Darwin's Demons

Darwin's Demons is an arcade-style space shooter in which you defend the galaxy from the Protean Swarm, a horde of evolving enemies. Enemies have digital genomes, and only the fittest reproduce, passing their genomes to the next generation. Fitness depends on aggression, accuracy and lifespan, so enemies that are hardest for you to kill are more likely to reproduce. As the population adapts to your choice of ships, weapons and defenses, each generation becomes more challenging.

Fight the swarm

In Arcade Mode, you command 22 ships, 18 defensive systems and 11 secondary weapons to battle the Protean Swarm. You can also compete for a place on the leaderboards.

Play together

Local Multiplayer Mode lets up to four players fight the swarm side by side.

Control evolution

Experiment Mode gives you control of the evolutionary model. You can change parameters such as mutation rate, population size and the fitness function to test your own evolutionary hypotheses.