Niche - a genetics survival game
Fair · Roguelike · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $17.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Reviews
- 86% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, nVidia 8800 GT / AMD 4670 or faster, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, 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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $3.59. That was November 2025. 82 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 32 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 72 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Terminus: Zombie Survivors ($19.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Dead Age ($14.99, scores 57).
This site sampled 526 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 14 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 36 percent of the 419 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
80% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Niche - a genetics survival game scores 65/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/440650/niche-a-genetics-survival-gameReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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