The First Descendant

The First Descendant is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game looter shooter developed and published by Nexon Korea Corporation. The game was released on July 2, 2024.

Premise
Players take on the role of "Descendants", individuals who possess mysterious powers and have become humanity's only hope against the hostile Vulgus, an invasive alien race.

Reception
The First Descendant received "mixed or average reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic. Paul Tassi of Forbes wrote that the game did enough to distinguish itself through having solid gameplay and mechanics.

The game received mixed reviews on Steam at launch, with players criticizing its grind and feeling it incentivized purchasing microtransactions. Despite this, the game topped Steam's best-sellers chart upon release, and reached a player count of 10 million during its first week.