Already on the first day after its release, the shooter The First Descendant conquered the Steam charts, overtaking such well-known projects as Fallout 76 or EA FC 24 in terms of peak player count, reports Games 24.
Interestingly, it is known how much money Steam users spent on games they never played – the amount is impressive
What is the phenomenon of The First Descendant?
Just two hours after its release, free game from NEXON managed to attract over 170,000 players on Steam, surpassing the release figures of such industry phenomena as Fall Guys and Manor Lords.
According to the portal SteamDBoverall on the first day the shooter managed to set a mark peak concurrent users to 229,257.
At the time of writing, the project is in seventh place among the most popular games on Steam in the last 24 hours.
What is the game about?
The First Descendant is a third-person looter shooter built on Unreal Engine 5.
Gamers are offered to become a soldier with unique abilities, which are called “descendant” (descendants) and join the struggle for the survival of humanity.
The game features both single-player and cooperative missions for up to 4 players. Here you will find classic “dungeons” and battles with giant bosses and everything else inherent in the genre.
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Not everything is as good as the developers would like
Despite the colossal success at the start, gamers’ reviews leave much to be desired.
For now Of the 12,466 reviews of the game on Steam, only 46% are positive. The main complaints of players concern the “hard” monetization of the game and compare it with other games of the genre.
At the same time, gamers praise the game’s progression system and the “vigor” of the gameplay itself.
In any case, the project is free, so anyone can try it out for themselves.