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Niche - a genetics survival game

Stray Fawn Studio · Stray Fawn Publishing · 2017-09-21

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 03, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 01, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 18, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2017 (Mac), Sep 15, 2017 (Linux)

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.

Niche - a genetics survival game is a 2017 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $17.99, with Very Positive sentiment (86% of 5237 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

23
playing now
86%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.61★
PlayStation Store rating (87 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Niche: A Genetics Survival Game is a simulation video game developed and published by Stray Fawn Studio. It entered early access for Windows, OS X, and Linux-based systems in September 2016 after a successful Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign and was released in September 2017. Its main aim is to breed certain traits or genes into a group of canine or feline creatures to make the pack genetically perfect for its environment.

Trailer

Niche - a genetics survival game trailer thumbnail

Niche - a genetics survival game Xbox Launch Trailer

≈396,358 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,585 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 131k–314k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,237 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at GOG (2020-11-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 70 of 108 observed days · $14.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

47122026-09-15 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 36 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 46 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 34 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 36 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 38 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 36 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2163Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 27Dec 2016 — avg 84 · peak 287Apr 2017 — avg 95 · peak 268Aug 2017 — avg 88 · peak 257Dec 2017 — avg 110 · peak 245Apr 2018 — avg 117 · peak 267Aug 2018 — avg 108 · peak 205Dec 2018 — avg 121 · peak 379Apr 2019 — avg 108 · peak 252Aug 2019 — avg 92 · peak 166Dec 2019 — avg 88 · peak 187Apr 2020 — avg 72 · peak 132Aug 2020 — avg 78 · peak 145Dec 2020 — avg 82 · peak 194Apr 2021 — avg 59 · peak 122Aug 2021 — avg 59 · peak 131Dec 2021 — avg 57 · peak 127Apr 2022 — avg 56 · peak 112Aug 2022 — avg 47 · peak 88Dec 2022 — avg 49 · peak 101Apr 2023 — avg 43 · peak 101Aug 2023 — avg 38 · peak 72Dec 2023 — avg 42 · peak 87Apr 2024 — avg 39 · peak 91Aug 2024 — avg 37 · peak 69Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 75Apr 2025 — avg 34 · peak 85Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 63Dec 2025 — avg 37 · peak 79Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$4.492016-09-162026-10-142016-09-16 — best price $18.992018-10-30 — best price $14.392019-02-04 — best price $12.592019-07-09 — best price $17.992019-10-14 — best price $17.992019-12-09 — best price $10.792020-01-27 — best price $17.992020-05-28 — best price $17.992020-10-02 — best price $9.892020-12-01 — best price $17.992021-03-22 — best price $8.992021-07-22 — best price $8.992021-11-03 — best price $17.992022-01-05 — best price $8.992022-03-11 — best price $17.992022-08-22 — best price $8.092022-12-12 — best price $17.992023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-07-27 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $7.192024-02-05 — best price $6.292024-05-01 — best price $6.292024-08-13 — best price $6.292024-11-05 — best price $17.992025-01-24 — best price $6.292025-04-09 — best price $4.492025-06-05 — best price $7.192025-08-07 — best price $5.392025-10-08 — best price $17.992025-12-11 — best price $5.392026-02-18 — best price $4.492026-04-06 — best price $4.492026-06-11 — best price $17.992026-08-25 — best price $4.492026-09-08 — best price $4.492026-09-20 — best price $4.492026-10-02 — best price $4.492026-10-14 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2552026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 13 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews2026-08-30 — 14 pageviews2026-09-03 — 8 pageviews2026-09-07 — 17 pageviews2026-09-11 — 16 pageviews2026-09-15 — 21 pageviews2026-09-19 — 14 pageviews2026-09-23 — 15 pageviews2026-09-27 — 14 pageviews2026-10-01 — 23 pageviews2026-10-05 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
79.9%
earned "Sweet Sweet Love"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam Cloud1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-09-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,8121%31
Xbox One (Xbox)602%18
PS4 (PlayStation)536%19
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGNaturePuzzleSandboxStrategySurvivalAdventureEducationBoard GameSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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