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The Descendant

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Developer
Gaming Corps AB
Publisher
Microids Indie, Microids
Released
Mar 24, 2016
Steam reviews
88% of players recommend it, from 7,148 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags
AdventureCasualIndie
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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

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

System requirements

As Steam lists them.

Windows

Minimum

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

Recommended

OS *
Windows 7
Processor
Intel i5 2.5GHz or equivalent
Memory
6 GB RAM
Graphics
nVidia 500 series or higher
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
12 GB available space
macOS

Minimum

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

Recommended

OS
OS X 10.11
Processor
i5-4570 - 3.20Ghz
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024MB or higher
Storage
12 GB available space
Additional Notes
Mid-2013 and newer with at least above hardware

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