ICARUS
December 3, 2021
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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70.2
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Critic Reviews (11)
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90.0
Gameplay
70.0
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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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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 …"
Read original review"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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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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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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80.0
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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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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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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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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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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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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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