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Substrate: Emergence

📅 Sep 23, 2026 Early AccessIndieSimulationStrategy Positive · 100% (14) Recent: Very Positive · 100% (14) 👥 9

Grow colonies of fluorescent cells that mutate, swarm, and devour each other in a petri dish arena. Propagate a unique biology of your own as you compete against rival labs in a detailed artificial life simulation.

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System requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: 64-bit quad-core CPU (Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 3 or better)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 12 GPU with compute shader support and 2 GB VRAM (AMD Radeon 780M, Intel Iris Xe, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or better)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: The simulation runs on GPU compute shaders. Integrated graphics run at the Low quality preset.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
  • Processor: 64-bit six-core CPU (Intel Core i5-12400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600 or better)
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated DirectX 12 GPU with 6 GB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT or better)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: A dedicated GPU allows larger cultures at the High and Ultra quality presets.

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