In addition, a free update is coming soon, so there will be plenty to keep you busy without purchasing the DLC.
Icarus is a sci-fi survival game tied to Dean Hall, the creator of DayZ. Over hundreds of updates, RocketWerkz has added a fully explorable open world, tons of new missions, fishing, and paid DLC that expands the world and adds a hardcore survival mode. RocketWerkz even deployed a flamethrower to celebrate just how many updates it has shipped. Now the studio has released another substantial DLC alongside a significant free update, and together they look like a full game’s worth of additions.
The DLC is called Dangerous Horizons, and its headline feature is a new 8×8 km map, Elysium, with biomes that include desert, tundra, geothermal, and volcanic regions. It’s basically space Skyrim, complete with idyllic silver birch forests reminiscent of the Rift in Tamriel’s northernmost province. Elysium is packed with alien wildlife – deer-like storks, feathered predators, and the gribbler, a gibbon-like creature that swings through the trees and pelts players with sticks if they get too close. In total, the DLC adds 45 new creatures, including aggressive beasts and a huge boss that RocketWerkz says will put your combat skills to the test. Players also get 17 new missions, radioactive zones where uranium can be harvested for processing, military outposts to fight through, interactive NPCs, laser weapons, and a new vehicle, the Hoverframe. It’s a chunky package, and it needs to be at €29 – though it’s discounted by 15% until March 19 (€24.64).
The free Kepler update is smaller than the DLC, but it still delivers several notable features. The biggest is a new tech tree that introduces oil processing. Players can now pump crude oil from oil fields, refine it in processing equipment, and turn it into byproducts like plastics, synthetic materials, and epoxy resins. Refined oil can then power new electric tools such as nail guns, jackhammers, and chainsaws. The update also adds a flame tower and a Tesla coil for more creative base defense, concrete and stone variants for tougher bases, expanded building options including curved structures, saddles for horses, 12 extra missions, two new armor sets, and new expert levels for add-ons across tools, weapons, and armor.
RocketWerkz has shown remarkable commitment to supporting Icarus through its consistent update cadence, and there’s already plenty to explore with or without DLC. The base game is also discounted until March 19: 66% off, dropping from €34 to €11.55.
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