<s>
Ancestors	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Humankind	I-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Panache	O
Digital	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Private	O
Division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
prehistoric	O
Africa	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
hominin	O
species	O
within	O
the	O
evolutionary	O
lineage	O
of	O
modern	O
humans	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
tasked	O
to	O
ensure	O
their	O
survival	B-Application
and	O
facilitate	O
their	O
evolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancestors	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Humankind	I-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
game	I-Application
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
hominid	O
clan	O
's	O
survival	B-Application
as	O
it	O
slowly	O
evolves	O
and	O
becomes	O
a	O
new	O
species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
avoided	O
including	O
a	O
mini-map	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
head-up	B-Application
display	I-Application
as	O
the	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
encourage	O
players	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
curiosity	O
to	O
freely	O
explore	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2019	O
via	O
the	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
exclusivity	O
deal	O
that	O
would	O
last	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
6	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
store	I-Application
in	O
August	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
