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Niche - a genetics survival game

88% positive of 4,357 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Stray Fawn Studio. Published by Stray Fawn Publishing, WhisperGames.

About the game

Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

Tagged by players

  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Turn-Based
  • Board Game
  • Nature
  • Puzzle
  • Sandbox
  • Resource Management
  • Survival
  • Adventure
  • Procedural Generation
  • Family Friendly
  • RPG

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What players say

  • Recommended
    watched this game on youtube all the time as a kid when it first released. finally being able to play it myself is awesome :) although, the buttons are misaligned on macbook.

    11 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    somehow left this running for 4 hrs but thats okj reminds me of rain world a lot (which is great cause i love rain world)

    4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I wanted to enjoy this game, but sadly I just didn't find it fun. Looking after the whole pack is very tedious, and for me it very quickly turns into a micromanaging simulator. The genetics part seems fun in concept, vut in execution I barely manage to even keep track of what genes I have. It gets confusing very quickly, especially if you have a lot of animals. I also couldn't really play around with it, because by…

    10 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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