The Descendant

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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.

Steam release date

3/24/2016

Developer

Gaming Corps AB

Publisher

Microids Indie

Game modes

Single-playerController

User tags

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

Genres

AdventureCasualIndie

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About this 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

System requirements

Minimum

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

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

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