The Descendant

The Descendant

Steam Deck Verified

Gaming Corps AB · Adventure · Mar 24, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.49.

88%
Very Positive
7k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 141 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 7k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story was above average and kept me entertained.
141 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are decent with nice atmospheric lighting.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
-. a very nice voice acting
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I didn't use a controller to play it although it is stated to have full controller support but on keyboard and mouse, movement is exclusively via mouse cursor point and click, no WASD control at all, which can be irritating sometimes, especially when transitioning areas and needing to click multiple times to go in a line as the camera is panning away.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters141 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay42 reviews
74%
Performance10 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
70%
Interface8 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.49 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.