @ 1080P with my PC raytracing or not.....and with raytracing on Vram usage is either just below 24GB or above my Vram when playing on epic. I…”
17 of the 105 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this game for quite a bit (638 hrs at the time of writing this). I think it's fairly well made and has potential, BUT the things that made me want to stop playing are the following: 1. DLCs are pretty damn…”
“the base game is pretty lame. Not many creatures and not much to do but harvest and build. Very disappointing that the video they show in the store page, with all the cool creatures and bosses isn't what you get with…”
“This game was extremely fun to play with 2 of my friends there are a ton of things to do and each one of the team can specialize in something (Mining, Fighting, Building) and after 80 hours I can absolutely recommend…”
16 of the 105 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I love the f outta this game but that’s exactly the reason why I hate it and can’t recommend it as well . Hear me out : The Jank Tank …. If you already play Icarus, then IFKYK But the further you get into the game and…”
“Too many crash to desktops on my system....PC specs i9-13900KF, 64gb RAM, 42TB HDD space, GeForce RTX 4090 24gb RAM. This system is 3 years old and it plays everything else in my Steam just fine, but this game continues…”
“You need a beefy rig, lots of settings tweaking and frame gen just to run this game out of the box. All that in the name of allegedly looking good, and they never bothered to fix T regular pose animations. I think, in a…”
15 of the 105 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] Infinitely better. Infinitely waiting. [/h1] Icarus is an incredible game with one of the most dedicated developers I've ever seen that I can't bring myself to play (My total hours played has yet to see us even…”
“I love the f outta this game but that’s exactly the reason why I hate it and can’t recommend it as well . Hear me out : The Jank Tank …. If you already play Icarus, then IFKYK But the further you get into the game and…”
“It's a decent game. but I have a lot of complaints, some may be specific to the open world mode. It's quite cumbersome to play. inventory and storage management are clunky and annoying to deal with. stack sizes often…”
14 of the 105 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Icarus ended up being way better than I expected. The survival gameplay is solid, and building bases is fun, and the storms can make even simple missions turn chaotic really fast. Exploring the map and slowly getting…”
“It's a decent game. but I have a lot of complaints, some may be specific to the open world mode. It's quite cumbersome to play. inventory and storage management are clunky and annoying to deal with. stack sizes often…”
“So you boot up Icarus, see two modes - Open World and Missions - and think “open world with missions sounds like… the one with missions.” Perfectly logical. Completely wrong. Congratulations, you’ve just speedrun the…”
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 72.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Absolutely love this game, don't get me wrong, but the longer you play the more glaring the issues become and for a game that's over four years old that seems to be a little odd. I get the game needs new content but someone really needs to buckle down and address the issues that…”
— a player, Steam review · 395 hrs played“Icarus – Good Idea, Frustrating Execution Icarus has a unique concept with its timed missions, but it ends up feeling more annoying than exciting. The constant grind and having to rebuild everything every mission gets repetitive fast, and it kills any long-term progression. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 54 hrs played“the only complain that I have with the game, the more stuff you build in the game, the more unplayable the game is... games does calculations on every item you build in the game to see if the item is sheltered, damaged etc, you can start the game with 300fps, and when a storm…”
— a player, Steam review · 679 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:20 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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Icarus Week 242 Update | Workshop Flashlight
Icarus is free to play this weekend and to celebrate we are enabling a double experience weekend! Not only this but all of our DLC is on sale with a special 'Free Weekend Bundle' which packs the base
Free Weekend & Double XP Event
ICARUS FREE Weekend & Double XP Event So grab some friends and jump into the game, with Double XP which lasts throughout. ICARUS 80% Off & Special Discounted Bundle Icarus and all DLC are on sale, wit
Icarus Week 241 Update | Single Barrel Launcher
Welcome to Week 241, This week we're introducing a brand new weapon archetype: the Launcher. The first weapon in this category is the Single Barrel Launcher, allowing you to load and fire grenades wit
Icarus Week 240 Update | Foundry Update
Welcome to Week 240, This week, we've updated the T4 Foundry Mesh, reducing its size while preserving its full functionality - a popular community request. We also perform a slight balance of the reci
Icarus Week 239 Update | MXC Oxite Dissolver
Welcome to Week 239, This week brings a brand new item to the Workshop, joining the growing set of Deployables: the MXC Oxite Dissolver. We’re also sharing updates on a planned rework of the Olympus q
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Simulation |
| Player tags | Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Multiplayer · Base-Building · Online Co-Op · Crafting · Open World · Exploration · Building · Co-op · PvE · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 171 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://SurviveIcarus.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Intel i5 8400 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space