ICARUS

ICARUS

December 3, 2021

ActionSurvival PC

ICARUS is a session-based PvE survival game for up to eight co-op players. Endure a savage alien wilderness on Icarus, humanity’s greatest mistake. Survive its brutal environment as you explore, harvest, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune. From their orbital station, prospectors drop to the planet surface for limited …

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Ali Amir Rectify Gaming Dec 2021
80.0 /100

Graphics

90.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

30.0

"Icarus is a great survival video game, and it is certainly good on consoles. It delivers a breathtaking view of the world and a challenging survival experience. However, the UI design on consoles is still terrific and confusing initially. Moreover, …"

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Edward Darling Press Start Dec 2021
90.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

65.0

Story

80.0

"Icarus boldly stakes its claim amongst giants in the field and swiftly proves to be a worthy contender. Everything I saw in the lead up to the release of Icarus made it seem too good to be true, but my …"

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Jakub Kadlus INDIANTVCZ Dec 2021
30.0 /100

"Icarus has an interesting concept that could work in the future, but now? At the stage the game is at, there is nothing more to talk about than the early beta phase of an interesting project that may one day …"

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Jason Rodriguez PC Invasion Dec 2021
40.0 /100

Graphics

50.0

Gameplay

20.0

Story

30.0

"Unfinished, buggy, and broken, Icarus should not have released at this stage. With mind-numbing repetition and baffling design decisions, it&s;s a survival game that&s;s more frustrating than challenging."

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Jeff M Young Analog Stick Gaming Dec 2021
75.0 /100

Graphics

68.0

Gameplay

82.0

Story

45.0

"Icarus is a solid survival game, especially with friends. The threat of running out of oxygen is a welcome addition to the genre, as many survival games don&s;t take place on a planet that failed terraforming. The lack of some …"

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Jim Smale Gert Lush Gaming Dec 2021
82.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

75.0

"It is a technically impressive game, both in looks and in depth. I really like the text and menu structure, although it is not always easy to use, it looks the part. It is really impressive how much data and …"

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Josh Broadwell Game Informer Dec 2021
70.0 /100

Graphics

30.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

60.0

"A refreshing take on the survival sandbox with a robust approach to progression and countless ways to tackle each mission. Sadly, harsh penalties, bugs, and crashes combine to make this a frustrating off-world expedition."

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Luis Alvaro Entertainment Geekly Dec 2021
60.0 /100

Graphics

45.0

Gameplay

58.0

Story

30.0

"ICARUS: Console Edition is a compelling survival game wrapped in an unfriendly welcome mat. If you can push through the opaque start, there’s a rewarding, systems-heavy experience underneath, but it really needs a better on-ramp."

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Ron Burke GamingTrend Dec 2021
90.0 /100

Graphics

95.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

70.0

"With gorgeous new vistas, fresh new technologies to build, and over two dozen new missions, this expansion pack delivers the alien world we&s;ve long been asking for."

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Survival Sherpa EIP Gaming Dec 2021
85.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

60.0

"ICARUS may have debuted as a bill of goods, but it is shaping up to be an exciting survival sandbox experience. A rich RPG customization system intersects with a bevy of game modes to provide gamers with a variety of …"

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Terrence Johnson ZTGD Dec 2021
70.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

70.0

"As I said about Icarus is a hardcore game, the systems and how they interact with each other is quite deep. This isn’t the easy-going experience of Ark, and with little to no direction given to players, I can see …"

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