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The First Descendant

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!

Released Jun 30, 2024 Developer NEXON Games Co., Ltd. Publisher NEXON Platforms Windows Free to PlaySexual ContentLooter ShooterMultiplayerThird-Person Shooter
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

57.4%positive112,477 reviews
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“if you want to shoot mobs, cast spells and look at asian ass, sometimes boobs - great game :)”

— a player, Steam review · 68 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“I'm enjoying the game but why tf is Caliber so damn expensive? I can't justify spending that much on cosmetics.”

— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played
Not recommended · 714 found this helpful

“The devs just banned quite a few people for a duration of 15 days (including first time offenders of any kind) for participating in the equivalent of a loot cave bug known as in games like this such as Destiny. Infinite fast respawn of enemies because of their programming error…”

— a player, Steam review · 5,906 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

264,860all-time peak
0 100k 200k 2025 2026 127.2k avg · Jul 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

24achievements
22.2%median completion
6.6%rarest: Place for Something Special
83.3% of players 63.7% of players 52.2% of players 49.2% of players 45.3% of players 37.3% of players 36.2% of players 35.2% of players 29.9% of players 29.3% of players 24.0% of players 22.3% of players 22.2% of players 22.0% of players 20.8% of players 19.1% of players 18.6% of players 17.0% of players 16.1% of players 15.4% of players 14.7% of players 12.5% of players 9.0% of players 6.6% of players 83.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.3%Ready to Move On? — Complete Retrieve the Ironheart operation and return to Albion
63.7%Is This How You Insert it? — Equip a module for the first time
52.2%First Sweep Operation — Complete all available missions and Descendant duties in Kingston
Rarest badges of honor
6.6%Place for Something Special — Expand the module capacity of a weapon that uses Special Rounds
9.0%Slot Maketh Module — Assign module socket types 10 times
12.5%And Combining, to Boot — Combine modules 7 times

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 22, 2026
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.4.3d

Greetings, Descendants. We would like to inform you about the details for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.4.3d. This patch will be applied without a client update, allowing immediate access without addi

Sep 22, 2026
17/9 (Thu) – 21/9 (Mon) Results of the Crackdown on Abusive Users

Greetings, Descendants. Here are the results of the crackdown on abusive users carried out between 17/9 (Thu) – 21/9 (Mon). We're inspecting abusive gaming behavior to ensure that all Descendants can

Sep 19, 2026
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.4.3c

Greetings, Descendants. We would like to inform you about the details for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.4.3c. Descendants, please reconnect to the game after the patch to ensure smoother gameplay. Ple

Sep 18, 2026
11/9 (Fri) – 17/9 (Thu) Results of the Crackdown on Abusive Users

Greetings, Descendants. Here are the results of the crackdown on abusive users carried out between 11/9 (Fri) – 17/9 (Thu). We're inspecting abusive gaming behavior to ensure that all Descendants can

Sep 17, 2026
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.4.3b

Greetings, Descendants. We would like to inform you about the details for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.4.3b. Descendants, please reconnect to the game after the patch to ensure smoother gameplay. ■ P

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsFree to Play · Sexual Content · Looter Shooter · Multiplayer · Third-Person Shooter · Online Co-Op · RPG · Action · Shooter · Third Person · Character Customization · Action RPG (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · In-App Purchases · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian *
Achievements24
Official sitehttps://tfd.nexon.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

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.