
The First Descendant
The First Descendant is a third-person looter shooter powered by Unreal Engine 5. Become a Descendant. Fight for the survival of humanity. Descendants have unique abilities to tackle both solo and co-op missions. Up to 4 players use varied mechanics to defeat giant bosses. BE THE FIRST DESCENDANT!
57% of 112,736 Steam reviews positive

At a glance
● Pros
- Full English voice acting
- Co-op with friends
- Free to play
● Cons
- Mixed reviews (57% positive)
Great for
- Playing with friends or a partner
- Fans of punchy combat and action
- Exploration and storytelling
Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.
What players talk about
How often each topic comes up in 52 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 46% of them recommend the game
- Amount of content👍 6 👎 9
- Grind & repetition👍 6 👎 8
- Monetization👍 7 👎 5
- Difficulty👍 6 👎 4
- Price👍 6 👎 4
- Story👍 6 👎 4
- Combat & action👍 6 👎 4
- Performance👍 4 👎 3
- Servers👍 1 👎 6
- Graphics👍 4 👎 1
Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.
“Warframe but made by nexon. The game is heavily monetized and handled by greedy publisher with shady practices.”
About the game
The First Descendant is a free third-person cooperative action RPG shooter featuring high-quality graphics. Experience the fun of strategic boss fights through 4-player co-op and various unique characters, exciting gunplay, and looting. A variety of equipment is necessary for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game or in the World Missions where cooperation is crucial and battles with huge bosses.
The player becomes a Descendant in the game and is given a mission to fight against the invaders for the survival of humans and to protect the ‘Ingris continent’. The player can experience a spectacular story by growing stronger through various missions and stories to finally discover the Descendants' secret. You can also feel the First Descendant’s unique atmosphere through high-quality fields developed with Unreal Engine 5 and gain a new experience of reality and SF fantasy coexisting in one place.
Charming and Unique Characters
You can play various characters with distinctive concepts and battle styles. We plan to add various customizable elements such as skins for each character to support character decoration.
Exciting Battles and Dynamic Action Using Various Skills and Firearms
Experience the First Descendant’s exciting battles composed of various characters with unique skill sets, free movements, and chain actions through Grappling Hooks, colorful firearms, and additional effects. With these, the player can create any battle style they desire.
Battles With Huge Boss Monsters Through Cooperative Play
You can target huge boss monsters with different appearances and abilities through 4 player co-op play. The various difficulties will stimulate your competitive spirit, and you can destroy or extract various parts of the huge bosses through 4-player cooperative play. By targeting the huge boss’s gimmicks, you will be able to experience a more compact team play.
Motivating Play and Growth
You can equip a character with 3 guns, 4 secondary accessories, and various sub-weapons. Of course, there will also be items to enhance a character or their firearm stats or add a new ability all together. A variety of equipment is a necessary element for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game, or in the World Missions where cooperation is crucial and battles with huge bosses. We provide equipment so you can develop the characters to play continuously through character growth and acquiring and combining the various equipment. Use it to challenge yourself with more difficult tasks and enjoy the thrill of clearing them.
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PC requirements
Minimum
OS: Windows 10 x64 20H2 Processor: Intel i5-3570 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 / Intel Arc A380 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 100 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended. VRAM 4GB or above.
Recommended
OS: Windows 10 x64 20H2 Processor: Intel i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT / Intel Arc A750 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 100 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended.
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