ICARUS: Console Edition launches February 26

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The survival game ICARUS: Console Edition is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on February 26th, according to publishers Grip Studios and developers RocketWerkz.

So, I’ve been checking out ICARUS, the new survival game from the guy who made DayZ, Dean Hall. It originally came out on PC through Steam back in December 2021. Just a heads-up for anyone on consoles though – it looks like we won’t be able to play with PC players, unfortunately.

You can now pre-order ICARUS: Console Edition, which comes with the “Pet Companions Pack” as a free bonus.

Here is an overview of the game, via Grip Studios:

About

You’ve crash-landed on Icarus, a planet ruined by a failed attempt to make it habitable. Originally intended as a new home for humanity, it’s now a dangerous world with poisonous air, aggressive creatures, and constant storms. Just surviving each supply drop from space is a struggle. You’ll need to build a base, create weapons, hunt for food, and search for valuable resources if you want to make a life here.

Brave the elements either by yourself or with a team of up to four players in this challenging survival game, created by the makers of DayZ.

The ICARUS: Console Edition now includes the “New Frontiers” expansion, making the game a bigger, more challenging, and ultimately more satisfying survival experience. You’ll find new maps to explore, missions to complete, creatures to encounter, and rewards to earn.

A Planet That Fights Back

Icarus is a hostile world, fighting back against any attempt to settle. Dangerous conditions like toxic air, violent storms, raging wildfires, and lurking predators make survival incredibly difficult – it’s as if the planet actively wants to push you back into space.

  • With New Frontiers added from the start, you can explore two 64 km2 maps of handcrafted terrain across forests, mountains, deserts, and caves.
  • Harvest every tree, rock, and creature.
  • Adapt to extreme weather and natural disasters.

“New Frontiers” Included

The area known as Prometheus, previously closed off by the United Defense Alliance, is now accessible. Attempts to make the region habitable failed entirely, resulting in a strange, untouched alien environment. This new development significantly expands the boundaries of the Icarus system.

  • New Map and Biomes – Alien grasslands, volcanic wastelands of molten lava, and dangerous swamplands.
  • Six Narrative Missions – A chained story across Prometheus as you pursue a mysterious whistleblower for the UDA.
  • New Creatures – Face Needlers, Dracs, Dreadwings, and other mutated apex predators, evolved to dominate these zones.
  • New Exotics – Discover a volatile new exotic with unique effects on the flora, plus new exotic plants and over 30 additional workshop items.
  • New Items and Resources – Mine obsidian, clay, scoria, crystallised miasma, and super-cooled ice; craft 100+ new items including weapons, food, recipes, and building tiers.

Three Ways to Survive

  • Open World – Establish permanent bases and explore freely.
  • Missions – Timed contracts where extraction is everything.
  • Outposts – Low-pressure zones for creative building and experimentation.

Progression and Reward

  • Tech Tree and Talents – Advance from primitive tools to advanced tech.
  • Specialization – Focus as a hunter, builder, or survivalist.
  • Orbital Workshop – Trade exotic matter for permanent upgrades and equipment. Exotic matter remains the ultimate prize; rare, unstable, and deadly to pursue.

Solo or Cooperative Play

You can play with up to four friends, working together and sharing resources to survive. If you prefer a challenge, you can also play alone and customize your character with a special skill tree designed for solo players.

(Note: ICARUS: Console Edition does not support cross-play.)

Watch a new trailer below.

Console Edition Release Date Trailer

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2026-01-29 19:02