The First Descendant is less than a day away, and many players, ourselves included, can’t wait to play this free-to-play looter shooter. If you’re planning to play The First Descendant on your PC, you’ll be happy to know the game isn’t too demanding.
Here are the PC system requirements for The First Descendant.
The First Descendant PC minimum system requirements
Despite using Unreal Engine 5, The First Descendant runs brilliantly on even low-spec PCs. Even if you have a 10+ year old PC around, there’s a good chance it will be able to run The First Descendant, albeit not with all the bells and whistles.
Here are the incredibly humble minimum system requirements for The First Descendant:
| Minimum system requirements | |
| OS | Windows 10, 64bit |
| CPU | Intel i5 3570 or AMD FX-8350 |
| RAM | 8GB |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD RX 570 4GB VRAM |
| DirectX | 12 |
| Storage | 50GB (SSD recommended) |
The First Descendant PC recommended system requirements
We tested The First Descendant during the beta tests on several different systems, and the performance was amazing. Not only did we get more than 60 FPS, but we also got 4K resolution with ray-tracing. The best thing about all this is that you don’t need a state-of-the-art PC to get any of these in The First Descendant.
Here are the not-so-demanding recommended specs to run The First Descendant on PC:
| Recommended system requirements | |
| OS | Windows 10, 64bit |
| CPU | Intel i7 7700K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| RAM | 16GB |
| GPU | GeFroce RTX 2060 or AMD RX 5600XT 8GB VRAM |
| DirectX | 12 |
| Storage | 50GB (SSD recommended) |
Don’t forget to download the latest game-ready drivers from the official AMD and Nvidia websites before starting the game for an even better experience.
