<s>
Icarus	B-Application
is	O
a	O
session-based	O
survival	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
developer	O
RocketWerkz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Dean	O
Hall	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
4	O
December	O
2021	O
for	O
Windows	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
planet	O
of	O
Icarus	B-Application
,	O
located	O
roughly	O
four	O
light	O
years	O
from	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
planet	O
was	O
the	O
site	O
of	O
an	O
attempted	O
terraforming	O
procedure	O
,	O
however	O
unforeseen	O
complications	O
arose	O
from	O
exotic	O
materials	O
present	O
on	O
Icarus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Icarus	B-Application
is	O
a	O
session-based	O
survival	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
up	O
to	O
8	O
co-op	O
players	O
or	O
solo	O
players	O
,	O
where	O
most	O
gameplay	O
occurs	O
during	O
timed	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
supplied	O
with	O
nothing	O
except	O
an	O
exposure	O
suit	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
must	O
harvest	O
materials	O
essential	O
to	O
survival	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hall	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
at	O
RocketWerkz	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
Icarus	B-Application
in	O
their	O
New	O
Zealand	O
studio	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
announced	O
Icarus	B-Application
on	O
13	O
June	O
2021	O
at	O
the	O
PC	O
Gaming	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
interviews	O
,	O
Hall	O
suggested	O
the	O
survival	B-Application
genre	O
he	O
helped	O
pioneer	O
with	O
DayZ	B-Application
still	O
held	O
his	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
indicated	O
the	O
survival	B-Application
games	I-Application
face	O
limitations	O
in	O
how	O
they	O
challenge	O
players	O
and	O
introduce	O
new	O
content	O
and	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
game	O
,	O
RocketWerkz	O
made	O
the	O
decision	O
in	O
June	O
2021	O
to	O
release	O
Icarus	B-Application
in	O
chapters	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
fixed	O
price	O
for	O
each	O
installment	O
.	O
</s>
