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Niche - a genetics survival game

Plattform: PC Veröffentlicht: 15.09.2016

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Niche - a genetics survival game ist ein rundenbasiertes Strategie Spiel kombiniert mit Simulations- und Roguelike Elementen. Erschaffe deine eigene Katze/Fuchs/Bär/Hundeartige Spezies basierend auf echter Genetik. Halte deine Tiere trotz hungriger Raubtiere, Klimawandel und gefährlichen Krankheiten am Leben. Stirbt deine Spezies aus so ist das Spiel verloren und deine Evolution beginnt von neuem.

Game Features:

Echte Genetik bei der Tierzucht
Über 100 Gene um deine Spezies zu formen
Prozedural generierte Inseln und Tiere
4 Biome mit einmaligen Raubtieren, Beutetieren und Flora
Game Mechanik inspiriert von Populationsgenetik

Wissenschaftlicher Bezug:
Beim Spielen von Niche werden spielerisch Prinzipen der Genetik (dominant-rezessive, kodominante Erbgänge, etc.) vermitteln. Die Prinzipen der Populationsgenetik (Mutation, Selektion, Gendrift, Genfluss) fliessen in die Spielmechnik von Niche ein.

Inspirationsquellen:

Spore
Don’t Starve
Die Creatures Reihe
Warrior Cats

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CPU: 2 GHz Dual Core
GFX: nVidia 8800 GT / AMD 4670 or faster
RAM: 4 GB RAM
Software: Windows Vista , Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
HD: 2 GB verfügbarer Speicherplatz
DX: Version 9.0c
LANG: Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch, Spanisch, Brasilianisches Portugiesisch, Chinesisch (traditionell), Chinesisch (vereinfacht), Russisch, Japanisch, Polnisch

Deutsch (5)
Englisch (112)

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593 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 18.07.20 09:09

Niche is quite deep, and actually teaches (not much, but well) a few core concepts of evolution, ecology and genetics, without being to lecture heavy or boring. It is, in fact, A GOOD EDUCATIONAL GAME. I didn't think, I would see it happen, but Stray Fawn Studios managed to produce an interesting, compelling edugame.
The official stuff: Turn based resource management 4X-Lite with cute animals. Manage food, living space, reproduction and genes - with cute and sometimes rediculous animals.
Diverse map compositions, sandbox mode options and suitable art direction. Praise all around.
My pack died out in the tutorial.

Follow my curator at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28337205-Fair-Minded-Witness/

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4689 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.07.20 19:32

Ein wirklich sehr gutes Spiel über Genetik!
Man muss überleben indem man Futter sammelt, Nistmaterial, sich gegen andere Kreaturen verteidigt, nützliche Gene entwickelt, welche man vorher durch bestimmte Bedingungen freischalten muss wie: Aktionen wiederholen oder Tiere mit besagten Genen in die Gruppe einzuladen. Es gibt verschiedene Umgebungen und einen Story Modus. Die Entwicklung deiner Spezies ist sehr interessant anzusehen und zu dem ist das Spiel sehr niedlich gestaltet! Kann man nur jedem empfehlen!

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44 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.05.20 18:14

Schönes Spielprinzip mit leichtem Zeitdruck. Sehr liebevoll designed und es bietet viele verschiedene Wege das Spiel zu bestreiten

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5038 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.02.20 22:16

ein seht gutes Runden basiertes Spiel

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410 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.01.20 20:09

Eine Empfehlung für alle, die mehr über Genetik und Biologie mittels niedlicher (oder abstruser) Kreaturen lernen wollen!
Bei NICHE versucht man eine Population von Lebewesen nicht nur am Leben zu halten, sondern sie im Optimalfall auch noch nach bestimmten Gesichtspunkten zu selektieren. Dabei hat man grundsätzlich erstmal die Qual der Wahl - angefangen bei Äußerlichkeiten wie Fellfarbe, Größe, Beinlänge oder Hörnern; hin zu 'inneren Werten': Krankheitsresistenz, Langlebigkeit, Fruchtbarkeit. Und vieles hat Bedeutungen auf mehreren Ebenen, soll heißen: Giftzähne verändern nicht nur die Optik, sondern sorgen auch dafür, dass der Träger gefahrlos von giftigen Beerensträuchern naschen kann. Wer geschickte Pfoten hat, nutzt diese zum Kokosnüsse öffnen und so weiter.
Die Kreaturen können auch Schnäbel und Flügel, Kiemen und Schwimmflossen bekommen. Abgesehen von hunde- oder katzenähnlichen Tieren lassen sich so also alle möglichen Spezies kreieren.
Und dann gibt es immer noch unzählige Gefahren: Wildtiere, giftige Nahrung, Krankheiten, und nicht zuletzt: das Alter. Schneller als man denkt, altern die kleinen Kerlchen und sind eines Morgens nur noch Knochen.
Es gibt also eine Menge zu beachten und so erlebte meine erste kleine Population nicht besonders viele Morgen, ehe sie ausstarben. Die zweite lebt aktuell noch ;-)
Man hat bei NICHE sehr viele Freiheiten: Man kann die Hauptquest verfolgen und versuchen, die Heimatinsel seines Start-Charakters Adam zu erreichen (und auf dem Weg sollte man Adams Immunität im Genpool behalten).
Man kann bestimmte Merkmale ausbilden und versuchen, eine 'einheitliche' Familie zu züchten; also auf bestimmte Merkmale zu selektieren.
Man kann sich auch einfach treiben lassen und gucken was passiert.
Und man kann natürlich auch versuchen, möglichst scheußliche Kreaturen zu erschaffen! Das ist gar nicht mal so schwer und manchmal auch kaum zu vermeiden, da es auf manchen Inseln wilde herumstreunende Männchen gibt, die sich nur zu gerne mit den eigenen Weibchen paaren - ob man will oder nicht. Und dann hat man auf einmal deformierte Schnauzen und Glupschaugen im Genpool...
NICHE macht eine Menge Spaß, ist aber eher weniger was Schnelles für zwischendurch. Wenn man 'einfach so' spielt, kann es sein, dass die eigene Population schneller ausstirbt als gewünscht. Das Spiel bietet einem immense Möglichkeiten und wird dadurch vermutlich auch nach vielen Spielstunden nicht langweilig, da man immer wieder vor neue Herausforderungen gestellt wird und da jede Kreatur früher oder später durch Alter stirbt, kann man auch nicht einfach seinen gepimpten Superhelden durchprügeln, sondern muss die gesamte Kolonie im Blick haben. Wer daran Spaß hat und sich über lustige Wesen amüsieren kann, dem kann ich das Spiel nur empfehlen! Und ganz nebenbei lernt man auch einiges über die Tücken der Genetik, die manchmal erst viel später als geahnt zum Tragen kommen.
Schlussendlich kann ich das Spiel auch für Linux-User empfehlen - bei mir (Linux Mint 19.3) läuft es problemlos und flüssig.

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2108 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.02.23 15:35

You can breed foxes with birds, then tame a bear and force your fox-bird hybrid to mate with it.
9/10

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211 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.01.23 07:53

Cant accept death? dont play this.

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255 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.01.23 22:46

This game seems fun and neat to start with but I find myself being bored AF as I play through. I have yet to actually get to any end island or anything. About 3-5 islands into the game the game loop feels exhausting. Giving every single creature boring maintenance level tasks every turn sucks all the fun out of it. Trying to build traits and immunity is kinda fun but is much more the long game than an active game. To make an analogy it's like trying to build a house. I want to pick rooms and make interesting design choices but I'm spending most of the time sweeping floors and wiping counters. Sure it's needed to maintain the house but I don't want it to be the focus.

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4226 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.12.22 19:02

As a person who has a B.Sc. in Biology, this is one of my favourite games on Earth. I freaking LOVE genetics, and this is the only genetics game I've played that actually plays well

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1732 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.12.22 05:25

10/10, when not having your entire tribe being killed off by predators or nature it's a really relaxing game.

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35394 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.12.22 16:58

This game has been a huge part of my childhood, I've been following it since the very beginning and have played the game for many years now. As a long time player, I've really enjoyed this game and keep coming back despite having all the achievements. The game is highly customisable to however you'd like to play thanks to Sandbox settings. You want to start with more than two creatures? Add up to nine in Sandbox settings! Want to customise those creatures? Sandbox settings! Want your creatures to live longer? All available in Sandbox settings! And there's always the easily accessible cheats menu for anything else you might need which can be opened while playing with a simple tap of F1. It can keep me entertained for hours with a variety of stories you can tell with your Nichelings. There are negatives though, island size being a main one. You can maybe reach 60-100 creatures before the island is just too small for them all, which can put a limit on storytelling. I would love to see bigger islands added or even a custom island builder of some kind! Sadly, I don't believe this game is receiving further updates as the team work on new games. I do recommend giving this game a play though if you're looking for a slower paced game focused on strategy with many storytelling opportunities.

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371 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.12.22 12:45

I have over 60 hours on my switch as well as who knows how many on my old account, been following the game for 6 or so years and it is 1000% worth the money if you're into gentics, animals or just fun turn based games. By far my favourite game

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6776 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.12.22 17:10

I've been playing this game on and off for years now and it's...fine, I guess. I loved it when I was younger, but honestly now it's just too repetitive. It's like a farming game but with no end goals. You don't earn anything at the end. Half the achievements are next to impossible to get unless you sink hundreds of hours into story mode, and some of them don't even work (looking at you, Clownkoi achievement). It's a ton to keep track of, between tens to hundreds of creatures all needing to do things every day, and making sure you have the right genes you want, and trying not to starve...An interesting concept, but a LOT of gameplay and stress with little payoff. Accidentally losing one immunity gene can cost you HOURS on a save, and you can't do anything about it.
Not the worst game in the world, and fun at times, but definitely a lot.

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237 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.12.22 16:49

A really cool idea, and especially appealing to me as someone with a background in Biology. The gameplay ideas are interesting - breeding Nichelings to get specific genes, managing resources with your little guys specialising in different food sources like hunting, gathering, fishing etc., and giving a progress goal with travelling to other islands. Sadly it's all a bit slap-dash in execution. The UI is awful and makes for a completely tedious experience, both with controlling your Nichelings as well as reading their genes and stats. The campaign mode is pretty lackluster being pretty much 3 levels of tutorial followed by aimless wandering about with little instructions. Sandbox mode could be a really good timesink, but again, it feels like just aimless wandering about that isn't really immersive with the UI problems and also pretty simple core gameplay once you remove the whole genes and breeding aspect.

If you can get past the very poor presentation I can see this being an enjoyable timesink, but it didn't click for me. Still, a neat idea though.

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154 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.12.22 11:47

The creatures are cute but the game play can be a very slow burn with only being able to do three actions a day, I found it hard to find any new creatures to expand the gene pool.

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70814 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.04.22 18:57

Definitely recommend, one of my favorite games.

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5791 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.03.22 00:17

yygt

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303 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.03.22 22:58

Very fun and takes some skill. There is a lot to manage and is somewhat difficult, but thats a plus if thats the kind of game you like.

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7152 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.03.22 14:57

i like aminal and its cool that i make

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539 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.02.22 20:15

I just LOVE this game! I watched a lot of videos about it on youtube (from Seri! Pixel Biologist!) and loved watching. Decided to buy it so I could play and experience for myself and I didn't regret it for a moment.

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2951 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.02.22 05:43

good slightly tedious game

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Verfasst: 31.01.22 20:39

Niche is a fun and diverse game with so many different possibilities. There is so much to do and explore, so many different kinds of islands, and best of all so many combinations of creatures. You can form your creatures to be fierce warriors or peaceful berry pickers, move from island to island with each generation, and unlock genes along the way that can help you get even more incredible creatures. Honestly my favorite aspect of the game is how the genes are set up, with genotypes, phenotypes, dominance and recessiveness each determining what traits will show up in babies

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7550 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 18.01.22 01:49

A fun game to just sit down and enjoy

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Verfasst: 16.01.22 04:16

11 year old me is screaming right now

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32 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.01.22 16:17

I feel disappointed that I don't enjoy this game. Based on the shell it looked interesting to me, I enjoy an evolution, slow paced and i guess you could say Tycoon or sim. But this Isnt that, its primarily a limited strategy survival.
You get 3 moves every day and your animal is dead within about 10 if you don't get attacked by a predictor that isn't always detected. You basically eat, breed, move across map, die, repeat. There arn't really many gene or evolution options considering that is the focus of the game. Honestly its just not fun, feels a lot like one of those educational games you played at school as a kid.

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Verfasst: 03.01.22 00:20

........more genes plz

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Verfasst: 19.12.21 08:36

☑️
---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful!
☑️ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don't look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

---{Gameplay}---
☑️ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Meh...
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just unistall

---{Audio}---
☐ EARgasm
☑️ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ EARrape

---{Audience}---
☑️ Kids
☑️ Teens
☑️ Adults
☑️ Human
☑️ Lizards

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run Paint.exe
☑️ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulty}---
☐ Just press any key
☐ Easy
☑️ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
☑️ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☑️ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
☑️ Depends on you

---{Price}---
☐ It's free!
☑️ Worth the price
☐ If you have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

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☑️ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ Cyberpunk 2077

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1864 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.12.21 01:24

I know why you’re here. I am here for the same reason. Spore. That game gave us such high expectations about what evolution on an organism could be and we would get to play all through that to cop out at the very end and ever since the gaming community as a whole has been clamoring for a game that can do what Spore was supposed to do, with mixed results.

As far as a genetics game goes, Niche does many things incredibly well. It does not shy away from implementing relatively realistic traits on how to breed your creatures depending on what you need. Evolution doesn’t follow a straight path, it simply adapts to what a species needs at the moment. The game is played by turns instead of real time and your creatures have short lives which can made even shorter by the hazards of the world, needing to breed and produce new life often to keep the species and tribe going.

It is not all completely realistic, as your creatures can ‘specialize’. You can have a small sub-tribe of nimble gatherers, a sub-tribe of hunters or water-dwellers, and another one for defending against predators; all of them perfectly able to breed between each other and working for a common goal. Genetics also lets you put your hand to tweak luck and the ability to pick a few traits you want to see more often on every individual parent, as well as make the selection of differently colored coats or otherwise only aesthetic changes.

It is a sort of ‘pick your difficulty’ as you can survive for untold time in the ‘easy’ islands or try your luck into the harder ones that could wipe your whole tribe. There is no true ending or objective as much as a sandbox of worlds you can try to pick and match your little creatures to survive and thrive in. When you get bored of an island, you can always tell if you’re heading to an easier or a harder one.

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128 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.12.21 18:44

I really really want to like this game. I love genetics games, and I'm generally a big fan of games with slow-ish progress. However, I just can't get over the learning curve. I hate that you get 3 actions a day, the way the gene mutations work is completely unclear, and the lifespans are WAY too short. I was hoping for something relaxing, where I would have the luxury of experimenting in a way less punishing way. Instead, every new game feels completely anxiety-inducing by running against the lifespans of these critters, and I don't dare have too many in my clan because they drain the food resources too quickly. The concept is very cute, but I just can't get behind the execution.

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272 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.11.21 15:51

Niche is a unique, turn-based strategy game that feels similar to a board game, with elements of survival, monster-taming, and roguelike games mixed in. The object of the game is to evolve your animal bloodline(s) into whatever is best suited for survival in their environment. It is literally “survival of the fittest”, but with you at the genetic helm, responsible for strategically deciding which genes will be the most useful. If that sounds intriguing to you, I definitely recommend you give Niche a try.

Each turn, you can choose to move, mate, forage, hunt, and more. The specific actions you can take depend on your creature’s genetics. For example, I find the “Nimble Fingers” trait very useful in the beginning, which gives you squirrel-like hands that are great at foraging for nuts and berries. These hands are useless, however, for fighting predators or catching fish. Environments consist of randomly-generated islands with random creature encounters (friendly or hostile), plant life, and changing weather patterns.

This game is a must-try for biologists or anyone interested in learning about real-life genetics in a very simple and fun way. As the devs said, “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).”

Niche offers both a story mode (not an in-depth story, but still fun) and a sandbox mode. Although some might find the gameplay repetitive, it does have a lot of replay value, as there are infinite islands and creature combinations you can come up with. If you are a biologist, or just Pokemon player who enjoys breeding for perfect stats, this game might be for you. Recommended.

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1080 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.11.21 06:27

Fun game, enjoyable if you like biology.

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1198 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.10.21 03:52

fun to mess with genetics

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2017 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.10.21 14:49

haha animals go brrrr

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7644 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.10.21 05:44

This game is fun, calming, and just overall charming! I play this game quite a lot and while sometimes it can get repetitive and boring there is always something to strive for, always some new genetic or island to find! I would recommend this game to anyone who likes strategy games or just wants to take care of a big tribe filled with adorable creatures! good game, I approve :D

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17389 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.10.21 02:51

ive caused chaos among thousands of families, and murdered twice as many nichelings. i have spread fear across the lands of the niche game, and made my subjects give up entirely on life. i always feel satisfaction and happiness when i see one die, or suffer from violent wounds. anyways, this game is really cool. the models are very whacky and i like the originality in each nicheling. it does get frustrating when the genetics are imperfect, though, that is part of making a species in the game. yeah.

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15549 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.10.21 10:22

Very relaxing and fun to play, would reccomend to anybody

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14410 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.09.21 00:40

Lots of possibilities. The combinations, challenges, and lore I've made are extensive. I've been loving this game for years.

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1641 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.08.21 22:34

Loved it, got boring fast but thats probably just my low attention span

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311 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.08.21 00:20

I cannot tell you how much I dislike this game. The 5 hours I have played are 1 hour intervals of thinking 'this game can't be as frustrating as I remember' and every time it is. Even when it's going well and you're actually achieving the goals set out, it's incredibly irritating. I don't think I've ever written a negative review before but boy, does this one come under 'not recommended'.

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501 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.08.21 21:59

I really tried to like this game but the game play is just so repetitive that it gets boring quickly. Disappointing.

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1327 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.08.21 10:30

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2142 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.07.21 15:12

fun play now its cheap and u wont regret

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6264 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.07.21 19:56

I have been playing this game for quite some time, since 2017 and over 100 hours to be exact, and I have been almost completely satisfied with it. Niche to me personally is like a version of chess that is a lot more interactive, with your environment and predators being the enemy team. I prefer story mode over sandbox mode because making progress feels much more rewarding, you start with practically nothing and have to struggle your way to an easy survival, however sandbox mode is a lot more fun when you are trying to craft a story, a challenge, or just looking to play as a silly little god for a while.
I do however have some issues with some of the mechanics of the game. It takes a long time to create a pack of creatures most suited to their environment, which is a problem because predators show up fast and food disappears even faster, and all of that hard work can easily be ruined by a rogue gene (or a rogue male), so I don't really have the time to create creatures suited for their habitat, the best I can do is power through with extreme amounts of attack or gathering to survive any enemy or drought, so it feels like a lot of the genes are underutilized, imbalanced, and almost completely cosmetic. Of course it is a massive reward to get the nichling you wanted... but by then it's generally time to move, and sometimes to an environment completely opposite to what you were previously adapting to.
A lot of the aspects of this game is heavily reliant on chance, which I actually enjoy for the most part, it's exhilarating and adds an air of realism, however this chance based playthrough can sometimes bite you in the rear really hard and completely destroy your hard work, but sometimes this randomness will save you, and it will make you feel so so soooo good.
I have seen a lot of changes made to this game during my time playing it, but the updates have slowed considerably. Now I understand most games reach their goal in development and no longer add anything, that is perfectly normal and fine, we can't all be fortnite (and we don't have the same funding as it either). But this is a game where if there isn't something new, engaging, or something to work towards, you will get bored fast. I was very fortunate to be able to experience this game when it was still relatively young and there was constantly new features to keep me entertained. But there hasn't been an update that introduced new features in over a year, there is only so many times I can complete the game and do challenges before I lose interest. I don't blame Stray Fawn Studios for this as niche is not a very popular nor well known game, so the funding for these types of things isn't abundant, but I feel it is about overdue for new islands, genes, and/or gamemodes.
But in the end I love this game, I find myself coming back to it frequently because feeling responsible over a group of creatures' survival creates a feeling of responsibility, where if I'm feeling particularly worthless or depressed, I can create something great and thriving and know that it was all *me*.
7.8/10 who needs a therapist when you have silly little animals to care for

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4726 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.07.21 18:56

NIche is definitely a strategy and creative game for sure. If repetitiveness and luck aren't your thing, this might not be the one for you. It can be repetitive, but I love storytelling so It added a role play factor in it for me, which helped combat the routine that can be dull at times. Travelling islands are a great way to add a bit of challenge to it (if you go to harder ones, that is), even if I hadn't explored all of it yet, I just needed to prepare (and even then I would face starvation! but I overcame it and enjoyed the challenge). I would definitely recommend!

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1732 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.07.21 23:22

This is a polyamorous cat simulator and I love it

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1930 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.07.21 00:51

I've watched Seri play this game since i was in 5/6th grade, I'm so happy to finally be playing it as I go into 11th??
I highly recommend this game to anyone who loves genetics and seeing how they work.

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1073 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.07.21 10:21

The most fun you can have with genetic engineering!

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51 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 28.06.21 22:01

Very short game if you play survival looked more interesting in the screenshots but not my type of game.

Random thing I don't like is your creatures just die randomly

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478 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.06.21 13:51

Can be a lil challenging but still is super fun to play and v cute !!

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605 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.06.21 10:41

great for puzzling or genetics orientated minds

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422 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.06.21 22:02

unless you want to make a species of inbred platypuses (platypi?) i wouldnt recommend, it gets fairly boring pretty quickly

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1427 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.05.21 20:42

I love this game. A colony sim with genetics and just this kind of game is something I've loved since my childhood!! definitely recommend

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56864 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.05.21 17:54

I really enjoy this game! Quite relaxing and makes you think. So many combinations of traits to try out!

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47 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.05.21 05:03

I would love to love this game, but every time I try to play I can never stay interested. The genetic evolution part is legitimately very cool, but that doesn’t matter because the core gameplay just isn’t fun. It’s too much of a chore to keep my critters alive. I feel like it would have been better if the game took another step wider.

To be more clear- micromanaging each individual in the tribe is a slog. I want to be able to set my creatures to tasks and then shift my focus somewhere else. I also think the Fog of War is bad. It makes planning for future turns practically impossible. It doesn’t make me feel like I need to breed better senses, it just makes me feel like I lack long term agency.

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141 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.05.21 10:03

I see a lot of people saying how challenging this game is. As far as I can tell the only challenge is seeing how long you can be bothered to sit in one spot and do nothing.

All you do is collect berries, make a kid, and move on to the next completely identical island. There is nothing to do, your genes really don't matter, and you spend the whole time doing the same shit over and over. I'm not sure this is even a game. It's more like a boredom simulator.

Once you have found a berry bush and a nest the game is over. You've done everything there is to do.

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447 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.05.21 15:54

The game's features and set of genes are very basic. I wish there more complex game mechanics. At least collecting food is more fun in Spore.

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56 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.05.21 20:43

Having to control each and every animal in your pack yourself day by day really wears down the experience. This game has some cool ideas but I can't recommend it simply because the actual act of playing it is so tedious.

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699 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.05.21 20:16

This game is really great if your fine with being frusterated, life is hard and survivng is hard so this game reflects that perfectly.

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403 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.04.21 10:16

I tried a few times to get into this game. The concept seemed lovely, the creatures seemed cute af. The gameplay though.. tedious, boring and very repetitive.

I didn't feel like I was accomplishing much and then when you finally get attached to a specific one they don't really live that long. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone.

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1189 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.03.21 18:39

I started playing this game 24 hours ago, and already have 8 hours in it. You don't realize how fast time goes when you play this. I could have sworn I was playing half an hour and it was already 4 hours! It's such a cute game. Story mode is challenging, but fun

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836 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.03.21 03:57

good solid singleplayer turn based game for when you cant focus for long periods of time and want something challenging but not crazy stressful

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286 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.03.21 21:31

A pretty challenging game but despite that and me losing my whole family really quick all the time its still a really nice game to play. Every play-through in this game is different due to random generation of nichelings, even in the story-mode. Overall this game has really good game mechanics and graphics, and I would definitely suggest this game to others if you like strategy survival games!

10/10 would kill my whole species off because I'm trash at this game

I also just personally really like the art style for this game lmao

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283 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.03.21 23:24

Most accurate representation of genetics I've ever encountered in a video game; I LOVE IT! The animation and the music are wonderful as well!

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4722 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.03.21 20:28

I Play on a Mac which doesn't support Spore anymore but I found this game and it almost fills the void in my heart. It is totally different from Spore but you still get that Survival and Evolution satisfaction in this cute and fun game

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5263 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.12.20 15:13

i love this game its awesome but, moving around only three times is hard and getting a gene you want is also hard. but over all its awesome.

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1096 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.12.20 10:42

Challenging, but despite losing my species after the first 2-3 generations I've honestly had a really good time. Can't wait to get better at this and progress further! Not for everybody, if you don't enjoy trial and error you probably will become frustrated - but every playthrough is different thanks to random generation of nichelings, even in storymode. Would be great for teenagers to learn about genetics in a fun and practical way.

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383 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.12.20 20:46

its fun,can be hard or easy and i just love it

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136 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.11.20 21:45

Honestly one of the best games I've come across.. An army of adorable creatures with a variety of traits and the struggle to minimise the inbreeding <3

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2000 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 25.11.20 04:09

I remember my favorite science subject throughout school was genetics and how they can make a person who they ultimately are. Punnett squares were one of my favorites, Niche got me as close to a hands on experience with this as possible. I could play with genetics and grasp an understanding of how they work and what role they play in survivability in species. I really recommend Niche and believe even schools should adopt this game.

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68 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.11.20 22:32

Cool ideas and plenty to chew on. Just not what I was hoping it would be. For a turn based game, the UI and menus could use a major overhaul.

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522 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 18.11.20 14:10

One of my favorite game concepts ever, and it generally seems fun after playing a few levels. I was a bit put off by the seemingly low number of body parts available. After looking into it a bit more, I came to realize that the developers seem less interested in adding depth, challenge and complexity for longtime players at this point and more interested in increasing their sales through acquiring new players and porting the game to consoles and mobile.

Don't get me wrong, this looks like a decent if not great game as it stands by some standards. But for me, the lack of continued development combined with the lack of a modding API (and the devs have stated they have no intention to ever add it) is just to sad and disappointing for me to want to invest time into this.

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295 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.11.20 23:16

There's challenging and then there's tedious. This is tedious. 3 moves per animal, per day, hard as shit to find new animals to mate with and then you finally find one and BOOM! You're dead.

Hard to get into it. Great concept, amazing art for the ads and videos but I sadly never got that far.

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464 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.11.20 06:58

tedious, repetitive and annoying, you're doomed from the start if your two starting pairs have one of the same immunity's. if one of your members get's sick you may aswell send them on a death mission.

Also going to mention how usless story mode is, it's only used as a tutorial, nothing special happens with it as far as im aware, due to the fact of not being able to keep my tribe alive past 50 days.

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207 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.11.20 09:34

you can only do 3 actions a day per animal and there are never enough animals to mate with to keep them all alive. the game moves very slowly and isn't detailed.

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Verfasst: 09.11.20 20:34

Move, space bar, move space bar, move space bar. Click things to survive. Move about, die from time, or boredom IRL. I can't put my finger on it, but it isn't for me. I expected an evolutionary journey a la Spore, or a Cubivore (Gamecube) clone, but this appears to be nothing like either. You're the same animal variety every time. Maybe I didn't play it enough to experience it properly, but the first hour was boring.

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15858 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.11.20 01:16

LOVE.

1. It's a full game. No partial game for full game price nonsense. But they're still improving it, wow. Seems rare these days.
2. The plot (story mode) is simple enough for the game play while still providing a goal if you want it.
3. The critters are adorable and varied. The style is visually appealing.
4. Although it's simple, it teaches some very valid concepts about population genetics. I love games that teach real life concepts.
5. I'm maybe 60 hours in and have not discovered a bug or glitch that has been the least bit frustrating. A couple tweaks to settings were all I needed (for example, I accidentally hit space bar so many times my critters starved).

My biggest complaints are:
1. When managing larger groups (I had one with 67 critters) it would be nice to be able to mark a pair on the family tree, that I want to breed. So I don't need a notebook to keep track.
2. It would be nice if action point gems could be default color coordinated by gender. Or alternatively, for them to default to a selected color.
3. When in the family tree view, you can select a trait. Carriers for the trait without it expressed are marked dark blue, on a blue background. A different color would be nice. Additionally, trait selection erases black = dead. Making it a bit more difficult to figure out who can be bred to whom.

Seem like minor complaints? They are. If you like strategy and think the critters are cute, you'll like this game.

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6777 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 28.10.20 13:30

Niche is one of those games that I really wish to like, however it seems to fall short in right about every expect it claims to be
a game about GENETICS,SURVIVAL and STRATEGY

First, genetics,
while yes it does give the basics example being how genes are passed with the dominant/recessive chart that most of us are taught in fifth grade, it does not do more than that

As for survival and strategy, I will be addressing both of these under the issue of the games design,
Game balance in this game is a horrific mess to say the least, with there being a few genes that are go to in almost every biome regardless of scenario (Bird beak,Large body,Nimble fingers,Digging paw) and genes that are hot garbage even if you are in the biome they are meant for one example being EVERY SINGLE water gene due to the water areas being constantly short on food,no natural nests so you are forced to build your own(which is expensive and unsustainable) or return to land just to use a natural nest, which is obviously not the point of being in the water, or bat head which allows you to eat insects, insects are a very unreliable source of food that cannot be relied on
In fact, the game rewards you for using genes that are extremely generalist an example being bird beak which allows you to harvest fruit, dig for roots and crack nuts. It really does not make sense for a game called 'Niche' , to have its most effective and successful strategy be the one that encourages you to use the most generalist of genes

there is also more minor nitpicky issues where some genes are basically other genes reskinned and half of the genes you have just being fun pattern/colours for your creatures which have no gameplay impact at all

There is also inbreeding, the game gives each creature 2 immunity genes which are the letters A to J and a special gene for the story mode , if a creature has their 2 immunity genes be of the same type (example being AA or BB or CC) they will be sickly (basically permanently diseased), this is to punish players for inbreeding their creatures, however there are 2 issues with this mechanic, the first issue is that being sickly does not really do much except shorten the creatures lifespan which is not much of an issue because it still does anything a normal creature can and the system can easily be cheated by repeatedly breeding a pair until you receive 2 children that have no overlapping immunitys (example receiving a AC and a BD from AB and CD parents) and breeding those two children together to get perfectly healthy children, this can be repeatedly done unless you get very bad rng which is rare

The third problem is food, you can easily amass 1000 food on an early easier island and live for hundreds of days just off that as there is no food decay or any sort of system to prevent you from running through most of the game without caring about food at all, food is the biggest challenge you have to overcome in this game, the harder biomes are usually harder due to food there being hard to obtain but none of this matters because you can chose to spend fifty days amassing a obscene amount of food in an early island and go visit a harder one after, whenever you run out, the game always gives you the option to travel to an easy island to get more food again and travel back to a harder island

I have brought these issues up with the community and a common response I got from them was to go to a harder island, use the console to spawn/delete things or impose a challenge on myself, in which I have tried, going to a harder island does not change that the game is poorly balanced, imposing a challenge on myself did make the game harder but it just made it even more grindy in a bad way and who would like to stick into console to individually edit the genes of your 2-100+ creatures risking causing the save to get broken

I do not have high hopes of these issues being fixed as the developers seem to have moved to working on their mobile game and their upcoming game wandering village, perhaps if there was modding support the community could clean up the game ourselves, however there is not nor has there ever been mention of it

If you enjoy roleplaying, this is a good game for it as there is not any punishment for playing the game with subpar strategys or any true consequence to most things and has cute creatures

However if you are here looking for a strategy game about genetics and survival, this game is a strategy game which is so basic and bland and underdeveloped that your strategy really does not matter, a genetics game where genetics barely affects you in play, and a survival game which you have to suck very badly to not survive in
Basically it is like those fruit drinks you can buy at the store that says it contains actual fruit juice, but contains about a single drop of juice and the rest of it is artificial, whilst technically correct it is not really what you were expecting

This kind of saddens me because I really wanted to like this game hence putting 110 hours into it has a great concept but its execution was a very catastrophic failure I really tried to like this game, but with every minute it just disappointed me further

TLDR: Niche - a genetics survival game should be renamed Generalist - a roleplaying game

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283 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.10.20 18:39

https://youtu.be/WszfbgQcPGY

Despite how cute the creatures are the moment to moment game loop is oppressively dense for new players. Whatever fun there may be it will require lots of digging to get access to.

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26 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.10.20 11:33

I accidentally arranged the marriage of a mother and son

10/10 would Alabama again

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524 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.10.20 01:38

Very cute and surprisingly challenging strategy game!

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475 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.10.20 00:01

it just good game

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2285 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.10.20 22:03

Challenging survival fun

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222 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.09.20 09:20

I'd have to say that I'm not a big fan of this game. Granted, I've only played a total of 40-ish minutes, but I can't recommend. Like I heard someone else say, I feel like it is just a bunch of chess pieces moving around, and unlike chess, it isn't slow in a good way. I just don't feel the vibes, and it is definitely not worth its sticker price to me. I can see how some people might like it, but I for one am certainly not one of them. For me, its not worth picking up on sale either.

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111 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.09.20 18:29

Yes, I understand that the evolution takes a lot of time and it has been a lot of trials and errors in real sense.
But no, that doesn't mean that you can use that excuse to make the game real slow and tedious.
At first, i liked the game a lot because it seems like a good illustration of real evolution but taking turns and waiting for mating....etc just take so much time. The whole process to be the prominent one takes too much time and after a game over, you never feel like starting over because it's very boring.
Compared to the games that depict evolution like Spore, this game seems less entertaining largely due to being turn-based. If you are playing a game of evolution, the whole point is to see the thing you created thrive. Just seeing them move like a chess piece feels real lame. It's more like a board game than a computer game because the imagination requires a lot to make this game interesting.
In short, meh. The price is too high for the game like this. so not recommended
<번역>
진화가 오래걸리는건 알겠고, 수많은 실패와 시도를 통해 이루어진건 잘 알겠음.
근데 그렇다고 그걸 이용해서 겜을 느리게 만들고 지겹게 한건 용서받을 수 없음,
첨엔 재밌게 했다. 뭔가 리얼 진화하는 느낌이 들어서. 근데 턴 기다리고 짝짓기하고 뭐 이러는게 너무 오래걸린다 최고의 종이 되기 위한 과정은 너무 오래걸리고, 게임 오바가 되면 다시 할 엄두가 안날 정도다.
스포어같이 진화에 관련된 겜이랑 비교해보자면, 이 게임이 참 재미없는 이유중 하나는 턴제라서 그렇다. 진화하는 겜을 보는 것의 참맛은 뭔가 내가 진행한 종족이 엄청나게 강해지는걸 보는 느낌에서 많이 비롯되는데, 체스말 마냥 조금씩 움직이는걸 보는건 그 맛을 매우 죽인다. 이건...컴터 게임이 아니고 보드게임같은 느낌이다. 이 겜이 재밌으려면 많은 상상력이 요구될 것이다.
결론적으로 걍 그저그렇다. 할만한거에 비해 가격이 넘 비싸서 비추줌

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488 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.09.20 11:35

very cute

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Verfasst: 02.09.20 04:37

This game poggers ngl

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5732 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.09.20 00:42

this game is really fun and addicting, however its really annoying when you have a really good pack going but suddenly they start dying out and youre stuck with one last animal and youre kind of stuck there, unable to bring your pack back. i would make it a little more forgiving, say it lets you bring back one animal of the opposite gender in order to not have to give up on all your lost progress. honestly, other than that, i really have no issues with this game and would highly recommend it. :)

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24290 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.08.20 16:17

Very fun game, harder than it looks but much much easier with time. Good from an educational stand point too, helps you understand the basics of genetics without even trying. Very fun and strategic, lots of room for creativity and personalisation with the new sandbox mode. I've spent hundreds of hours on this game and had a different experience every time.

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988 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.08.20 19:03

it's alright but after awhile the gameplay gets boring. the turn based system feels a bit weird and when you have a big group every turn can take 5 min.

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40846 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.07.20 23:22

This game is adorable, I've been playing it for a long time and it's fun. Very good for inspiration for stories too. The only thing that could make it even better is possibly an in game notebook. Otherwise it's awesome.

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108 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.07.20 03:25

Niche is an interesting concept with a poor execution. The animals you control are admittedly pretty cute, and the core gameplay loop is an interesting idea, but this feels very much like an early access project in multiple ways. Without clear player feedback, the game feels confusing and disjointed. With a lack of events or story or surprising incidences, the experience feels lifeless and quiet.

Good: The genetics system is an interesting concept, and one I'd like to see more of. Most of the randomized options that came out of the system were cute and fun to play with. Encountering strangers to mate with, to change your breed is a cool idea, and it's fun to see what's coming next. There's some neat interactables that provide a hazard or have to be approached a certain way that make you think out your moves a little.

Bad: The UI is clunky without any clear tooltips. The game is startlingly difficult, with everything and its neighbor wanting to kill you or mate with your clan while you're not looking, and I'm not even sure why some of the status effects were happening. Combat is one note when it does happen, and while I mentioned maps having some unique challenges, there's just far too few to cover for a general lack of content. While I like the aesthetic, it still feels very plain and unadorned.

Ugly: I'm going to hone in on the one bugbear that broke my heart about this game. The game fails to let you play with its genetics systems. Don't get me wrong, if you manage to find a wild animal out in the wilderness, you can see how the genetics will turn out, but with how infrequently you find other animals, you're not picking the best of possible mates, you're *praying* that you'll find a suitable option before you die. The system is so interesting looking, and I love the idea of it, but you rarely get to see it in action, and when you do, you're far more driven by circumstance than you are by choice.

Over all, I cannot recommend this title. It feels too unpolished and underdesigned, and it's not even designated early access. It's another example of a designer getting WAY too excited about a single system, and then not putting enough love in to the systems that will bring their idea to life.

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116 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.07.20 02:05

Survival game based on biology and genealogy. You have a fox thing and need to breed other fox things - being careful of the traits they could possibly pass onto offspring, food supply, keeping safe from predators, etc.

On the surface, it seems simple but there's a huge amount of depth underneath.

Not a bad game, just not really my cup of tea. Those who are more interested in biology/genealogy might like it.

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705 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.06.20 21:30

A fun and in depth game of genetics. If you like this genre of game this is good for you, It's quite difficult though.

Pros:
- Difficult
- Time consuming fun
- Pretty graphics
- Replayable
- Lots of content

Cons:
- No DLCS, once you finished the game that's it.
- Body shape in general doesn't vary, different species all together would be nice to work on.
- I occasionally have problems with FPS with a top of the range PC.

Conclusion:
It's a good game but it isn't for everyone, from my experience you need to have a decent PC and enjoy difficult games that may (or may not) make you rage after spending hours just to lose.

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6846 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.06.20 23:35

If you are the type of person that likes this kind of game, I don't think you need my recommendation.

For everyone else: This game is painfully slow. In many ways you could play this like a fishbowl while playing other games. That's the only way I can put up with it, playing this on the side while focusing on other things. For me it's an OK multitasking game. But to just sit and wait without being engaged in other things, this would just feel like work.

Alternately if you want to play a game while watching TV, this might also be OK. It's also a bit expensive for what it is, $18 is a lot for how repetitive and simple the actual game itself is. There's a steep initial learning curve, but once you grasp the survival mechanics the rest is just waiting to breed and popping out new kids.
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I'm going to quote another review here for emphasis:

Niche suffers from a disconnect between concept and actual game play. Time and space are abstracted to a degree that clashes with the game play, which largely consists of clumsily moving creatures around, for minutes or days or years or decades. Walking one step and plucking one fruit is all you can do for a day, hunting a creature from one end of the tiny island to another might take half your lifespan, but pregnancy comes overnight. Controls are bad, the graphical interface is atrocious. As if this was a mobile game, controls are geared for touchscreen, not the mouse. The most important resource of the game, the action points, are not even visible outside the creatures themselves, which means not at all much of the time, depending on camera angle and the sense you currently operate with.

From my perspective, this game, while fascinating in concept, is surprisingly clunky and amateurish in its core game play. It might be more fun if your expectations are brought down before starting.
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Note also: The games been given away in promotions and sold very cheap on sale, so if you can nab it cheap/free go ahead and see for yourself. Just don't pay full price and don't expect more than a very slow simulation about breeding animals to breed more animals to breed more animals to breed more animals to breed more animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals to breed animals ...

Oh and did I mention there's a lot of waiting and repetition while you breed animals ? OK, but just to be sure it needed to be mentioned again, because that's the game, waiting and breeding... and oh, never mind...

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86 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.06.20 10:57

wandered lost and confused in the long grass seeking resources. Then died of old age before making any contribution to the gene pool.

All in all this strikes me as an uncomfortably spot on metaphor for my life.

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10952 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.06.20 05:40

This game is very fun for specific kinds of people. I really enjoy building a colony of interesting looking creatures. I like the micro management aspect.

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21 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.06.20 23:27

I wanted to like this. But honestly, the level of complexity and micromanagement is just so much that it would feel too much like work to play it.

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44 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.06.20 14:29

RNG with a splash of tedium. No thanks.

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8 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 31.05.20 09:25

play spore or creatures.
UI and UX are so bad. Somehow the game wants you to feel like you play on a tablet?

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18 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.05.20 05:44

moving around and doing anything is a chore of clicks. possibly some animations would hold my attention but I just feel so incredibly bored after 10 minutes of this.

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64 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.05.20 08:17

Niche – a genetic survival game. I’m not going to make the joke about how niche this game is, but… it is.

This is a survival strategy game. You play a pokemon looking creature who finds others of his species, mates with them, creates offsprings, forages for food, and… that’s about it. Each day you can move around the current island and decide what actions you’ll do. You can do anything from mating to gathering food and many things in between. From there you’re… I’m not sure of the goal of the game.

It’s not a very compelling game from what I’ve seen, though the animals are cute, I just found the game a little too difficult, and even then, I didn’t have a real purpose. It’s a rogue-lite I guess it’s about how long you can live and what you find but nothing I found seemed to change much in the game, I think this one is just going to appeal to a small group of people.

Niche just had nothing for me to come back to and I’m already starting to see a pattern in the game after an hour. It might get better somehow but with what appears to be one character type and a rather short lifespan it’s hard to connect to these characters. This is one that I think you can skip.

Relevant video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SERtz_Ts1f8&t=297s

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24137 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.05.20 22:05

I've LOVED this game. The endless storylines that I've made, the pantheons of gods and goddesses, both that I've come up with myself and that I've come to know through the games of youtubers- The game is random and wonderful and *inspiring* and near and dear to my heart. I've played 400 hours of it for a reason, and intend to play many, many more.

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110 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.05.20 15:51

Overall I couldn't recommend it. There is a good idea and foundation there but a lack of options and a repetitive loop make it hard to enjoy for long unless you have the same taste as what you are forced into.

+Genetics systems are interesting
+Art style and visuals are a little blocky but still nice
+Randomness of runs gives replay potential

-No game settings beyond audio/visual
-No difficulty options
-Very slow pacing, limited action points
-Populations are too small to play much with genetics
-Animals don't live long enough to matter
-Randomness means sometimes you have no chance

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1126 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.05.20 23:57

More challenging than you would think.

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17790 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.05.20 22:14

YES. OH HOLY GENETICS. Pros:
Awesome game, played for almost 300 or so hours, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER! Too good game.
Teaches about genetics, with many Possibilities to come.
Good graphics, but that doesn't matter for me. But if you are a graphics person, there you go!
Nice gameplay. Can be hard, but that's the challenge!
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Cons:
I erm, dunno what to say but-
Idk I just think there should be more genetics?
add more things to do?
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Ya got to the end of my review. have a digital cake :3

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102 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.05.20 20:59

An interesting strategy game that has some good elements but not my cup of tea. Clearing out the grass and moving around is a boring chore, several games ended after I entered an island and a rogue male infected my whole pack with a disease that just wiped them out. It's a harsh game, and the pace the game moves at just isn't one that I could figure out. I found failing was easy and fast, entering an island that you are suited for is a recipe for a quick massacre.

Game uses the flat, menuless, touch-screen style UI that is all the craze these days. I absolutely hate it. I want shortcuts and fast inputs, I want to quickly parse information. Moving around the islands requires a massive amount of clicking. This is the main reason I stopped playing. Most of the game is spent moving one hex, clearing some brush, ending your turn, and repeating.

The sense system is interesting, but I also needlessly annoying. You have to manually switch between vision, smell, and hearing when they could have just left all three on at the same time. Each turn begins by cycling through the senses before returning to vision.

The good parts are the skill system and breeding traits in your... ugh... venomous monkey deer foxes. It is kind of fun to breed them to be better at certain tasks. The art is simple, pretty, and fun. Environments, enemies, prey, and your venomous monkey deer foxes are all nice to look at. I do think there is a lot here that some people would enjoy.

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64290 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.04.20 04:14

it good

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500 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.04.20 21:25

A cute game that looks far more complex than it actually is. It becomes boring incredibly quickly, and even the optional goals of breeding your perfectly coloured/patterned creature are not very gripping.

Pro's:
-Clean aesthetic with calm music

-Thought was put into the genetics system. Not all inbred creatures are immediately doomed, since immunity genes matter more than parentage - making it an option in a pinch. You unlock 'new' genetics by performing actions that your creature may not be fit to perform with any kind of success, emulating 'survival of the fittest'.

-Complex genetics. There's several 'slots' for genetics, like the head, body, paws, hindpaws, ears, and horns. Each creature can carry dominant as well as dormant genes, making the game more complex and allowing even 'bad' creatures to be of use.

-Keyboard shortcuts. Playing this game with a mouse will give you RSI in a flash - thankfully there are some keybinds in place to switch from creature to creature, and to switch from smelling to hearing to seeing.

Cons:
-Lacking tutorial. The first hours of the game are spent trying to understand what you are even looking at, what the 'mutate genes' option even does, and how the afflictions like drowning, bleeding, and sickness work.

-A lot of the genetics option are too much of a hassle to breed. They are, ironically, too niche to work. When you get to a new island with a lot of insects and your creatures are fishers, you are better off just hurrying to the next island with your stockpile of food. Trying to adapt to this new island will require rebuilding your creatures genetics from scratch, and then the next island will turn out to be an island with fish again, and you'll have to go through the cycle again! It is far more lucrative to breed an 'all round' creature that can get food from 3-4 sources, and leaving some slots ( like ears or tail ) open for cold or hot islands.

-The aging mechanic makes breeding the creatures a thankless job. By the time you have grown attached they are already on their deathbed, and it trivializes half of the genetics you can influence. Why care about their colours and patterns and eyecolour if your critter will be dead in 20 turns anyway? ( Depending on the amount of creatures you have, a turn can last from a minute to five minutes )

-The options to smell and hear creatures around you is inspired, but ultimately not useful enough to focus breed into your animals. Some genetics increase the range of these abilities, but with your limited movement through grass and the importance of finding food, things like 'big nose' or 'blind eyes' are just genetic clutter that you don't want in your creatures. ( Unless it is for aesthetic )

-It is SO easy to get sick/inbred animals. Since you're trying to manipulate genes this makes sense, but the sickness resulting from inbred animals can spread like wildfire and reduce your creature's already abysmally short lifespans. There is no way to cure the illness other than to eat healing plants, which are not guaranteed to be on an island, and which only regrow after rain.

-It is difficult to keep genetic diversity AND your preferred genetics. When you are busy conquering one island you may only find ONE new creature you can invite into your pack. This makes breeding with them downright NECESSARY, even though they have messy hodge-podge genes that don't seem to connect to the island you are on. Whether you were trying to re-create puma's or trying to make a winged purple deer creature with golden eyes, you keep getting roadblocked by incest, and having to adopt new creatures that carry genes you don't want in your pack.

-All gameplay interactions are the same. Whether you are killing a rabbit, a bear, a parasite, a fish, or gathering berries, cracking nuts, or breeding - all you do is press a button and something happens. This makes the different manners of food gathering indistinguishable, other than the fact that you can only do it with the creatures that carry the right genetics.

-Grass and movement speed. You need to breed movement speed as well as the other attributes of your animal. If they do not carry the right body or paws or legs, they can only move one tile at a time, at a max of three spaces a day without doing anything else. This can be an easy fix since you do not get many leg options at the start of the game, but you cannot move fast in grass. You need to spend turns removing grass in order for your creatures to move around quickly. If you are low on creatures and in desperate need of new immunity genes due to inbreeding, you can only move three tiles per turn - lowering your chances to find a new creature significantly.

-Don't breed blind eyes. Going by scent and hearing might sound like an awesome creature to build, especially since scent allows you to see through grass, but having blind eyes keeps a creature from moving altogether, unless there is a non-blind creature next to them. What a way to cripple an otherwise cool genetic!

Summary:
The complexities of this game are lost in a repetitive gameplay loop that discourages attachment and encourages micromanagement. Survival can be easily achieved by breeding a messy bunch that can get food from 3-4 sources, and breeding for cool colourations or patterns feels like a waste of time due to the creature's short lifespans. UI is not explained by the game, and there are no simple ways to look at all the info you need to effectively play ( like a spreadsheet where you can see all your creature's immunity genes, as well as dormant and dominant genes )
Great for a couple hours of frustrated fun, but ultimately not worth a long time investment. There are a lot of cool ideas and concepts in here that have been simplified so much that they have boiled down to 'press button, get resources, breed animal, repeat'. A sad waste of potential.

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229 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.04.20 20:41

Action point turn based game...with real heredity and survival mechanisms...

What I wish spore would have been

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259 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.03.20 13:55

pretty interesting game, but i can understand how some might find it boring.

you have to design creatures and usually the ones you get are all RNG. the game really boils down to a turn-based excel file.

i had a lot of fun with it, but i can see how it might be too slow for others. definitely recommend watching gameplay videos to see if this is for you, as there isn't a lot of action.

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133 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.03.20 17:56

I really wanted to like this game, but the gist of why I can't recommend it is simply this:

It gets way too repetitive way too fast.

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354 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.03.20 02:09

After 1 hour, you have seen the full game. Its a cool idea. I have been waiting for this game to go on sale for a bit, happy I did.

The life cycle is way to fast. You have to keep breeding to keep the tribe going , to breed you need to mate at that takes 2 turns. A full adult has like a 20 turn life. So most of the time you are just going to be playing leap frog with your cat's and mating... that's it . that's the game....

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1614 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.03.20 20:00

This is a brilliant game that scratched an itch I didn't even know I had

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11590 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.03.20 03:39

I adore this game so much and I've learned so much about genetics from it, I love how beautiful it looks and the animals are adorable,amazing game

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7845 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.03.20 23:38

Pretty graphics, fun genetics game.

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1982 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.02.20 19:41

if you like strategy, breeding, and genetics (like i do) this is the game for you

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140 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.02.20 01:45

Interesting, with lots of details to watch and manage. It is easy to lose, and difficult to thrive – a great biology simulator that should probably be in the classroom during the fruit fly (genes and inheritance) unit.

It has a strategy board-game feel to it and after playing 1-2 hours anyone would know if they would enjoying playing 100s of hours, or if this is not for them.

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Operating System	Ubuntu Linux 18.04 x64
CPU	Ryzen 5 1500x
GPU	GTX 1050, nvidia-440.59
Game Saves	Automatically after each day and on exit
Notes	Great for a anyone interested in biology, I picked it up and am keeping it around for a child of mine to play some day
Technical Notes	Unity game engine, no problems

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Release:15.09.2016 Genre: Simulation Entwickler: Stray Fawn Studio Vertrieb: Stray Fawn Studio Engine:keine Infos Kopierschutz:keine Infos Franchise:keine Infos

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