Summary
The creator ofDayZandIcarushas announced a massive DLC for the latter game, and it’s packed with new content. Originally released in 2021 to mostly positive reviews,Icarusis known for its brutally challenging gameplay and unforgiving environments. Since launch, the survival horror title has received numerous patches to fix a variety of bugs that were plaguing the game. Despite the glitches,Icarusserves as a worthy spiritual successor to the apocalyptic zombie chaos ofDayZfor many fans.
Icaruswas developed by RocketWerkz, a studio founded by Dean Hall, a former game designer at Bohemia Interactive. Hall createdDayZindependently while working at Bohemia, initially as a mod forARMA 2. Following the mod’s massive success, Bohemia Interactive hired Hall to lead the development of a standalone version ofDayZ. After leaving Bohemia in 2014, Hall founded RocketWerkz and released games likeOut of AmmoandStationeers, withIcarusbeing the studio’s most ambitious and high-profile title to date.
As revealed byIcaruson Twitter, the game will introduce a new DLC titledIcarus: Great Hunts. The expansion will feature three initial hunts: Quarrite on Olympus, Gargantuan on Styx, and Rimetusk on Prometheus, with additional hunts planned for the future. Completing these hunts will unlock new bosses, each with unique abilities. The developer also clarified that the DLC is not essential and that many base game mechanics will be updated for free. Although no specific release date was provided, the expansion is set to be available soon.
Icarus Will Soon Get a Major Expansion Called the Great Hunts
Icarusis known for being notoriously hard, which has prompted developers to adjust the game’s difficulty in response to concerns about characters dying too often and being permanently lost due to permadeath. In 2022,Icarusintroduced an insurance option, allowing players to respawn at the space station after dying from permadeath, provided they were on an insured mission. WhileDayZis also considered a difficult game, it’s not as challenging to the same degree asIcarus.
DayZis widely regarded as one of the best loot survival games, featuring mechanics like bleeding, hunger, and disease that add an impressive level of realism while players scavenge a hostile, zombie-infested world in search of resources.Icarusborrows many survival mechanics fromDayZ, such as resource gathering and permadeath threats, but sets its gameplay on an alien planet rather than Earth.
Icarusalso differs fromDayZin that it doesn’t feature a massive open-world environment. WhileDayZis known for its expansive world,Icarusoffers large, session-based maps that players can explore during missions, providing more structure in gameplay. Both games have built sizable fanbases, and forIcarusplayers, a major DLC is now on the horizon.
Icarus
WHERE TO PLAY
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 downFrom 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, stalk your next meal or stockpile supplies for a long journey into the wilderness.Go at it alone, invite up to 8 Steam friends to join your game or play on dedicated servers.Immerse yourself in a deceptively familiar, yet formidable, worldThe First Cohort of prospectors has been granted initial mining licenses for over 64 square kilometers of hand-crafted terrain, full of hidden caves and biomes to explore. Every single tree is harvestable, every rock can be voxel mined, every creature can be hunted. Tame and ride mounts, craft advanced tech to extract resources faster and prepare yourself for harsher challenges.
