The First Descendant

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App ID	2074920
App Type	Game
Developer	NEXON Games Co., Ltd.
Publisher	NEXON
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	BlackCipher AntiCheat, EasyAntiCheat AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber	30567441
Last Record Update	13 August 2025 – 12:06:29 UTC ()
Release Date	30 June 2024 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

😐 56.55%

105k reviews

17,073

In-Game

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!

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer

NEXON Games Co., Ltd.

controller_support

partial

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

NEXON

IsFreeApp

Yes

eulas

0 ↴
id	2074920_eula_0
name	The First Descendant EULA
url	https://store.steampowered.com//eula/2074920_eula_0
version	11

Exclude from family sharing (exfgls)

3 (Free Game)

Store Release Date

30 June 2024 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

3rd-Party DRM

Easy Anti-Cheat, None machine activation limit

Social Media

https://discord.gg/thefirstdescendant
https://x.com/FirstDescendant
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRjkGad-W6aGpLcZ0AKealg/

Primary Genre

Action (1)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), RPG (3), Free to Play (37)

Steam Release Date

30 June 2024 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

8 August 2025 – 07:48:13 UTC () (1754639293)

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name_localized

koreana

퍼스트 디센던트

Is free on the store?

Yes

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

BlackCipher AntiCheat, EasyAntiCheat AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, AMD_FidelityFX SDK, CEF SDK, DirectStorage SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_XeSS SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS_FrameGen SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Reflex SDK, NVIDIA_Streamline SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vivox SDK, Vorbis SDK, Wwise SDK, XAudio2 SDK, iZotope SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
category: Unsupported
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 12 July 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 14894996

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-9.0-2RC
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

controllertagwizard

Yes

Anti-Cheat Software

Easy Anti-Cheat - Requires manual removal after game uninstall

First seen on SteamDB

30 June 2022 – 08:08:58 UTC (), in changelist #15280640

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

12 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes	Yes
German	Yes		Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

DualShock Controllers (USB Only)

DualShock Controllers

DualSense Controllers (USB Only)

DualSense Controllers

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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small_capsule

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Assets

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timestamp	8 August 2025 – 07:52:29 UTC

Trailers

257164268 ↴
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257164273 ↴
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Steam charts

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17,073 players right now
18,710 24-hour peak
264,860 all-time peak 7 July 2024

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Store data

Twitch stats

3,424 viewers right now
4,225 24-hour peak
160,079 all-time peak

Owner estimations

~5.65 M by VG Insights
~5.71 M by Gamalytic
~7.02 M by PlayTracker

Monthly players breakdown

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Steam hub followers history

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User reviews history

😐 Mixed
56.55% SteamDB Rating
59,858 56.8% positive reviews
45,604 43.2% negative reviews

Markers

Date	Label	30-day Peak
30 June 2024	Steam Release	-
29 August 2024	Season 1	-
6 December 2024	Season 2: Void Chaser	-
13 March 2025	Ancestors	-
8 August 2025	Season 3	-

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The First Descendant had an all-time peak of 264860 concurrent players on 7 July 2024.

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The First Descendant

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