Great graphics and character designs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the world design and character visuals are stunning, everything looks top-tier”
Steam review · 68.8 h played ↗
The First Descendant
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Mixed · 57%Mixed · 57%NEXON Games Co., Ltd.2024Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · RPG
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A free, flashy Warframe/Destiny-style looter shooter with good gunplay, builds and fan service. Skip it if you hate repetitive farming, aggressive monetization or P2W-leaning endgame.
Great for
Warframe/Destiny fans who enjoy build-crafting, farming and flashy power-fantasy co-op for free
Main risk
Repetitive grind and heavy monetization with P2W-feeling endgame systems can burn you out
What players love
Satisfying gunplay and flashy abilities
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Solid free to play gooner looter shooter with flashy combat and satisfying boss fights.”
Steam review · 110.7 h played ↗
Regular updates and improving game
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“after a streak of high-quality monthly updates, TFD is actually finally a very good game.”
Steam review · 1250 h played ↗
Deep builds and many unique Descendants
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“plenty of characters to build and play, all with unique abilites and playstyles.”
Steam review · 418.6 h played ↗
Relaxing, addictive grind loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“grindy looter shooter thats dumb fun at 2am when you cant sleep”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Free to play with lots of content free
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Huge plus that everything related to gameplay is doable free.”
Steam review · 444.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive missions and heavy grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Pretty much every mission boils down to go to place, kill 200-300 enemies, kill 1-5 elite enemies, go to next area.”
Steam review · 68.8 h played ↗
Aggressive monetization and pricey cosmetics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Extremely greedy monetization such as the colaboration skins.”
Steam review · 615.1 h played ↗
Balance issues, nerfs and bullet-sponge enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“devs decided that every new boss enemy need billions of hp so you either use the meta descendants and/or weapons”
Steam review · 1792.9 h played ↗
Poor optimization, crashes and connection issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Constant freezing/stuttering, crashes galore.”
Steam review · 716.9 h played ↗
Bans over loot cave farming
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“This wasn't a hack, they literally coded OS to work this way.”
Steam review · 1206.5 h played ↗
Pay-to-win feel with Transcendent weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Rolling the right stats literally doubles your character power, creating an impossible gap between F2P players and spenders.”
Steam review · 1670.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 x64 20H2
ProcessorIntel i5-3570 / AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 / Intel Arc A380
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 x64 20H2
ProcessorIntel i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT / Intel Arc A750
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 x64 20H2
ProcessorIntel i5-3570 / AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 / Intel Arc A380
Storage100 GB available space
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