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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

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First release
Aug 27, 2019
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Adventure · Open world, Action, Survival
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a single-player survival game played from a third-person view and set in an open world. Players control a member of a hominid clan and manage its needs by eating, drinking, and sleeping while facing predators and other dangers in the wild. Exploring new places and being hunted can trigger a state of fear, which is offset by rewarding actions such as crafting tools and making discoveries. As the clan learns and grows, players unlock new skills through a neural development system and can switch between clan members, passing acquired abilities to future generations. The game has no structured narrative campaign and instead lets players shape their own experience.

Also known as Ancestors, Ancestors-Win64-Shipping.exe

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Storyline
Set in the jungles of prehistoric Africa around ten million years ago, the game places the player in control of a clan of hominins, early members of the evolutionary line leading to modern humans. The world is an open, dangerous wilderness filled with predators and natural hazards, where every foraging trip, climb, and encounter carries risk. The player's goal is to keep the clan alive and guide it as it slowly grows, learns, and evolves. By exploring, making discoveries, developing new skills, and raising new generations, the clan gradually advances across a vast span of time toward becoming something new.Read more

Set in the jungles of prehistoric Africa around ten million years ago, the game places the player in control of a clan of hominins, early members of the evolutionary line leading to modern humans. The world is an open, dangerous wilderness filled with predators and natural hazards, where every foraging trip, climb, and encounter carries risk. The player's goal is to keep the clan alive and guide it as it slowly grows, learns, and evolves. By exploring, making discoveries, developing new skills, and raising new generations, the clan gradually advances across a vast span of time toward becoming something new.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 27, 2019
PlayStation 4
Dec 06, 2019
Xbox One
Dec 06, 2019
All 6 release dates
PlayStation 5
Dec 08, 2026
Nintendo Switch 2
Dec 08, 2026
Xbox Series X|S
Dec 08, 2026
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
19h
Main + Extras
39h
Completionist
52h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
evolution, animals, resource management, prehistoric, africa

At a Glance

Critic Score
65
Main Story (IGDB)
19h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
39h
Completionist (IGDB)
52h
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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 9,856 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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