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ICARUS

RocketWerkz

Quick read

ICARUS drops you on a planet for a timed prospect, then you extract or die. The mission ends. The unlocks wait in the lobby for the next drop.

What kind of game is it?

Session survival with meta unlocks, closer to a drop than a forever-world. You land, you craft, you leave if the storm and the clock allow it.

Who is it for?

For players who enjoy landing for a job and leaving before the planet notices.

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How it plays

Loop: Surviving hordes
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: Unlocks between runs
Players: Co-op
Structure: Sandbox
Tone: Tense · Challenging

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression62
Estimate
Social78
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

released

2021-12-03

Review score

75%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

67,272

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€33.99

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Co-op

How many people play ICARUS?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

1.7M – 3.7M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

52,305

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

7,292

Peak that month: 17,910.

Median playtime

89.7 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 36.7–197.9 h. 3% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English47%
Russian19%
German10%
Portuguese (Brazil)8%
French5%
Turkish3%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The prospect ends.

Core mechanics

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Genre / subgenre

Survival

Steam genre: Survival.

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Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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