Icarus: Homestead Content Pack Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-19
- Excellent co-op survival gameplay
- Cosmetic DLC adds customization options
- Developer communication and frequent updates
- DLC cross-dependency issues present
- Fences fail to contain animals
- High in-game unlock costs
Emotions
Archetypes
- Sample precision
- Helpful reviews
- 78%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 22%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 43%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 57%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 64
- Negative points
- 69
- Gameplay points
- 88
- Perf. points
- 0
- Rec. points
- 20
- Misc points
- 35
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Positive DLC reception
| Many reviewers praise the Homestead pack as a lovely, high-quality addition with appealing new decoration options, furniture, and useful late-game items. It enhances base building and overall immersion. | 97% |
Excellent co-op survival game
| Reviewers consider Icarus one of the best co-op survival games, with a polished experience and a sandbox survival mode. It is among their all-time favorite survival games. | 36% |
Immersion and homey feel
| The content pack makes bases feel lived in and adds a sense of identity to building. It makes the world feel inhabited and the game more grounded without making it softer. | 28% |
New kitchen and appliances
| Reviewers love the new kitchen stuff, including the red fridge and beautiful kitchen elements. New interior home appliances make the DLC completely worth getting. | 24% |
Farming and husbandry improvements
| Crafting and husbandry become fun after leveling talents and tech points. The game also introduced breeding and animal colors in a massive update, and omni feed can be made from spoiled scraps. | 20% |
Cosmetic DLC adds customization
| The DLC offers many new decoration options and furniture, allowing players to customize their bases extensively. It adds variability and hours of base layout enjoyment. | 17% |
Developer communication and updates
| RocketWerkz is praised for constant communication, transparency, and listening to feedback. The game receives steady weekly updates, meaningful fixes, and a stream of paid DLC and free content. | 17% |
DLCs support developers, not P2W
| DLCs are not necessary to play but are seen as worth it to support the developers. There is no pay-to-win, and the content is well worth the price. | 16% |
Feeder change ruins update
| A significant complaint is that the new feeder change has ruined the update for some players. They feel nerfs to single-player/co-op PVE games are unnecessary and negatively impact the experience. | 12% |
High-quality textures and models
| Reviewers specifically note that the textures and models in the pack are of high quality and look great, contributing to the DLC's visual appeal. | 12% |
Silo build location restrictions
| The Homestead Silo requires clay bricks and can only be built on Prometheus, which players find restrictive. They suggest using normal stone and limiting its contents to grains, fruits, or vegetables with a preservation bonus. | 12% |
Skill tree specialization issues
| Players feel there are too many skill trees and too few points, leading to overly extreme specialization. They also want butchering skill analogs in the husbandry tree. | 11% |
Tier 3 items and sink asset
| The pack mostly contains tier 3 items, and a sink element for the T3 kitchen set became a base-game asset, which was a huge addition. | 10% |
Free exotics via file editing
| Some players mention that exotics and any in-game currency can be obtained for free by editing game files, bypassing the need for DLC. This is a niche but notable observation. | 10% |
Wall lights and lamp posts
| The wall candle lights and lamp posts are noted as looking really nice, adding to the aesthetic appeal of the DLC. | 6% |