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Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious  awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.

Darwinia is a indie, tactical rpg and shoot 'em up game developed and published by Introversion Software.
Released on December 01st 2005 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,080 reviews of which 864 were positive and 216 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam with a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Darwinia into these genres:

Indie Tactical RPG Shoot 'Em Up Wargame Real Time Tactics Puzzle PvE RTS God Game Arcade Strategy Surreal Story Rich 3D Abstract Colorful Pixel Graphics Stylized Sci-fi Singleplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 (Westmere) or better
  • Memory: 4GB of RAM
  • Graphics: 4GB of VRAM
  • Graphics API (ANGLE): Direct3D 11+ or Vulkan 1.2.160+
  • Graphics API (OpenGL): OpenGL 3.3+
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later
  • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core i5 (Westmere) or newer
  • Memory: 4GB of RAM
  • Graphics: 4GB of VRAM, Metal support required
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 or newer distro
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 (Westmere) or better
  • Memory: 4GB of RAM
  • Graphics: 4GB of VRAM
  • Graphics API (ANGLE): Vulkan 1.2.160+
  • Graphics API (OpenGL): OpenGL 3.3+

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2024
Quite a unique little game. Nice blast from the past. Had no problem making this work on the Win 10 and new hardware.
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Sept. 2024
Simple and in ways primitive, but elegant. Unchanging, but endlessly replayable. Beautiful sound, emotionally resonant, a great game
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Sept. 2024
I love this game. Bought it in 2015 and still play through this once a year. Easy to play, doesn't take long to master. Great Tron-ish graphics and butter smooth performance. Good music, cute retroloading- and demo scene intros. Kind of wish someone made a Cannon Fodder total conversion mod for this ;)
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Sept. 2024
One of the first real non-browser computer games I ever played, and it holds up to this day. Game is beautiful, challenging, and has a solid amount of well-scaling content. Some aspects require patience, but it's really not that bad. I don't find it tedious at all. As someone who doesn't like RTS games, I love this game because you are able to exercise total control over units (especially the squads) when you want to, and can let them manage themselves at other times. Perfect blend of hands-on action, and big picture map strategy. Nothing else like it.
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July 2024
The style of graphics is unique. Both pixel style, and yet of higher quality. A point and click game to build Darwinians, protect them, train them, and eradicate the red virus. Inventive story line. It can be a bit fiddly to figure out at first as the guidance is a bit lacking - but you get the hang of it. Hit <H> when something is selected for specific guidance, <SPACE> to deselect and ask for help again for something more generic. Once you have met the objectives, hit <ESC> and leave the location.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Darwinia is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam.

Darwinia is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 3.90€ on Steam.

Darwinia received 864 positive votes out of a total of 1,080 achieving a rating of 7.63.
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Darwinia was developed and published by Introversion Software.

Darwinia is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Darwinia is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Darwinia is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Darwinia is a single-player game.

Darwinia does not currently offer any DLC.

Darwinia does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Darwinia does not support Steam Remote Play.

Darwinia is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Darwinia.

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Darwinia PEGI 7
-60% 9.75€ 3.90€
7.6
864
216
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Developer
Introversion Software
Publisher
Introversion Software
Release 01 Dec 2005
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