ICARUS

First-person survival crafting across persistent worlds and timed missions

RocketWerkz · Released Dec 3, 2021

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 75% of 69K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 78% of 1,123 in 30 days
Playing now: 3,700; peak 24h 5,075
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 5 days ago; Sep 17, 2026

What is ICARUS?

This first-person PvE survival game takes place on Icarus, an Earth-like terraformed planet. As a prospector descending from an orbital station, you explore, gather resources, craft, hunt, build shelters, and survive wildlife and storms, alone or with up to eight players across persistent open worlds, limited-time missions, and creative outposts.

For you if...

+you enjoy demanding PvE survival, crafting, and base building
+you want solo play or cooperative exploration with friends
+you like choosing between persistent worlds and timed missions

Not for you if...

−you want competitive combat against other players
−you prefer relaxed survival with little preparation or planning
−you dislike rebuilding and early-game crafting in mission runs

What players say

75% of 68,676 reviews are positive · 78% of 1,123 in the last 30 days

Players praise the crafting and progression systems, challenging survival mechanics, and choice between mission runs and long-term open-world play. The dominant complaint is that too much content and parts of the tech tree are locked behind costly DLC; players also report tedious missions, rough building placement, and performance drops around large bases.

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ICARUS system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
Processor: Intel i5 8400
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 70 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 171
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.