Niche – a genetics survival game is a simulator of genetic experiments. The user will have to create a tribe of animals. Despite the fact that they will be bred artificially, the creatures must be able to adapt to the environment and survive in the wild. Various techniques can be used for this. For example, genetic selection or specific breeding. It is necessary to create new species, combining the characteristics of existing animals. Each subsequent generation will be stronger than its ancestors. The main opponents in the game will be natural disasters, constant climate changes, diseases, etc. They must be constantly fought. As soon as the problem gets out of control and kills the herd, you need to go to the laboratory and think about what characteristic can cope with this. In order to create a perfectly balanced creation, you will have to conduct a lot of research and experimentation.

Niche gameplay begins with mode selection. The gamer is provided with a story, a sandbox or a short tutorial. At this stage you need to choose your animals and their habitat. You can choose a more favorable green area or complicate the task by populating the desert. The creatures are based on species familiar to everyone. Among them are bears, foxes, tigers and others. About 100 different genes are offered to the player. Each of them encodes certain external changes. For example, the presence of horns or color. They are not related to each other and can perform any combination. After each failure, a new genome set will have to be selected, taking into account all the errors and improvements.