Can I Run The Descendant?
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...
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i3 2.0GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD or nVidia card with 1GB RAM |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 2.5GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia 500 series or higher |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Can you run The Descendant?
The Descendant targets a mainstream modern PC: AMD or nVidia card with 1GB RAM and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to nVidia 500 series or higher for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Descendant?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i3 2.0GHz or equivalent; GPU: AMD or nVidia card with 1GB RAM; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Descendant need?
The Descendant needs about 12 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for The Descendant?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Descendant is the CPU.