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ICARUS

RocketWerkz · 2021-12-03

Steam

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

7,192
playing now
75%
positive of 67k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
436
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
36h
to beat · rushed 28h · completionist 215h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

7,192 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Icarus is a session-based survival video game by developer RocketWerkz. Created by Dean Hall, it was released on 4 December 2021 for Windows on the Steam platform.

Trailer

ICARUS trailer thumbnail

Icarus | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

≈506,617 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7,192 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12,863 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,608/week).
  • · Review velocity up 186% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,309 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.5k9.5k20212026Week of 2021-12-01: 9,471 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5,735 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 910 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 942 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 430 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,119 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 606 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,970 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 769 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 161 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

14k3.8k2026-08-06 22:00 — 7,303 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4,315 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 8,218 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 9,343 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 6,350 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 10,653 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 10,692 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 6,977 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 12,194 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 10,281 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4,596 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 7,915 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 7,489 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 4,164 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 7,570 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 6,708 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3,810 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 8,830 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10,023 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3,839 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 5,036 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 8,046 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 5,815 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 7,263 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 8,377 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 4,973 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3,786 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 7,511 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 7,192 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$3.492021-06-112026-07-302021-06-11 — best price $26.992021-08-25 — best price $26.992021-12-23 — best price $26.992022-01-27 — best price $26.992022-02-28 — best price $34.992022-05-31 — best price $34.992022-06-23 — best price $23.442022-08-01 — best price $23.442022-08-12 — best price $23.442022-12-22 — best price $23.442023-03-16 — best price $26.242023-06-29 — best price $26.242023-08-24 — best price $23.442023-11-21 — best price $23.442023-12-21 — best price $23.442024-02-26 — best price $33.482024-03-21 — best price $34.992024-06-03 — best price $34.992024-07-11 — best price $34.992024-08-12 — best price $34.992024-11-11 — best price $21.882024-11-27 — best price $17.492024-12-20 — best price $17.492025-01-16 — best price $8.742025-03-13 — best price $22.742025-06-26 — best price $22.742025-09-24 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-03-06 — best price $11.892026-06-25 — best price $22.742026-07-23 — best price $6.992026-07-30 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

282482026-05-28 — 70 pageviews2026-05-31 — 71 pageviews2026-06-03 — 104 pageviews2026-06-06 — 93 pageviews2026-06-09 — 74 pageviews2026-06-12 — 81 pageviews2026-06-15 — 70 pageviews2026-06-18 — 68 pageviews2026-06-21 — 95 pageviews2026-06-24 — 94 pageviews2026-06-27 — 86 pageviews2026-06-30 — 81 pageviews2026-07-03 — 104 pageviews2026-07-06 — 86 pageviews2026-07-09 — 63 pageviews2026-07-12 — 58 pageviews2026-07-15 — 65 pageviews2026-07-18 — 67 pageviews2026-07-21 — 57 pageviews2026-07-24 — 282 pageviews2026-07-27 — 256 pageviews2026-07-30 — 138 pageviews2026-08-02 — 102 pageviews2026-08-05 — 65 pageviews2026-08-08 — 78 pageviews2026-08-11 — 68 pageviews2026-08-14 — 89 pageviews2026-08-17 — 90 pageviews2026-08-20 — 116 pageviews2026-08-23 — 100 pageviews2026-08-25 — 82 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

436502026-08-26 19:15 — 317 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 128 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 120 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 189 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 163 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 111 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 231 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 286 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 116 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 132 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 111 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 184 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 191 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 199 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 159 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 202 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 213 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 138 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 139 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 160 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 297 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 291 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 436 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Survival 101"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing20 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17,7090%171

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvECo-opSpaceMiningBuildingCraftingSurvivalRealisticOpen WorldExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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