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.
Last checked: Oct 23, 2026 (UTC)
Developer? Correct this pageLeft Early Access on Dec 3, 2021 — updated 96 times since 1.0. Last update: Oct 15, 2026.
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Welcome to Week 254. This week brings a major overhaul to fishing on Icarus, giving you more ways to make use of your catches. We’re introducing a range of new fish-based recipes, each with unique bonuses, alongside alternative crafting paths for several essential items. We’ve also overhauled the Fi
Welcome to Week 253. This week, we’re updating the radiation effects found in radioactive zones on Elysium, as well as those caused by radioactive items placed in chests or dropped on the ground, to provide a clearer and more consistent experience. These places will now look as fearsome as they actu
Welcome to Week 252. This week, we’re delivering a large update to the Field Guide, adding sub-categories to help with the organization, comparison, and searching of items within the guide. We’re also introducing a brand new item that can be acquired by hunting one of Icarus’ large creatures: the Sa
Welcome to Week 251. This week we are introducing a long-requested feature that some passionate community members have been asking for for a long time: the tameable Kiwi. Meanwhile, the team is busy putting the Great Hunts Elysium content through its final rounds of testing and polish, with external
Welcome to Week 250. This week we are adding a brand new deployable to the T4 Tech tree - the Electric Seed Extractor. This new deployable will help farmers harvest seeds from plants at a much faster rate than its T1 equivalent. We also have a quick peak at next week where we have decided to add a b
Welcome to Week 249. This week we’re adding a brand new item to the Workshop: the Inaris Powerbank. This allows you to bring a pre-charged power bank down with you, giving you a portable way to charge items on the fly. We’ve also updated the Volcanic Stomper, giving it a more subdued coat that bette
Welcome to Week 248. This week, we’re introducing Scoria Deep Ore Veins to all maps, meaning they will no longer be exclusive to Prometheus and can now be found across Icarus. We also cover a fix for a long-standing issue where fire could appear to never extinguish for clients, even after it had bee
Welcome to Week 247. This week, we've updated 11 existing Saddles to work with the Slinker, bringing the total number of Saddles available for the Slinker to 14. We've also made a range of optimization and cleanup improvements to Elysium, which will reset Foliage and Voxels on the map. Finally, we'l
Welcome to Week 246. This week, we’re adding a new Metal Weapon Rack, giving prospectors a stylish new way to display their tools. We also go into a bit more detail about the power cut that occurred in the studio during last week’s livestream, which affected our development work over the weekend. We
Welcome to Week 245. This week, Tuskers are getting a major expansion with the introduction of breeding and new phenotypes to discover, collect, and breed into your herd. We’re also taking a sneak peek at the Tier 3 Metal Weapon Rack, giving you another option for storing and displaying your prized
Icarus’s last public Steam update was Oct 15, 2026. The developer’s latest Steam post was on Oct 15, 2026 (patch notes). To judge for yourself, see How to tell if an Early Access game is abandoned.
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