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The Universim

God game and city builder from the Stone Age to space

Crytivo · Released Jan 22, 2024

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Reviews
Mostly Positive
79% of 8,872
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 11 in 30 days
Players
58
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Dec 25, 2024
Minimum PC
GTX 780
16 GB RAM · 20 GB disk
Full requirements

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 8,872 reviews are positive · 72% of 11 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.

Players over time

▼ -32% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 77 players on Oct 4, 2026.

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Sep 27, 202670
Sep 26, 202660
Sep 25, 202651
Sep 24, 202649
Sep 23, 202646
Sep 23, 202655
Sep 22, 202652
Sep 21, 202662

How many players finish The Universim?

1.3% of Steam players have unlocked «The Creator», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

The Universim screenshot 1

The Universim system requirements

Minimum: GTX 780, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Does The Universim have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Universim run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
60
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese.

Does The Universim 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

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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