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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Third-person survival adventure tracing early hominids across prehistoric Africa

Panache Digital Games · Published by Private Division · Released Aug 27, 2020

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Reviews
Very Positive
80% of 10K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
86% of 75 in 30 days
Players
58
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
6 years ago
Sep 14, 2020
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 760
8 GB RAM
Full requirements

What is Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey?

A third-person, single-player open-world survival game set in Neogene Africa from 10 million to 2 million years ago. You control members of an early hominid clan, explore jungles and savannas, manage food, water, and sleep, craft tools, evade predators, and pass learned abilities through generations as the clan evolves.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy solving unfamiliar systems through experimentation
  • +you have patience for slow, generational progression
  • +you prefer exploration over explicit direction

Not for you if...

  • −you need cooperative or competitive multiplayer modes
  • −you want evolution to reach modern humans and technology

What players say

80% of 10,329 reviews are positive · 86% of 75 in the last 30 days

Players praise the prehistoric setting, open-world exploration, and discoveries that make evolution feel rewarding. Their most common complaints are sparse guidance, clunky controls, and a repetitive, tedious progression loop that often sends them to outside guides.

Players over time

▼ -55% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 208 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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How many players finish Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey?

2.5% of Steam players have unlocked «Heritage», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey screenshot 1

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 760, 8 GB RAM.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 Sp1 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Graphics
GeForce GTX 760 (4GB) or Radeon HD 7950 (3GB)
Memory
8 GB RAM

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Graphics
GeForce GTX 980 (4GB) or Radeon RX 480 (8GB)
Memory
8 GB RAM

Does Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
13
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

Does Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

1 DLC available.

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