I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Renaissance PR @RenaissancePRUK @press_engine This is Published and Developed by Grip Digital @SurviveIcarus
This is released in the UK on the 26/3/2026 and in the UK is priced at £32.99.
INTRODUCTION
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.
FEATURES
- A PLANET THAT FIGHTS BACK
ICARUS resists your presence; poisoned air, lightning storms that tear apart structures, wildfires that spread unchecked, and predators that stalk in the shadows. It feels like the planet itself wants to drive you back into orbit.
· 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 Prometheus region, once sealed off by the UDA, is now open. Terraforming failed here completely, leaving raw alien landscapes intact but warped. This expansion expands ICARUS far beyond its original borders:
· New Map & biomes: Alien grasslands, volcanic wastelands of molten lava, and dangerous swamplands
· Six Narrative Missions: A chained story across Prometheus as you pursue a mysterious whistle blower 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 & 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 & REWARD
· Tech Tree & Talents: Advance from primitive tools to advanced tech
· Specialisation: 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 CO-OP
Up to four players can share each drop, combining skills and resources to endure. Prefer to go it alone? Survive solo with a Solo Talent Tree for maximum challenge.
Note: ICARUS: Console Edition does not support cross-play.
FAN ART
Controls are easy to pick and learn.
Difficulty options are nice as offers a challenge even on easy setting and explains which every difficulty does.
Levels are cool as all have own look and own feel to them.
Weapons, Tools are cool as alot of variety to them and all have own uses and own feel to them.
Buildable objects are cool as range from clothing to bases and campfires and much more and all have own uses and own look to them.
Graphics are cool as very detailed and nice to look at especially loved watching the sun rise and light up the area and water cool.
Gameplay options are cool as offers alot of different playstyle options to suit everyone.
Can be daunting as alot to learn and alot of mechanics to learn such as managing your oxygen and food.
Controls are abit clunky especially in menus for example didn’t know can move tree along and pick stuff unlike other survival games only giving you some options.
Difficult solo as can be relentless when being attack from wildlife or trying to gather resources to survive and more.
OVERALL SUMMARY
Overall controls are easy to pick up and has nice difficulty options and the levels all have own look and own feel to them and the weapons, tools and buildable options are great as all have own look and uses with detailed graphics and gameplay options to suit own style. However for £32,99 it can be daunting as alot to learn and the controls can be clunky especially in menus and can be difficult solos as can be relentless with attacks from wildlife or struggle to gather resources to survive.
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Controls are easy learn, pick up.
Difficulty options suit playstyle.
Levels own look, feel and fun to explore.
Weapons, Tools great own look, uses.
Buildable options great own look, uses.
Graphics very pretty, detailed, felt alive.
Gameplay mode options each level nice suit style.
Can be daunting as alot to learn.
Controls can be clunky in menus.
Difficult solo as can be relentless trying survive.
Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE
VIDEO REVIEW
https://youtu.be/yvM-qvOrQ7U?si=N79PVqjM5e5r30_f
PLAYLIST
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPymm5qRijWlu4sz8ZZXWldM&si=AJhU6cORID6dmZ86
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