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ICARUS

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.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep survival crafting and building” (66 of 105 reviews) and “Abundant long-term content” (20); the most common complaint is “Poor optimization and severe stuttering” (17). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Dec 3, 2021 Developer RocketWerkz Platforms Windows SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerBase-BuildingOnline Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $34.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

74.7%positive68,840 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 105 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 49 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 49 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

52,305all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 19.5k avg · Dec 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.

171achievements
1.2%median completion
0.0%rarest: Gotta Catch Them All II
79.5% of players 64.9% of players 34.5% of players 29.4% of players 24.9% of players 22.0% of players 17.3% of players 15.3% of players 13.3% of players 9.3% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 6.6% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 79.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.5%Survival 101 — Pick up a stick, stone, or oxite
72.1%Armored and Dangerous — Equip a full set of armor
64.9%Whoops! — First time your prospector dies
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Gotta Catch Them All II — Max Rank Elysium Creatures in the Bestiary
0.1%Off the Charts — Collect and process 5,000 Enriched Uranium Rods
0.1%Gone Fission — Hidden achievement

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.

$34.99current · sampled 2026-10-23 11:42 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-23
US34.99 USD
EU33.99 EUR
UK29.50 GBP
Australia50.95 AUD
Canada44.99 CAD
Japan3,900 JPY
Brazil101.99 BRL
China128.00 CNY

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

China≈$19 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$39

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 09-30 10-23

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 22, 2026
Icarus Week 255 Update | Rifle Turret

Welcome to Week 255. This week, we’re introducing a brand-new addition to the end of the Tier 4 tech tree: the Rifle Turret. Joining the existing Pistol and Flamethrower Turrets, it gives you another

Oct 15, 2026
Icarus Week 254 Update | Fish Quality of Life

Welcome to Week 254. This week brings a major overhaul to fishing on Icarus, giving you more ways to make use of your catches. We’re introducing a range of new fish-based recipes, each with unique bon

Oct 08, 2026
Icarus Week 253 Update | Radiation Effects

Welcome to Week 253. This week, we’re updating the radiation effects found in radioactive zones on Elysium, as well as those caused by radioactive items placed in chests or dropped on the ground, to p

Oct 01, 2026
Icarus Week 252 Update | Field Guide Quality of Life

Welcome to Week 252. This week, we’re delivering a large update to the Field Guide, adding sub-categories to help with the organization, comparison, and searching of items within the guide. We’re also

Sep 24, 2026
Icarus Week 251 Update | Tameable Kiwi

Welcome to Week 251. This week we are introducing a long-requested feature that some passionate community members have been asking for for a long time: the tameable Kiwi. Meanwhile, the team is busy p

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Simulation
Player tagsSurvival · Open World Survival Craft · Multiplayer · Base-Building · Online Co-Op · Crafting · Open World · Exploration · Building · Co-op · PvE · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements171
Official sitehttps://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