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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.

Released Dec 3, 2021 Developer RocketWerkz Platforms Windows SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerBase-BuildingOnline Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $8.74 (US · as of 2026-09-10)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

74.6%positive67,802 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 74.6% 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 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 2026-09-05.

171achievements
1.1%median completion
0.0%rarest: Gotta Catch Them All II
79.1% of players 64.5% of players 34.2% of players 29.0% of players 24.0% of players 22.1% of players 16.6% of players 15.1% of players 12.8% of players 9.2% of players 7.6% of players 7.0% of players 6.4% of players 6.0% of players 5.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% 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 0.6% of players 79.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.1%Survival 101 — Pick up a stick, stone, or oxite
71.4%Armored and Dangerous — Equip a full set of armor
64.5%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.

$8.74−75% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-10 20:53 UTC
$34.99base price
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-23
US8.74 USD−75%
EU8.49 EUR−75%
UK7.37 GBP−75%
Australia12.73 AUD−75%
Canada11.24 CAD−75%
Japan975 JPY−75%
Brazil25.49 BRL−75%
China32.00 CNY−75%

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

China≈$4.8 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$10.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-22 08-03 08-16 08-29 09-10

Latest official news

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

Sep 10, 2026
Icarus Week 249 Update | Inaris Powerbank

Welcome to Week 249. This week we’re adding a brand new item to the Workshop: the Inaris Powerbank. This allows you to bring a pre-charged power bank down with you, giving you a portable way to charge

Sep 03, 2026
Icarus Week 248 Update | Scoria Deep Ore Veins

Welcome to Week 248. This week, we’re introducing Scoria Deep Ore Veins to all maps, meaning they will no longer be exclusive to Prometheus and can now be found across Icarus. We also cover a fix for

Aug 27, 2026
Icarus Week 247 Update | Slinker Saddles

Welcome to Week 247. This week, we've updated 11 existing Saddles to work with the Slinker, bringing the total number of Saddles available for the Slinker to 14. We've also made a range of optimizatio

Aug 20, 2026
Icarus Week 246 Update | Metal Weapon Rack

Welcome to Week 246. This week, we’re adding a new Metal Weapon Rack, giving prospectors a stylish new way to display their tools. We also go into a bit more detail about the power cut that occurred i

Aug 13, 2026
Icarus Week 245 Update | Tusker Breeding & Phenotypes

Welcome to Week 245. This week, Tuskers are getting a major expansion with the introduction of breeding and new phenotypes to discover, collect, and breed into your herd. We’re also taking a sneak pee

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Screenshots

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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