Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Indie
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch 2
- Release
- PC (Microsoft Windows) Aug 27, 2019 PlayStation 4 Dec 06, 2019 Xbox One Dec 06, 2019 Nintendo Switch 2 Dec 08, 2026 PlayStation 5 Dec 08, 2026 Xbox Series X|S Dec 08, 2026
- Credits
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PD
Panache Digital Games
PD
Private Division
F
Fictions
- Board status
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About
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.
