Icarus soars on feathered wings through a storm of lightning and ruined towers, reaching for a blazing Sun as a spiked Morning Star flies past.

Icarus: Ascension

Your father built the wings. The Sun decides how far they take you.

The heart of the game

Fly too close to the Sun

Every flight is a bargain with the heat. The higher you climb, the more the Sun cooks the wax holding your wings together. Height means safety from the ruins below, but a glass thermometer on your screen tells you exactly how close you are to losing everything.

  • 1
    Beat your wings to climb.

    Tap to flap and rise. Stop tapping to dive. Distance is your score, so the longer you stay airborne, the better.

  • 2
    Watch the WARNING! line.

    Cross it and the mercury rises as the Sun starts scorching your wings. Stay up there and wing health drains fast.

  • 3
    Wings fail, Icarus falls.

    Wing health drains on every flight. Grab feathers and loot to patch the wax, dodge the ruins and the screen's edges, and see how far you can go.

The blazing Sun, crackling with lightning
Loot from Olympus

Gifts of the Gods

The sky above Crete is full of power, and a few curses. What you grab, and what you dodge, changes the whole flight.

Golden Feather

Patches your wings. Collect three in a row to triple your distance score.

Flight Crest

Restores your wings in full and keeps your streak and multiplier alive.

Aetherion Core

Seven seconds of invulnerability and 5× distance. Smash straight through the ruins.

Zeus' Bolt

Unleashes three waves of lightning in eight directions, destroying hazards and pulling in loot.

Morning Star

A cursed spiked orb. It halves your wing health, breaks your streak and weakens healing.

Progression

Rise from rags to legend

Every flight earns XP toward level 100. Prestige to start the climb again with new armor, unlock new wings, and choose the Ascension color that trails behind you.

Icarus in his starting tunic
Start
Icarus in Prestige I armor
Prestige I
Icarus in Prestige II armor
Prestige II
Icarus in Prestige III armor
Prestige III
Icarus in Prestige IV armor
Prestige IV

Four Prestiges

Reach the top, reset your level, and earn a new outfit each time you do.

Wings and Ascensions

Collect new wing sets and Ascension colors, then equip your favorite look in the Character menu.

Skill, not spending

No purchases in the game. Everything is earned by flying.

Something to chase every day

Missions

Daily, weekly and expert missions give every session a goal and reward you with XP.

Daily

Let there be light...ning

Use Zeus' Bolt 3 times in a single flight.

Weekly

Morning Star survivor

Make contact with 50 Morning Stars and survive.

Expert

Expert III

Avoid every piece of loot for the first 90 seconds of a flight.

Icarus: Ascension

Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Free to play, supported by optional ads.