Goodnight Universe
First-person adventure about a baby with mysterious psychic powers
Nice Dream · Published by Skybound Games · Released Nov 11, 2025
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 1,430
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 45 in 30 days
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 10 months ago
- Dec 12, 2025
What is Goodnight Universe?
You play as Isaac, a six-month-old baby developing psychic powers, in a first-person narrative adventure. He seeks love and acceptance from his family while a secretive tech corporation wants him for itself. A camera-based mode lets you use a camera as the controller.
For you if...
- +you enjoy emotional family stories with science fiction elements
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer rather than a single-player story
What players say
96% of 1,430 reviews are positive · 95% of 45 in the last 30 days
Players praise the emotional story, music, and art style. A recent reviewer criticizes unclear facial controls and feeling more like a spectator than a participant. Another reports occasional stutters but suggests Linux compatibility may be the cause.
Screenshots and trailer
Goodnight Universe system requirements
Minimum: HD 520, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Goodnight Universe?
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- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit and above
- Processor
- AMD Athlon X4 880K 4Ghz or Intel Pentium G4500 3.5Ghz
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 520 or AMD Radeon Vega Integrated Graphics
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 1500X 3.5Ghz or equivalent
- Graphics
- AMD RX 480, NVIDIA GTX 970, 4 GB of Video Memory and above
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
Does Goodnight Universe have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Goodnight Universe run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 12
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Does Goodnight Universe use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Emotional
- Adventure
- Cinematic
- Story Rich
- Interactive Fiction
- Point & Click
- Stylized
- Sci-fi
- First-Person
- Colorful
- Mystery
- Cartoony
- Indie
- Narrative
- Cute
- Immersive Sim
Recent updates
- Dec 12, 2025 · 1.0.6 patch notes
- Nov 28, 2025 · Going back to v1.0.3 (due to a bug in v1.0.5)
- Nov 27, 2025 · Patch v1.0.5 is now live
- Nov 24, 2025 · Patch v1.0.3 is live!
- Nov 14, 2025 · Patch v1.0.2 is live!
1 DLC available.