Niche - a genetics survival game

Critic reviews

• Nintendo World Report

  Zachary Miller · Sep 04, 2020

  6.0

  In story mode, there’s a “Sandbox” mode where you can set a bunch of parameters from the get-go, including the win condition. I toyed around with it but seems like it’s best suited to people who already know what they’re doing. If you’re wondering whether you’ll like Niche, you should probably watch some YouTube videos first. As a science lesson, it’s pretty nifty. As a game, I didn’t care for it.

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• Cubed3

  Eric Ace · Sep 13, 2020

  5.0

  Niche is cute, and has some interesting ideas about evolution and adapting to changing circumstances. One of its best charms is the feeling of connection with the first animals as it fades away into a unique connection simply with the continuing family line. These are marred by a very repetitive turn structure, and an exceedingly complex gene system - both serve to get in the way of having fun.

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• Finger Guns

  Sean Davies · Sep 08, 2020

  6.0

  While it’s far clunkier than it’s PC counterpart, Niche on the Switch is still an interesting strategy game that uses population genetics as a core gameplay loop to both entertain and inform. It has its issues but it’s weapons grade cute and anyone who enjoyed Spore will get something out of this.

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• Game Reactor

  Clover Harker · Sep 05, 2020

  9.0

  We played Niche on a Nintendo Switch Lite, and the game looked perfectly fine on a smaller screen. The controls are of course different than those on PC, but on Switch, they are surprisingly easy. We were a bit skeptical at first, but within no-time, we could control and move our Nichelings with the same ease as on PC.

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