Niche - a genetics survival game
Details
- MSRP: $19.99
- Release date:
- Switch
September 3, 2020 - Xbox One
June 18, 2021 - PS4
August 31, 2021
- Switch
- Genre: Simulation, Strategy, Education, Board Game
- Number of players:
- Offline: 1
- Developer: Stray Fawn Studio
- Publisher: Stray Fawn
- Download size: 1.553 GB
- Metacritic: tbd 2.6
- How Long To Beat:
- Main Story: 4 hours
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Play modes: TV, Tabletop, Handheld
- Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
- Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Current prices
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$19.99
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Price history
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$4.99 | (-75%) |
Description
Niche - a genetics survival game is a fresh blend of turn-based strategy and simulation combined with rogue-like 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.
Key Features:
- Living, dynamic world to test your survival skills
- Breeding system based on real genetics
- Over 100 genes to shape your species
- Procedural worlds and animals
- 5 biomes featuring different predators, prey and flora to explore
- Game mechanics inspired on population genetics
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.
Games/books that inspired us:
- Spore
- Don’t Starve
- The Creatures Series
- Warrior Cats