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ICARUS — Latest Updates & Patch Notes

ICARUS is tracked daily for official Steam updates. 3,249 playing when sampled at 23:41 UTC on 2026-10-15. Latest official patch in our feed: Hotfix Version 3.0.21.155391-rel-DangerousHorizons (Aug 1, 2026).

Latest official update

· Steam · Official

Icarus Week 254 Update | Fish Quality of Life

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…

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Data from Steam · Last updated Oct 15, 2026 · Refreshed daily

Tracking
Daily official updates
Players when sampled
3,249
Sample date (UTC)
2026-10-15

This game stays in our update tracker even outside the most-played chart. Player counts are a timestamped Steam sample.

Latest updates & patch notes

17 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.

  1. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 254 Update | Fish Quality of Life

    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…

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    Official Patch / Release posts · 2026-10-15 UTC

  3. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 253 Update | Radiation Effects

    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…

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  4. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 252 Update | Field Guide Quality of Life

    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’…

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  5. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 251 Update | Tameable Kiwi

    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…

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  6. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 250 Update | Electric Seed Extractor

    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…

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  7. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 249 Update | Inaris Powerbank

    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…

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  8. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 248 Update | Scoria Deep Ore Veins

    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…

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  9. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 247 Update | Slinker Saddles

    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…

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  10. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 246 Update | Metal Weapon Rack

    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…

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  11. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 245 Update | Tusker Breeding & Phenotypes

    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…

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  12. News Steam · Official

    Icarus Week 244 Update | In-World Fish

    Welcome to Week 244. This week we're making the waters of Icarus more diverse, with fish now accurately represented in the world based on their fishing locations. Alongside this, we're introducing the Carbon Fishing Rod to help you catch them. We're also bringing the Dedicated…

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  13. Patch Steam · Official

    Hotfix Version 3.0.21.155391-rel-DangerousHorizons

    We've released a number of hotfixes this weekend to address important issues and get improvements into players' hands as quickly as possible, rather than waiting for the next scheduled update. Thanks for your patience and continued support while we continue working to improve…

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Game overview

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.

Genre
Action, Adventure, Simulation
Developer
RocketWerkz
Released
Dec 3, 2021
Price
$34.99
Recommendations
56K

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About ICARUS

ICARUS is a PvE survival game with both Mission-based and persistent Open World modes for up to eight co-op players. Endure a savage wilderness on Icarus, an Earth-like terraformed planet now considered humanity’s greatest mistake. From their orbital station, prospectors drop to the planet surface to explore, harvest, craft and hunt while seeking their fortune. Confront and conquer a brutal PvE world determined to wear you down From toxic atmosphere to savage wildlife, apex predators to destructive storms and forest fires, Icarus is a planet with a temper. Preparation and planning are everything, whether it’s to find a source of oxygen…

Game details

System requirements (minimum)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Intel i5 8400 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space
Languages
English * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * languages with full audio support
DLC
20 available on Steam
Official site
SurviveIcarus.com

Frequently asked questions

Is ICARUS free to play?
ICARUS is listed at $34.99 on Steam.
What is the latest ICARUS update?
The most recent official update in our feed is "Icarus Week 254 Update | Fish Quality of Life" (Oct 15, 2026), categorized as News. 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…
When was ICARUS released?
ICARUS was released on Dec 3, 2021 by RocketWerkz.
What kind of game is ICARUS?
ICARUS is a Action, Adventure, Simulation game, featuring single-player, multi-player, co-op.

24-hour peak player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Oct 15, 2026). Official announcements and third-party reporting are labelled separately; follow the source links for full notes. ICARUS and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.