Riders of Icarus

Take the battle to the sky with fantastical flying mount combat unlike anything you've seen before in Riders of Icarus, the new unprecedented action-adventure MMORPG experience that lets you ride and fight on…

70 6 July 2016

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Open world

Riders of Icarus is an adventure developed by WeMade Entertainment, released 6 July 2016 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 720 hrs to finish.

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What Riders of Icarus is

Riders of Icarus is an adventure game developed by WeMade Entertainment and released in 2016. It was published by VALOFE. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on CryEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take the battle to the sky with fantastical flying mount combat unlike anything you've seen before in Riders of Icarus, the new unprecedented action-adventure MMORPG experience that lets you ride and fight on the back of the realm’s most dangerous winged beasts… dragons.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Riders of Icarus holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 720 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.3GHz or higher / AMD A8-5500 @3.3GHz or higher, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 260 (1GB) or better / Radeon HD 7670 (1GB) or bette. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Riders of Icarus launched on 6 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Starbound, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and Furi. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Inside, Starbound, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Furi.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Riders of Icarus — frequently asked questions

When did Riders of Icarus come out?

Riders of Icarus was released on 6 July 2016 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Riders of Icarus?

At minimum, Riders of Icarus needs Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.3GHz or higher / AMD A8-5500 @3.3GHz or higher, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 260 (1GB) or better / Radeon HD 7670 (1GB) or bette graphics, 30 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Riders of Icarus?

The main story of Riders of Icarus takes around 720 hrs.

How many GB is Riders of Icarus?

The PC version needs about 30 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("30 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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