90Steam
2025
Top Rated
The Wandering Village
MUST PLAY
Strategy·Simulation
A well-crafted strategy experience, Niche - a genetics survival game is well worth your time.
84
Verdict
86%
Steam
83
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive Steam reviews (86% positive)
Critically acclaimed (83/100 critic average)
Rich open world to explore
Still in Early Access — content may be incomplete
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.
Runs well on modern hardware.
View system requirements on Steam →
Sweet Sweet Love
Mate for the first time
80%
unlocked
Survivor
Survive for 50 days
33%
unlocked
Two for the Price of One
Give birth to twins
32.5%
unlocked
Harem
Have only one animal of one sex and a lot of animals of the opposite sex
25.6%
unlocked
Albinism
Have an animal with albinism
22.2%
unlocked
Melanism
Have an animal with melanism
21.6%
unlocked
Homecoming
Return to Adam's original island (unlocks in story mode only)
15.7%
unlocked
Adam's Curse
A baby is kidnapped by a bird of prey
15.7%
unlocked
Globetrotter
Discover all island types
14.8%
unlocked
Copy / Paste
Give birth to identical twins
14.3%
unlocked
Hotfix
This is just a small hotfix to fix a security vulnerability of the unity engine.
Bearyena Plush
Dear pack It’s been a while and we hope you have been doing well :) We have some exciting news to share with you today 🎉 We teamed up with Makeship t
Niche Plush & Merch Kickstarter
Dear pack We wanted to give you a quick heads-up that we launched a Kickstarter campaign for an Adam plush and lots of other Niche merch :D /25155836/
Updated news section
Updated news section with Niche merch Kickstarter
Out now: New game 'Niche - Breed and Evolve' on iOS/Android & Niche on Xbox
Dear pack We have two exciting news to share with you :D First: Niche has been released on Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X! You can check it out here. Se
Updated 5h ago
Sweet Sweet Love
Mate for the first time
80%
unlocked
Survivor
Survive for 50 days
33%
unlocked
Two for the Price of One
Give birth to twins
32.5%
unlocked
Harem
Have only one animal of one sex and a lot of animals of the opposite sex
25.6%
unlocked
Albinism
Have an animal with albinism
22.2%
unlocked
Melanism
Have an animal with melanism
21.6%
unlocked
Homecoming
Return to Adam's original island (unlocks in story mode only)
15.7%
unlocked
Adam's Curse
A baby is kidnapped by a bird of prey
15.7%
unlocked
Globetrotter
Discover all island types
14.8%
unlocked
Copy / Paste
Give birth to identical twins
14.3%
unlocked
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