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ICARUS
Developer RocketWerkz
Icarus is a session-based survival video game by developer RocketWerkz. Created by Dean Hall, it was released on 4 December 2021 for Windows on the Steam platform. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
651 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
354 positive · 131 negative
95% range 69–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 354 | 131 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 39 | 5 | 98 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
29,616 of 38,789 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
68% recommend · 215 yes, 99 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 314 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (51,629 of 69,111 positive).
Players are deeply split, praising the survival gameplay but criticizing the DLC model. [1][2][3] Many love the open world, crafting, and sense of progression, especially in the Open World mode. [4][5][6] Several reviewers complain that the base game feels incomplete and requires expensive DLC for full content. [2][3][7]
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It is an Early Access game from 2021 masquerading as a fully released game. It has nearly $200 of DLC at the time of this review and the base game is woefully incomplete. The game suffers under the weight of feature creep as ongoing development is funded by DLC that adds content. Unfortunately because 5 years of development has been dedicated to adding things rather than polishing or fixing things it is a bloated …
- [3]
Game play was good and innovative, didn't run into many bugs like others seem to be, but when I saw the amount of DLC and returned the game in an instant. Getting the base game at a discount was great, but turns out they'll offer the game at a massive discount and then nickel and dime you for the dozens of DLC that should've been in the game, could cost you somewhere in the ballpark of $200, $200 for a single game? …
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I wish Steam would let me give a mixed review for this game because my mind is really split down the middle on this one. I like so many more things about this game than I hate but the things that I hate, I REALLY hate. I would tentatively recommend this game for big-time lovers of survival games. For anyone else, I would maybe wait and check back in on the game status in a year or so. I feel frustrated because this …
- [8]
ICARUS is the only game where I can drop from orbit like a flaming meteor, land on an alien planet with nothing but a butter knife and optimism, and immediately get bodied by a wolf before I even finish crafting a stick. And somehow? I keep coming back for more. This game is survival chaos at its finest. Every mission starts with me thinking, “This time I’ll be smart,” and ends with me sprinting through the forest …
- [6]
So I don't normally take time to post reviews on Steam for games but for some reason, after roughly 1500 hours now, I decided Icarus more than deserved it. Simple Opinion: One of the best Open World/Survival/Crafting/Base Building Games I have ever played. I have every intention of continuing to play this game for years to come. It is a very immersive game with stunning visuals. The core game mechanics are one of my …
Summarised from 34 of the 429 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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ICARUS sits at 73% positive across 485 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 651 · most liked firstIt is an Early Access game from 2021 masquerading as a fully released game. It has nearly $200 of DLC at the time of this review and the base game is woefully incomplete. The game suffers under the weight of feature creep as ongoing development is funded by DLC that adds content. Unfortunately because 5 years of development has been dedicated to adding things rather than polishing or fixing things it is a bloated messy lumpy experience. The game is covered in content cul-de-sacs where some of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game play was good and innovative, didn't run into many bugs like others seem to be, but when I saw the amount of DLC and returned the game in an instant. Getting the base game at a discount was great, but turns out they'll offer the game at a massive discount and then nickel and dime you for the dozens of DLC that should've been in the game, could cost you somewhere in the ballpark of $200, $200 for a single game? Outside of a collectors edition with physical objects, that's an utterly insane…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Base game is just lacking. All of the content that they are selling as DLC should be a part of base game. Even game trailer isn't honest, it includes DLC that is sold separately. Let's be honest, just charge $2,000 dollars a copy and keep releasing DLC for next 10 years and call it even.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish Steam would let me give a mixed review for this game because my mind is really split down the middle on this one. I like so many more things about this game than I hate but the things that I hate, I REALLY hate. I would tentatively recommend this game for big-time lovers of survival games. For anyone else, I would maybe wait and check back in on the game status in a year or so. I feel frustrated because this game has enormous potential. It has all the right pieces and building blocks,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its cool but yeah in game purchases to access content isnt very cool. you need to spend like $300 to access the full game. I've played nearly 100 hours now and absolutely love it and theres plenty to do with just the base game i just dont want to support $250 worth of "DLCs"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After over a decade, dedicated Kid Icarus Uprising fans have finally uncovered an unused level in the game! It seems to revolve around “Caine’s Dastardly Tricks” and even has unfinished dialogue between Palutena and Pit involving multiple enemies(?) that aren’t seen in the main story at all.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game was alright, but there is simply too little content for the base game. You need to buy the expansions, but they are way too expensive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to like it, but after playing for a bit, and realizing that the further you go, you'll have to purchase a DLC to get anywhere. I've never seen a game that costs so much for every little DLC, be it game content or decorations for building. The developers must not know how micro transactions work, and figured lets charge for every little thing we make and they'll be rolling in money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I paid $109.98 for the Supporters Edition in 2021 because it was advertised as including all future DLC and add-on content. That promise was a major reason I spent over four times the price of the standard edition. Instead, the developers changed what was included after launch. Content that many of us expected to receive ended up being sold separately, leaving early supporters feeling like we paid a premium only to have the original promise walked back. It felt like a slap in the face to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game for quite some time. I built a base, killed scorpions, crafted technology and life in the wild is easier. However, along the way I realize the developers have tried to sneak in or integrate DLC purchases into the game in a way that just feels greedy and bad game design. That makes me sick and I will not recommend this game because of it. Another thing that makes the game boring is that quests/missions are designed in a lazy way. They are usually boring as hell like, collect…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Easy ☐ Normal ☑ Hard ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark souls ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Meh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Graphics }--- ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ---{ Character design }--- ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Meh ☑ Bland ☐ Bad ---{ Story }--- ☐ Lovely ☐ Some lore ☐ Good ☑ Meh ☐ Bad ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Meh ☐ Bad ☐ Just don't ---{ Music }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Meh ☐ Bad ☐ Forgot ---{ Audience }--- ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Star Fox Fans: Why are they remaking this game AGAIN Kid Icarus Uprising Fans: They're actually adding mouse controls to this why not give us a new kid icarus or a port of uprising? Mouse controls would be perfect for that series Sin and Punishment fans: Just 1cc'd normal mode! Working on Hard now
neutral · AI labelView post →These #NES and #GameBoy games are now available to play for #NintendoSwitchOnline members! NES: ☑️ Ninja Gaiden II™: The Dark Sword of Chaos ☑️ BATTLETOADS™ Game Boy: ☑️ Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters ☑️ BIONIC COMMANDO
neutral · AI labelView post →NES and GameBoy Classics added to NSO: NES: -Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos -BATTLETOADS Game Boy: -Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters -BIONIC COMMANDO www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wZZ...
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't write this negative review without warrant. First we must discuss what this game is trying to accomplish. The only thing Icarus excels at is dropping the ball and punishing players. From the get go the first building material "Thatch" is useless in the extreme not even as a temporary shelter. The storms will shred this material in minutes without continued repair. Wood is more survivable but just barely needing constant upkeep. Stone is great but excessively cost prohibitive to build…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tl;dr Flawed but charming game, undercut by constantly clawing at your wallet and secretly paywalling endgame Icarus feels like someone had the idea for a unique survival crafting game, got 90% done making it, and then got bored and then started phoning it in to cash in on DLC. All the "pieces" of a good game are there, but when you get into the details of almost any system (crafting, questing, talents, building, combat), it gets real sloppy. On top of that, whenever you load up the game, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A regular reminder though that Nintendo is one of the most anti-union companies in all of gaming. They have only ever paid a union contract for their VAs on one game in all of their history (Kid Icarus: Uprising). If you really support voice actors, show it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately the DEVs are a little too greedy with the DLCs. No one wants to spend $175 to play an entire game. Some crafting items are put right in front of your face but require a purchase to get. Almost everything you see in the trailer of the game depends on at the very least a $30 purchase of a DLC. With there being broken game mechanics as well I wish they'd focus on making a polished game before trying to milk us of our money. Greed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nintendo listen to me. Kid Icarus Uprising needs to be your template for a new Starfox game are you listening to me
positive · AI labelView post →Legendary former Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka has told VGC he would "love to" make another full video game soundtrack if asked. The Super Mario Land, Metroid, Tetris and Kid Icarus composer says he's "getting back into" game music after 20 years away. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legenda...
neutral · AI labelView post →2026 is a big year for video game anniversaries! Software: Zelda - 40 Metroid - 40 Dragon Quest - 40 Kid Icarus - 40 Castlevania - 40 Sonic - 35 Persona - 30 Pokemon - 30 Animal Crossing - 25 Luigi's Mansion - 25 Pikmin - 25 Hardware: N64 - 30 GameCube - 25 Game Boy Advance - 25 Wii - 20 3DS - 15
neutral · AI labelView post →I put my fireplace too close to my bedroll. When I got up, I stepped into the fire and then set my house on fire. I watched from outside as my first house lit up and burned to the ground. Then a horse kicked me in the face and I died. 10/10 would recommend to a friend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game, it's fun, and I would like to give it a positive review however I personally feel that too much content is locked behind DLCs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All these artists and they forgot to hire a game designer. Icarus is an open world survival craft game with a large, poorly organized tech tree, terrible combat, boring enemies, horrible quests, and decent art. Apparently all of the good content is hidden in the DLCs, but I wouldn't know, because the base game was so bad that I would never trust the devs and pay them for more of this embarrassment. First, the good. The game world looks great. I love me a mountain vista, and the game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game with a worlds you could lose yourself for hours and hours in - with a caveat: The game currently suffers from an idenitity crisis - Missions vs. Open World Missions: On one hand you have a rogue-like game mode where you drop in naked; rush for tools, build a base to protect yourself from the storm, and tech up just enough so you can complete the objective. Once you complete those objectives you get paid in Ren (in-game currency) and/or Exotics (another in-game currency). Then you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ICARUS is the only game where I can drop from orbit like a flaming meteor, land on an alien planet with nothing but a butter knife and optimism, and immediately get bodied by a wolf before I even finish crafting a stick. And somehow? I keep coming back for more. This game is survival chaos at its finest. Every mission starts with me thinking, “This time I’ll be smart,” and ends with me sprinting through the forest screaming because a bear heard me chopping a tree from three miles away. ICARUS…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You should support fan efforts towards video game preservation in the face of corporate neglect. Kid Icarus Uprising is stuck on the 3DS, but there's this entire group preserving the experience by snatching random men off the street and feminizing them into wobbly fertile bimbo Palutena clones.
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game: Kid Icarus: Uprising Language: English Country: United States
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, Kid Icarus Uprising sure is my favorite Nintendo game I've never played.
positive · AI labelView post →Nintendo added more games to Switch Online! NES: - Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos - BATTLETOADS Game Boy: - Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters - BIONIC COMMANDO
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow I never wrote a review for this. So the game is honestly phenomenal. One of my favorites I've ever played across any genre, and I have like 4k hours across all the different Mass Effects. The good: Solid gameplay and combat Just enough tutorial to get you on your feet, but doesn't overdo it Truly ridiculous amount of content in the base game. I have all the DLC, but I still haven't even finished all the content available in the base world. The bad: The game was NOT optimized for the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the only complain that I have with the game, the more stuff you build in the game, the more unplayable the game is... games does calculations on every item you build in the game to see if the item is sheltered, damaged etc, you can start the game with 300fps, and when a storm starts your fps goes to 1fps if you have 500+ building peaces(roof wall floor beams etc) I made multiple forum sugestions to remove calculations from high tier construction peaces like concrete and steel, since they do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core gameplay loop — resource gathering, crafting, base building, animal companions, the levelling experience — is genuinely great. But one glaring design flaw drags the whole experience down: there is no fast travel. Traversing biomes repeatedly stops being exploration and starts being a chore, especially after dozens of hours. It's made worse by the game withholding mission requirements until you've already made the journey, often sending you straight back the way you came to craft an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Third question: You said in an earlier interview you had considered reviving another game similarly to Kirby Air Riders. Which one would that be? Sakurai: "It's not Kid Icarus: Uprising if that's what you think. I'm considering a return to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It had marvelous story telling."
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game: Kid Icarus: Uprising Language: English Country: United States
neutral · AI labelView post →I played this game for quite a bit (638 hrs at the time of writing this). I think it's fairly well made and has potential, BUT the things that made me want to stop playing are the following: 1. DLCs are pretty damn expensive and you kinda need all of them to even access the full content and tech tree. Regarding this, i found an old post here on Steam, where the devs gave the Styx expansion away for free and in the same post they stated, that if they ever sold it, they would price it at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kid Icarus Uprising is such a frustrating game to recommend to people. "Yeah bro, the game is great, but it literally hurts your hands to the point that the game tell you to take a break after every chapter and was sold with a special stand. No, they didn't fix the controls for the N3DS."
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game anniversaries in 2026 40th: Zelda Dragon Quest Ganbare Goemon Metroid Castlevania Kid Icarus 35th: Sonic 30th: Persona Pokemon N64 25th: Animal Crossing Xbox Luigi Mansion Pikmin Gamecube GBA Golden Sun DMC 20th: Wii PS3 15th: 3DS Dark Souls
neutral · AI labelView post →Kid Icarus is weird, it's all rough edges, it plays like it doesn't want you to get through it. All of that is the reason to play, though, not to avoid it. There's a good game in here if you can stomach failure, one that experimented and refused to be either approachable or just one thing.
positive · AI labelView post →Kid Icarus Uprising remake with 120fps and mouse support Feels like the game Switch 2 was made for Wonder how long we’ll have to wait for it
positive · AI labelView post →A game with great potential, but sadly it comes from greedy developers, which sells an incomplete game at first , then resells you the missing parts in 1000 differite DLC's . Remember folks, not every developer has the honor to redeem themselfs as we've rarely seen in No Man's Sky. Thankyou for reading my review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT: MAR 27, 2026: I have been told a lot of the QoL issues I'm experiencing have solutions that are offered at later player / character levels. i haven't played since the 7th when I uploaded this review. I'm going to play for a little while, see how far I can get, and then amend a new section to my review. I still think I'll keep the original full post up because the solutions being provided later on doesn't really stop them from bothering people for the first 30+ hours. Icarus is one of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a game that, at least in the beginning, makes you wonder why you haven't heard of it. The initial impression is strong, but as you play it becomes incredibly tedious. Once you hit T4, the fourth tech level, everything is an unreasonable grind and it takes hours of real life time to build things. The game also features no fast travel, plus a punishing stamina and weight system. Important resources don't respawn so you need to move around the map a lot...turning the game into a walking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decided to draw up Icarus with the big bad of our game, Dorian. Cause sometimes you gotta make bad choices. #nsfw #ArtyNSFWparty #oc #dnd
neutral · AI labelView post →A Kid Icarus Uprising remaster!! Free this game from 3DS Jail, Nintendo!! 🙏🏾
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 13th Anniversary to Kid Icarus Uprising, my favourite game of all time... Some older Pit doodles to celebrate and here's hoping we finally get your sequel announced in a couple weeks... #KidIcarus #Nintendo
positive · AI labelView post →Fatober 26 - Palutena (Kid Icarus: Uprising) I really wish there was a remaster or a new Kid Icarus game. I love Palutena a LOT and this sketch was really horny. Forgive me for the mischaracterization but fat Palutena is REALLY hot. Pit’s gonna enjoy his reward. Enjoy!
neutral · AI labelView post →Icarus is a game designed around grind. The core gameplay loop isn't very deep but it is stretched out heavily by making everything take forever. For context, a stone pickaxe might do 100% extraction rate on a rock but a fancy platinum pickaxe many upgrades later might give you 110% efficiency. It's nuts. Building a basic thatch house doesn't take too long but is also pointless as the game frequently has storms that destroy it easily. A basic wooden house takes a decent amount of time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bare shell of a pretty generic Open World Survival Craft game with an outrageous nearly $200 worth of DLC for the other 2/3 of the game. Everything that is paywalled show up in the tech tree as a constant reminder you have an incomplete game - super tacky.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is getting a solid 0/10 from me. I had a lot of fun playing the vanilla game up to a point where i found out the developers did something really ♥♥♥♥♥♥. So they paywalled all the extra content, including the new weapons, new armors, new vehicle, new features, etc. This isnt out of the norm for how games MTX extra things. However. They decided to make it so you had to wipe your progress and start over on a completely new planet and grind from nothing just to get the resources to build…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like 7 days to die or Valheim, or those types of open-world builders, this one's pretty cool. The base game is decent on it's own, and you don't require DLC to enjoy it, but peruse the DLC's before purchasing. So you know what you're getting into. - There are missions and an actual story line that's not bad. - env/graphics are pretty slick - gameplay is pretty much the same as most of these types of games. - decent amount of automation at the top end. lots of 'I no longer have to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A frustratingly designed game - there's a lot here that I really like, but it gates its content behind long grinds, drip-feed unlocks, and a buggy mission system. Add on the free-to-play style monetization of content drops, and I just can't recommend it over other games in the genre.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am really mixed on my opinion on the game. The game seems good but the base game has become boring to me. There is not much variety on it, which leads to the DLC's. I was thinking about buying them because a lot of items are locked behind them. BUT its going to cost $83 bucks for the 3 expansions and great hunts, and that is with the steam spring sale prices! I'm not sure I feel the game is worth that much to me. Especially since I'm already losing interest in the base game. So Buyer beware…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On god Nintendo needs to make a new Kid Icarus game purely so there's more Palutena kink stuff out there.
positive · AI labelView post →"that AAA Mario video is Sonic Frontiers!" "no, it's Kid Icarus Uprising!" what the fuck are you people talking about, it's a first-party PlayStation game
neutral · AI labelView post →I’d like to thank the developers of Icarus. I was looking for a survival game with an open world that truly challenges the player. As an adult, I don’t have endless hours to spend grinding — which is unfortunately the norm in this kind of games. The sense of progression and character development in Icarus is a masterpiece. The fact that the game offers a skill tree providing meaningful support for a solo players is something truly special. It’s not overcomplicated, rather subtle and perfectly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kid Icarus Uprising is a great game that needs sound so they have a bunch of Gods running bits for mins on end like it’s a long death stream
positive · AI labelView post →I used to love/hate this game. There was an uncomfortable amount of camera wobble that was headache inducing, and the animals were sometimes jump scary. It. Has, Changed. Movement is much smoother, open world means progression feels like progress, plus it's reduced the unnecessary repetitive grind. The game gets weekly updates, tweaks, and more. The QoL is orders of magnitude better. This is squarely in the love pile, now. Some people have said the game needs automation and stuff like that.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It really sucks that I can't think about Kid Icarus Uprising anymore without thinking about how there's never gonna be a Nintendo game with a voice cast like it again because Nintendo hates unions
negative · AI labelView post →bootleg Krystal yes, but also Strong Kid Icarus inspiration. he probably has Opinions about how Sakurai should make a Switch Port of Kid Icarus Uprising. can probably recite any line of dialogue in that game. saw his new body in the mirror and went "oh shit. I'm almost as cute as pit now. cool"
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