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Niche - a genetics survival game is a fresh blend of turn-based strategy and simulation combined with roguelike elements.
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About Niche - a genetics survival game
About this game
Niche - a genetics survival game is a fresh blend of turn-based strategy and simulation combined with roguelike elements.
Shape your own species of cat/fox/bear/dog-like animals based on real genetics. Keep your animals alive against all odds, such as hungry predators, climate change, and spreading sickness.
If your species goes extinct the game is lost and your evolution needs to start anew.
Key Features:
- Living, dynamic world to test your survival skills
- Breeding system based on real genetics
- Over 100 genes to shape your species
- Procedurally generated worlds and animals
- Five biomes featuring different predators, prey, and flora to explore
- Game mechanics inspired on population genetics
Games/books that inspired us:
- Spore
- Don’t Starve
- The Creatures Series
- Warrior Cats
Educational aspects:
While playing Niche, the player is introduced to the scientific mechanics of genetics (featuring dominant-recessive, co-dominant inheritance, etc). The game also features the five pillars of population genetics (genetic drift, genetic flow, mutation, natural selection, sexual selection). All knowledge is interwoven with the game mechanics. This creates the effect of learning by playing.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- September 21, 2017
- Developer:
- Stray Fawn Studio
- Publishers:
- Stray Fawn Studio
WhisperGames
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Link:
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Macintosh® OSX 10.8+
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
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Just Right
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Relax & enjoy! 64.29% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Niche - a genetics survival game User Reviews
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Corva
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Unique game. It can be very fun for the right person. Requires micro management of resourcesn and even on easy that's difficult. Overall not great *for me* but may be for others.
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Shrub
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This game is fun and pretty. Make ugly and freaky animals or make something beautiful and fragile. The genetics are in your hands.
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Konghou
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Very good！It is of great teaching significance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 64% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 29% of GameFAQs users said Niche - a genetics survival game is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Niche - a genetics survival game is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Niche - a genetics survival game is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
- Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
- This game supports Steam Deck's native display resolution but does not set it by default and may require you to configure the display resolution manually
Minimum:
- OS: Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Minimum:
- OS: Macintosh® OSX 10.8+
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Niche - a genetics survival game was released on September 21, 2017
Yes, Niche - a genetics survival game supports MacOS.
Yes, Niche - a genetics survival game supports Linux.
Niche - a genetics survival game is published by Stray Fawn Studio and WhisperGames
Niche - a genetics survival game was developed by Stray Fawn Studio
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