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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 5.7-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Worth it · Narrative · 2016
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Yes, worth it at $1.49.
about 5.7h$1.49 (~)
Better value than 98% of Narrative games
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The Descendant scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/351940/the-descendant<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/351940/the-descendant"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/351940" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/351940/the-descendant)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 6h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $0.59, set in November 2016. It has been discounted 10 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 17 weeks between sales. Today's $1.49 at 90 percent off still sits 153 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Steam's global achievement data says about 5 percent of players ever finish it. On a 5.7-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.
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Price line + bands by tier:Worth itflat this rangePrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.