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In Early Access since Sep 24, 2026

Substrate: Emergence

by Petri Dish Games LLC·Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Neural networks drive cell behavior; AI also helped with code, minor text and translations.

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Substrate: Emergence

Overview

Substrate: Emergence Early Access Trailer (September 2026)Substrate: Emergence Early Access Trailer (September 2026)

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.

ExplorationCreature CollectorRogueliteColony SimSandboxGod GameRTSStrategySimulation2D

AI disclosure

How AI is used

Source: Steam AI disclosure · checked Sep 24, 2026

GameDB AI label

AI in 4 of 8 areas · runs while you play
  • LiveIn-game AICore
  • CodePartial
  • ArtNot used
  • Music & SFXNot used
  • VoiceNot stated
  • WritingPartial
  • TranslationPartial
  • MarketingNot stated
In-game AICore

Small neural networks and neurosymbolic systems drive cell and rival-lab behavior while you play; they do not generate content.

While you play: Cell and rival-lab behavior
CodePartial

AI coding agents wrote code, including procedural shaders, and supported feature work, maintenance and bug fixes under human review.

WritingPartial

AI drafted some minor text, such as tooltips, from human-written references; people reviewed and edited it before release.

TranslationPartial

Machine translation was used for game translations, which are to be reviewed by humans.

Not used, per the developer
ArtMusic & SFX
Not mentioned
VoiceMarketing
Read the full disclosureQuoted from the Steam store page

Cell and rival-lab behavior is driven by small neural networks and neurosymbolic systems (vector-symbolic reasoning and associative memory) running in-game. These control behavior only and do not generate art, text, or other content.

AI coding agents are used during development: writing code (including procedural shaders) to human-made designs and under human review; accelerating feature implementation; supporting codebase maintenance and bug fixes. All game design, art, music, and original English text are created by a human. Some minor text, such as tooltips, may be drafted by AI from human-written references but is human-reviewed and edited before release.

No AI-generated art or text is produced at runtime.

Machine translation was used to create the translations of the game. The translations will be reviewed by humans, but until then please report any translation issues.

I am working on this solo, and as a result of accelerated development there will be many silly bugs in Early Access. There may also be some placeholder text that slips by unreviewed. If you find "slop" of any kind, whether text or bugs, please report it and it will be fixed before full release.

Machine learning is cool :)

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Players · earnings · audience

Growth

Playing now924h peak 9Steam · hourly
Earnings—Too few reviews to estimate fromList price $12.99
Steam followers949Tracking since Sep 23, 2026Steam · public
Steam reviews—No reviews yetSteam · public

No earnings estimate yet. Estimates start once a game has at least 10 Steam reviews to count.

Players online

Last 7 days, hourly · now 9 · 24h peak 9

Collecting dataGameDB started tracking this game on Sep 23, 2026. The chart fills in as hourly snapshots arrive; the latest reading is 9.

Steam followers

949 now · Daily snapshot of public Steam data

Collecting dataGameDB started tracking this game on Sep 23, 2026. The chart fills in as daily snapshots arrive; the latest reading is 949.

Released chart · Sep 18 – Sep 24

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#195

Trending · Released

Among 1,448 released games

#55

Trending · Strategy

Among 418 released strategy games

#9

Trending · In-game AI

Among 42 released games with in-game AI

#177

Top · Players online

9 playing now

#122

Top · Steam followers

949 followers

Why it’s here: Launched today · 9 players at peak. Released games rank by momentum: peak players over 24 hours, growth against the previous days and new reviews, with a launch boost that fades over the first week. Released and upcoming games are charted separately; estimates and stars are never mixed in.

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Petri Dish Games LLC

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Petri Dish Games LLC

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Game info

Developer
Petri Dish Games LLC
Release
In Early Access since Sep 24, 2026
Price
$12.99Steam list price, US
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
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