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Descent
Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.
- Last tracked players
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- All-time peak
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- 96.7% positive 458 reviews · via SteamSpy
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Sensory overload in 360° 3-D.
Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is technology taken to the limit.
Something has happened at Lunar Base I. The Post-Terran Mining Company has lost contact with the miners and none of the mining robots are responding. The PTMC has brought in you the Material Defender to deal with the situation. Your mission is to find any survivors and find the source of threat. You will start a journey that takes you from the Moon to Pluto. Best of luck Material Defender.
Lunge straight down mine shafts, twist around never-ending tunnels and fight your way past robotic menaces in an environment that's truly 6 degrees of freedom... move up, move down, shoot everything everywhere. Hang onto your senses (and your lunch) as you drop straight down mine shafts on a ride that'll leave you spinning.
And what's the good of losing your mind if you can't share the experience with your friends? Descent invites you and your buddies to dive into the action together with head-to-head combat and cooperative two-player modem and eight-player network support.
Get ready for Descent...
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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8
- Processor: 1 Gigahertz or faster
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 or better
- DirectX: Version 7.0
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 32 MB available space
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster compatible
- Additional Notes: Please visit Interplay's support site for the optimal settings for Descent 3's setup.
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: OS X 10.6.8 or later
- Processor: Intel Core Duo 2GHz+
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 64MB of video memory
- Storage: 50 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Recommended two-button mouse, or Apple mouse with Secondary Button / Secondary Click enabled.
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or later
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB VRAM, OpenGL compatible
- Storage: 50 MB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Interplay Inc.
- Brazilian rating
- 12
- Steam Germany rating
- 12
- Features
- Single-player, Multi-player, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
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Structured language support (1)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes | No |
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Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 26th percentile. Priced as Market at $19.99.
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