Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

StreamerHouse evolved 214 viewers in 2019 for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, Panache Digital's survival game about ape evolution. The December 2019 PC launch had the house controlling a lineage of hominids across millions of years in Africa, learning to walk upright, use tools, and not get eaten by predators. The streams highlighted the brutal learning curve—the game explained almost nothing, forcing players to experiment with every mechanic like actual apes discovering fire. Critics were mixed on whether that design was brilliant or frustrating, but StreamerHouse leaned into the clumsy early attempts at bipedalism and the satisfaction when a generation finally mastered crafting spears. The year was 2019, and the house documented the most unique survival game that year: one where your biggest enemy was your own species' primitive brain.