Niche - a genetics survival game
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 80% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,273 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 20.4h for positive, 3.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (79.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Sweet Sweet Love Mate for the first time 100%
- Survivor Survive for 50 days 41%
- Two for the Price of One Give birth to twins 41%
- Harem Have only one animal of one sex and a lot of animals of the opposite sex 32%
- Albinism Have an animal with albinism 28%
- Melanism Have an animal with melanism 27%
- Adam's Curse A baby is kidnapped by a bird of prey 20%
- Homecoming Return to Adam's original island (unlocks in story mode only) 19%
- Globetrotter Discover all island types 18%
- Copy / Paste Give birth to identical twins 18%
- Ruler of the Mountains Breed an animal with 5+ cold resistence 17%
- Ruler of the Savanna Breed an animal with 5+ heat resistence 12%
- Spring Fever Mate at least 10 times on one day 9.8%
- Archipelago Traverse the Archipelago island and travel north to new lands 6.5%
- Still Alive! Survive for 250 days 6.0%
- Eating Nemo Catch a Clownkoi 5.8%
- Ice Age Find all 5 prehistoric genes 5.1%
- Natural Selector Unlock all genes (story mode required to unlock all genes) 4.9%
- Darwin Award Go extinct on the first island 4.8%
- Root of the Problem Get rid of the plants that block the northern exit of the island and travel to new lands 3.1%
- Back into the Sea Breed an animal with 6+ swimming and underwater breathing ability 3.1%
- Family Reunion Have a member of Adam's original tribe join your pack (unlocks in story mode only) 2.0%
- Hybrid Breed an animal with 12+ strength 1.9%
- Perry the Platypus Breed an animal with Platypus Beak and Swimming Tail and name it Perry 1.6%
- Never gonna give you up Survive for 1000 days 1.0%
- Prehistoric Hunter Breed an animal with Sabertooth Fangs, Mammut Feet, Hammer Tail and Megaloceros Horns 1.0%
- Racoon Breed an animal with a racoon pattern 0.9%
- Erose Special achievement to honor Erose. Breed an animal with Stinky Tail, Big Ears, at least one E Immunity Gene and name it Erose 0.9%
- EmmaUniverse Special Youtuber achievement to honor EmmaUniverse. Breed an animal with Black Fur (no melanism), Yellow Eyes, No Pattern, Poison Fangs, one Claw, Nimble Fingers and name it Emma 0.8%
- Purr-pared for War Special Youtuber achievement to honor JessiMew. Breed an animal with Black fur, White Pattern Color, Violet Eyes, two Claws, Big Body, Ram and name it JessiMew 0.8%
- Seers of the Sea Special achievement to honor Seri! Pixel Biologist! Breed an animal with White Fur (not albino), Red Horn Color, Antlers, at least 1 Berry Paw, Webbed Hindlegs, Fishing Tail and name it Doeli 0.8%