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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!

Developer
NEXON Games Co., Ltd.
Publisher
NEXON
Franchise
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Release date
Jun 30, 2024
Store page updated
Sep 17, 2026
Price
Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

47.0/ 100

Based on 385 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😐 Mixed 52% of 1,004
All time 😐 Mixed 57% of 112,383
“used to be fun, entertaining gameplay”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
-0.88
Progression -1.52
“became a non-stop slog requiring constant online play, turned into full-time job” (30)

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Story & World
+0.04
Story -0.23

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Content Volume
-1.67
Variety -2.87
“new regions are boring, flat, empty fields” (34)

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Visuals & Sound
+1.65
Visuals +2.45
“phenomenal graphics, engaging gameplay and story” (53)

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Multiplayer
-0.75
Playing together +0.56

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Fairness
-3.01
Monetization -2.39
“transcendent weapons are pay-to-power with disrespectful weekly caps and gambling mechanics” (78)

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Tech & Ops
-2.79
Developer support -1.89

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
30%50%70%90%
Jun 2024Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 992 reviews, peak 127/day
0100200
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 384 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English37%
  • Chinese14%
  • Russian11%
  • Portuguese10%
  • Spanish6%
  • Korean5%
  • Other17%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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