Can I Run The First Descendant?
The First Descendant is an action adventure game from NEXON Games Co., Ltd., released in 2024. NEXON published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. It carries 24 achievements. It is free to play at the base tier. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-3570 / AMD FX-8350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 / Intel Arc A380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 x64 20H2 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT / Intel Arc A750 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 x64 20H2 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around combat arenas. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played from a third person view.
Why The First Descendant is demanding
The ask The First Descendant makes is moderate. GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT / Intel Arc A750 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. DirectX 12 is named, so The First Descendant expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Installation is large at roughly 100 GB, and an SSD is specified rather than suggested. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so The First Descendant at the floor and The First Descendant at the recommended tier are not the same experience. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The First Descendant?
Free up space before installing The First Descendant: it needs roughly 100 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, GeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 / Intel Arc A380 and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. The First Descendant needs about 100 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.71x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.31x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The First Descendant's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run The First Descendant?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The First Descendant?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-3570 / AMD FX-8350; GPU: GeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 / Intel Arc A380; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 x64 20H2.
How much storage does The First Descendant need?
The First Descendant needs about 100 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The First Descendant?
The RTX 3060 runs The First Descendant comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The First Descendant?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The First Descendant is the GPU.