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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.

The Descendant is a adventure, point & click and casual game developed by Gaming Corps AB and published by Microïds Indie and Microids.
Released on March 24th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 7,123 reviews of which 6,312 were positive and 811 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Descendant into these genres:

Adventure Point & Click Casual Story Rich Post-apocalyptic Episodic Choices Matter Sci-fi Indie Alternate History Singleplayer Atmospheric Horror

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows Vista+
Processor: Intel i3 2.0GHz or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD or nVidia card with 1GB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 12 GB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.10
Processor: Intel i5 - 2,7 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 6100 or higher
Storage: 12 GB available space
Additional Notes: Mid-2012 and newer with at least above hardware

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Dec. 2025

Now that I've finally finished the game, here's a update to my previous review. The story is exceptionally good and thought-provoking. Very exciting and not as predictable as you might think at first. Sometimes I was quite surprised. The graphics are a bit older and not the best, but that doesn't matter at all in this game. Nevertheless, the science fiction apocalyptic setting is extremely well designed with great attention to detail. The voice acting and sound are great. The controls are point and click. Sometimes it's confusing when the camera angle changes. Most of the quick-time events are super easy, but some require at least a little effort – but everything is doable and not too challenging. And, of course, you have to make decisions during the dialogues that affect the rest of the game – sometimes you only have a limited amount of time to decide. I bought the game for €1.49, which was a really good bargain. It was definitely worth it and I was really well entertained overall. There are also negative points that really need to be considered. Firstly, after completing the game for the first time, there is no option to skip the dialogues and cutscenes on the second playthrough. This is so incredibly annoying and really stressed me out. The other thing that was really, really exhausting and frustrating was some of the achievements. I would never have managed it without the community guides. Thanks for that. I'd like to give a tip here. Remember that you have 3 save slots available. My mistake was not using them properly. If you do it cleverly, you won't need as long as I did to get the achievements. And it's worth taking a look at the achievements list before starting each episode, because you don't want to have to restart the game over and over again like I did. I could have thrown up... I really wasted a lot of time. Overall, however, I am extremely satisfied. You can see that the developers have put a lot of effort into it and have paid a lot of attention to detail and story. For an indie game, it's very well done. I would love to see more parts or a sequel, because these kinds of games are just great for playing in between other things. If you're looking for a simple game with a focus on story and don't care about anything else, then you should check it out. Buy it on sale, and you can't go wrong.

Sept. 2025

Good Game. Don't know why it has a bad rep. Might have been over priced at release, is a about 5 hours long with not much replay-ability. But is worth playing the once. The story is good and kept me interested until the end. It was a good mystery finding out what was actually happening. You get an achievement for pretty much everything :) .

Sept. 2025

This game is not bad, it's interactive movie with puzzles and ok sci-fi story. The music is very good. Achievements are not that complicated and there are guides for them. Grab it on sale.

Aug. 2025

Fun Game, Nice Story. Would recommend.

Aug. 2025

It's neither the best interactive movie out there nor the noteworthy game, but "The Descendant" is an ok adventure with some trivial puzzles.

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The Descendant is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Descendant is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

The Descendant received 6,312 positive votes out of a total of 7,123 achieving a rating of 8.59.

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The Descendant was developed by Gaming Corps AB and published by Microïds Indie and Microids.

The Descendant is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Descendant is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Descendant is not playable on Linux.

The Descendant is a single-player game.

The Descendant does not currently offer any DLC.

The Descendant does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Descendant does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Descendant is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Descendant.

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Gaming Corps AB

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Microïds Indie, Microids

Release 24 Mar 2016

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