
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.
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Darwinia is a unique mix of real-time strategy, action, and puzzles, featuring an innovative gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and solve challenges to restore order in a stunning, retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006, Darwinia is a must-play for strategy and action fans alike.
Step into the vibrant world of Darwinia, a digital theme park created by the eccentric Dr. Sepulveda, where evolving AI creatures called Darwinians live. Their peaceful existence is disrupted by a dangerous virus, and as a hacker, it's up to you to save them. Dive into this corrupted digital realm, battle the virus, and uncover the mysteries threatening the Darwinians' survival.

Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles in an exciting mix. Control "programs" to fight viruses, herd Darwinians, and complete objectives. With a unique gesture-based control system, you draw shapes to summon units, adding a fresh twist to the strategy genre. As you progress, new abilities and tougher challenges keep the gameplay engaging.

Darwinia's retro-inspired, polygon-based visuals transport you to a colorful, abstract digital world that feels like a love letter to 80s classics like Tron and Defender. Its striking style, combined with fluid animations, makes it visually timeless. The game’s unique blend of nostalgia and modern flair led to widespread acclaim, winning multiple prestigious awards, including the IGF's Seamus McNally Grand Prize. Now fully remastered for modern systems, Darwinia’s classic charm shines as brightly today as when it first launched, making it a must-play for both old and new fans alike.

Introversion Software has been developing games since 2001, and stands behind acclaimed titles like Uplink, Defcon, Darwinia, Multiwinia, Prison Architect, Scanner Sombre, and their latest release, The Last Starship. Introversion has garnered both critical and commercial success being recognised with multiple awards including the IGF grand prize for Darwinia and BAFTA for best persistent game (Prison Architect). They have sold more than 4M copies of their games worldwide.
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Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain
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I remember loving this as a kid on my 360, now I'm playing it and I gotta be honest the gameplay hasn't aged gracefully. I could put up with mediocre twin stick shooting, but most of the game has a lot of promoting directors to guide the denizens to a location which takes on average 30 minutes each mission. Maybe I'll go back to this as a backlog game but I'd rather play any other game for now. All this said the story was pretty neat from the 4 sentences I got from it.
Can't play this game, I have to stop playing this till 3 AM.
It's a game and I don't want my time or money back. Your mileage may vary.
I achualy have played this before just on a diffrent acount, always a nice time. I do wish it paused when you opened the pause menu though
Creative game with retro graphics
Nearly 20 years after release, Darwinia is as good as it was. It's a classic masterpiece which still looks good today because of how wall it was made. 60mb download, full 3d, 60fps no sweat, so many tron and linux references. The game was too good for it's time, sadly came before glory days of steam and never got enough attention. I suggest to disable pixels, and check out gestures as well - it's probably only game you can experience them and be ok with it.
Good fun based on an amalgamation of old 80's games along with a basic plot line thrown in to give a cohesive twist. The 'sentient' Darwinians have a way of making the player care about their fate despite the very basic (in fact almost Sinclair basic) graphics. Loads of fum. Loads of game play. Good for whenever you have 10 minutes to spare, but you'll probably suddenly find you've been playing for hours.
The game is amazing.
One of a kind. Classic,
This was the first game that I ever had on my steam account 19 years ago. No clue where it came from and I think I have beaten the first level like a whole 1 time since then.
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