The Descendant overview

Overview

The Descendant comes from Gaming Corps AB and is published by Microids Indie, Microids. It arrived on Steam on Mar 24, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Descendant's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 13 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:19:21 UTC, with a tracked peak near 65,860. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 7,158 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Descendant is available in 5 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Descendant has sold up to 3,300,000 units and has 594 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $24,700,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Descendant overview details

The Descendant combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

WISHLIST NOW About the Game THE DESCENDANT is a five part episodic adventure game series where the end of the world is only the start. After climate change wrecked the planet, a man-made extinction event wiped humankind off the face of the Earth. Only a few thousand ‘descendants of humanity’ were hand-picked to survive the apocalypse, cryogenically suspended in underground bunkers known as Arks. Centuries passed. The world recovered from the nuclear holocaust, and all the Arks reopened, except one — Ark-01. Taking place across two timelines, in the past you'll play as Mia, a janitor tasked with keeping the precious descendants housed within Ark-01 alive while the facility continually fails around her, and in the present, you'll play as Donnie, one of the investigators trying to rescue any surviving descendants trapped within, all while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within the underground Ark complex. Every action and choice you make directly impacts who lives and who dies, leaving the fate of Ark-01, and mankind itself, in your hands. Will you save mankind? Or doom us all? Key features An episodic adventure spreading across multiple story-rich timelines Investigative gameplay, challenging puzzles, tense action sequences Meaningful and difficult choices with branching dialogue A tailored experience, full of tension and drama Every player choice can influence the future of mankind

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Descendant is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure, Casual, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 13 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:19:21 UTC, a tracked peak of 65,860, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventurePoint & ClickCasualStory RichPost-apocalypticEpisodicChoices MatterSci-fiIndieAlternate HistorySingleplayerFree to PlayAtmosphericHorror

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