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The Descendant

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App ID 351940
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Microids Indie, Microids
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28972338
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 02:57:39 UTC ()
Release Date 24 March 2016 – 12:37:00 UTC ()
😎 85.94%
7k reviews
12
In-Game

In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

Additional Information

Developer Gaming Corps AB
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metacritic_name The Descendant: Episode 1 - Aftermath
controller_support full
metacritic_score 59
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-descendant-episode-1---aftermath?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Microids Indie
Store Release Date 24 March 2016 – 12:37:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 24 March 2016 – 12:37:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 20 September 2019 – 09:40:20 UTC () (1568972420)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 19 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1690191
  • configuration:
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First seen on SteamDB 18 February 2015 – 16:26:22 UTC (), in changelist #901437

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🔎 Point & Click 😌 Casual 📚 Story Rich ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 🔢 Episodic 🧞 Choices Matter 🚀 Sci-fi 🌱 Indie 🕰️ Alternate History 👤 Singleplayer 🆓 Free to Play 🌫 Atmospheric 😱 Horror

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Steam charts

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  • 12 players right now
  • 12 24-hour peak
  • 128,847 all-time peak 26 June 2024
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  • 6,000 followers
  • 6,316 positive reviews
  • 812 negative reviews
  • 88.61% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 588 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 85.94% SteamDB Rating
  • 6,316 88.6% positive reviews
  • 812 11.4% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
24 March 2016 – 12:37 Steam Release -
29 July 2016 – 10:34 ⇄ Indiegala: Friday Special #36 -
10 October 2016 – 14:21 ⇄ Indiegala: Monday Presidential Bundle -
28 February 2017 – 15:00 ⇄ Groupees: Build a Bundle 29 -
3 October 2017 – 18:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Articy Draft Storytellers Bundle -
1 January 2018 – 12:00 ⇄ Indiegala: Monday Motivation Bundle #39 -
28 December 2019 – 08:00 ⇄ Indiegala: Best of Microids Bundle -
9 September 2020 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Descent Bundle -
15 October 2020 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Spooktacular Build Your Own Bundle -
18 April 2023 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Intrigue Bundle -
31 August 2023 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Intrigue Bundle -

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How many players are playing The Descendant right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 12 players live playing The Descendant on Steam.

The Descendant had an all-time peak of 128847 concurrent players on 26 June 2024.

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