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ICARUS

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Immersive survival mechanics
  • Extensive base building and crafting
  • Strong multiplayer cooperation
  • Frequent developer updates
  • Challenging and rewarding progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Performance and optimization issues
  • Grind-heavy gameplay
  • Steep difficulty for solo players
  • Limited character customization
  • Mission timers can frustrate casual players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 7 Days to Die

  • MISERY

  • Into the Radius 2

  • Plains of Pain

  • OxyRail

  • The Forest

More fantastical

Games that feels like ICARUS but with more imaginative fiction

  • Enshrouded

  • Risk of Rain 2

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Abyssus

  • Valheim

  • Voidtrain

Choose your own criteria ->

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with ICARUS. These titles are not in What to play next.

ICARUS: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026