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Darwin's Demons

Darwin’s Demons is an arcade style space shooter in which you battle a population of evolving aliens. The alien’s morphology, fire type, and behaviors are all encoded by a digital genome. The aliens that are best able to shoot or evade you reproduce to make the next generation.

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Positive (45) - 91% of the 45 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Feb 13, 2017

Developer:

Polymorphic Games

Publisher:

Polymorphic Games, University of Idaho

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Features

Shared/Split Screen PvP

Shared/Split Screen Co-op

Steam Achievements

Steam Leaderboards

Remote Play Together

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA

Darwin's Demons EULA

Languages:

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔	✔

Rating for: ESRB

Includes 24 Steam Achievements

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Title: Darwin's Demons
Genre: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation

Developer: Polymorphic Games

Publisher: Polymorphic Games, University of Idaho

Release Date: Feb 13, 2017

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About This Game

EVOLUTION ALWAYS WINS

Defend the galaxy against an encroaching horde of evolving enemies! In this arcade style space shooter, only the fittest enemies reproduce to create the next generation, causing the population to adapt to your play style. How long will you be able to survive against the Protean Swarm?

Darwin’s Demons models biological evolution using enemies with digital genomes. Enemies acquire fitness by being the most aggressive, accurate, and longest lived, and only the most fit enemies reproduce to pass their genomes on to the next generation. The result? The creatures you found hardest to kill have all the babies, making each generation more challenging than the last!

In ARCADE MODE, take command of 22 different ships, 18 defensive systems, and 11 secondary weapons to battle the Protean Swarm.

In LOCAL MULTIPLAYER MODE, up to four players can fight the swarm side by side.

In EXPERIMENT MODE, get your nerd on and take control of the evolutionary model. Change parameters such as mutation rate, population size, and the fitness function, to test your own evolutionary hypotheses.

Be warned: No matter your play style, your enemies WILL adapt to your selection of ship, weapons, and defenses.

Climb the leaderboards as high as you can, but in the end....

EVOLUTION ALWAYS WINS

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS *: Windows XP SP2+
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1 GB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
Storage: 1 GB available space

* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
Storage: 1 GB available space

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