Action · August 27, 2020

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (2020)

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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in this exhilarating new adventure from Panache Digital Games. Embark on the most incredible odyssey known to humankind: human evolution. Spanning from 10 million to 2 million years ago, begin your journey, before us, in Neogene period Africa. Explore a beautiful yet ruthless world, from swinging through tree branches in the jungle to stalking prey across the golden savannah grasslands. Decide what attributes to learn and hone in order to pass down knowledge to future generations, from crafting tools to enhancing evasive tactics against predators. Just like real life, make sure to eat, drink, and sleep to stay alive and have the energy to face any danger that may come your way. Grow your clan and find strength in numbers as you progress through critical evolutionary stages of human evolution. Your choices will write your clan’s story and determine if you can survive your evolution. Explore Ruthless Africa Explore the never-before-experienced world of Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago at the dawn of humankind. From the tops of tree canopies overlooking lush jungles to the golden grasslands of the savannah, traverse a beautiful yet unforgiving landscape. For every breath-taking view, beware of the weather, predators, and other dangers that threaten your survival. Expand Your Territory and Grow Your Clan Increase your chances of survival by uniting new members of your species and giving birth to future generations. Control different clan members, form bonds to create families, and work together to intimidate predators during expeditions. Conquer fear as you explore unknown locations in order to expand your territory. Evolve Through Multiple Generations See the physical and intellectual evolution of the first hominids as you explore, learn, and survive. Spanning from 10 million to 2 million years ago, play as one of the first hominids and evolve over the course of millions of years during key stages in human evolution. Make crucial discoveries and hone physical abilities that will be passed down to future generations such as Ardipithecus ramidus and Australopithecus. Choose How You Survive Evolution was not written in stone. Your decisions shape how you will overcome obstacles, increase your species, and what knowledge will pass on to future generations. Focus on specific attributes or choose a more balanced approach to survival. Your clan’s ability to survive will be directly impacted by your choices, making each player’s experience unique.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Open World Survival Craft · 281
  • Survival · 277
  • Open World · 271
  • Exploration · 269
  • Singleplayer · 245
  • Adventure · 231
  • Crafting · 215
  • Simulation · 208
  • Atmospheric · 193
  • Action · 192
  • RPG · 190
  • Third Person · 187
  • Nature · 185
  • Immersive Sim · 179
  • Historical · 169

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.2k Steam reviewsTop 39% in Action
Positive rating79% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 72%
Metacritic72/100Genre average 77 — top 77% of Action titles
Concurrent peak103 playersTop 34% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 54% for session depth among Action

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

79%Mostly Positive · 10.2k reviews

8.0k positive · 2.1k negative

Metacritic

72/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

5.3/10

Curator recommendations

8.8k

Peak concurrent players

103

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Arabic
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

7h

Current engagement

Achievements

13

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 27, 2020
DeveloperPanache Digital Games
PublisherPrivate Division
Base price$7.99
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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