A new high-profile game, The First Descendant, has risen to the top of the Steam charts — a free-to-play looter shooter that offers cooperative play. True to the genre’s success stories, it boasts a large online player base alongside mixed reviews.
The First Descendant is described as focusing on strategic combat against massive bosses, featuring unique characters with diverse abilities, thrilling gunplay, abundant loot, four-player co-op, and high-quality graphics powered by Unreal Engine 5. The game is published and developed by the South Korean company Nexon.
The First Descendant has launched on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and it’s already setting records on Steam. As of this writing, the game has surpassed 229,000 concurrent online players, ranking it sixth among all games on the platform. Additionally, The First Descendant has climbed to the top spot in revenue on Steam, coinciding with a major summer sale.
Despite its commercial success, user reviews are mixed, with only 42% positivity at the time of writing. Complaints vary widely | some users are unable to make purchases, others can’t even launch the game, and there are grievances about excessive microtransactions or poor optimization. Some players are discontent with the requirement to consent to the transfer of personal information to unspecified parties, while others dismiss the game as nothing more than a Warframe and Destiny knockoff from AliExpress.
Positive reviews have noted similarities with Warframe, yet they frame these comparisons positively. They also mention that the character appeal, particularly a character named Rabbit, is notable for her form-fitting attire and realistic physics.
The First Descendant is in its pre-season phase. The Battle Pass can already be accessed in the game, and a new set of characters is scheduled for release in August.
