Substrate: Emergence

Substrate: Emergence is a cell simulation game in which you grow cultures and decide which cells survive. You select promising cells, guide their mutations, trigger chemical reactions or take direct control of a cell. Rival labs grow their own cultures, and you compete with them across the Bionet.

Cells and evolution

Each cell has its own genome, which determines its appearance, function and behavior. Cells run on small neural networks shaped by evolution, and their behavior is not scripted. Their unique looks reflect their genes, letting you watch mutations spread through a growing colony.

You can catalogue strains, trace their family trees across generations and refine your best cells into super strains.

The Bionet

Spread across the Bionet and claim zones to deprive rival labs of resources. You can also use chemistry as a weapon against their cultures.