The Universim
God game and city builder from the Stone Age to space
Crytivo · Released Jan 22, 2024
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 11K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 45% of 22 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 46
- peak 24h 55
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Dec 24, 2024
What is The Universim?
In this god game and city builder, you guide a species called Nuggets from the Stone Age to space as a mystery about your existence unfolds. Manage settlements, resources, and ecosystems, research technologies, use powers such as lightning, and colonize procedurally generated planets.
For you if...
- +you enjoy watching a society advance through different eras
- +you like mixing city building with god powers
- +you appreciate witty narration alongside civilization management
Not for you if...
- −you want constant action rather than watching settlements develop
- −you dislike balancing resources and planetary ecosystems
What players say
79% of 10,663 reviews are positive · 45% of 22 in the last 30 days
Players praise the god-game approach, watching their civilization grow, and the narrator’s humor. Many complain about lingering bugs and a thin space stage, and say development has stopped.
Screenshots and trailer
The Universim system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64 bit or Higher
- Processor
- 2.6 Ghz - 4 Cores Mid Range CPU or Higher
- Graphics
- GTX 780/880M/960/1050Ti/1660/2060 or AMD R9 290 / RX 570. Intel Graphics not supported.
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 64 bit or Higher
- Processor
- 6 or 8+ Physical cores CPU @ 3.5GHz+
- Graphics
- GTX 980/1070/2070/3060 or RX Vega 64/5700/6800 or better
- Memory
- 32 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 60
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- City Builder
- Colony Sim
- God Game
- Sandbox
- Building
- Survival
- Management
- Space
- Strategy
- Simulation
- Procedural Generation
- Colorful
- Resource Management
- Sci-fi
- Singleplayer
- Aliens
Recent updates
- Dec 24, 2024 · THE CAULDRON Patch v1.0.2 is Now Live!
- Sep 13, 2024 · CREATOR POWER Patch v1.0.1 is Now Live!
- Apr 2, 2024 · Bug Fixes & Improvements Patch
- Mar 10, 2024 · The Universim Hot Fix #6
- Feb 10, 2024 · The Universim Hot Fix #5
1 DLC available.
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