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The Universim

Crytivo · 2024-01-22

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 22, 2024 (Linux), Aug 28, 2018 (Mac), Aug 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

The Universim is a 2024 Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (79% of 10663 reviews).

41
playing now
79%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (31k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Universim is a 2024 indie simulation god game developed and published by Crytivo for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Designed by Alexander Koshelkov, it has the player take the role of God to guide the development of civilization throughout the ages. Development was funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in April 2014. The Universim was released in early access for Steam in 2018.

Trailer

The Universim trailer thumbnail

The Universim 1.0 Full Release Gameplay Trailer

≈94,485 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 254 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 213k–480k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,663 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at PlayerLand (2026-06-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 81 of 133 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27827820182026Week of 2018-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

110202026-09-15 13:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 49 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 57 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 70 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 36 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 47 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 70 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 61 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 81 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 83 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 40 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 87 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 88 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 38 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 66 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 68 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 75 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 110 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7170Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 11Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 22Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 22Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 396 · peak 1,861Jan 2019 — avg 166 · peak 515May 2019 — avg 143 · peak 452Sep 2019 — avg 146 · peak 457Jan 2020 — avg 143 · peak 314May 2020 — avg 136 · peak 344Sep 2020 — avg 117 · peak 283Jan 2021 — avg 130 · peak 307May 2021 — avg 102 · peak 367Sep 2021 — avg 115 · peak 337Jan 2022 — avg 113 · peak 264May 2022 — avg 164 · peak 436Sep 2022 — avg 120 · peak 357Jan 2023 — avg 132 · peak 317May 2023 — avg 87 · peak 164Sep 2023 — avg 101 · peak 236Jan 2024 — avg 581 · peak 2,771May 2024 — avg 153 · peak 322Sep 2024 — avg 146 · peak 474Jan 2025 — avg 142 · peak 299May 2025 — avg 92 · peak 181Sep 2025 — avg 69 · peak 137Jan 2026 — avg 77 · peak 158May 2026 — avg 75 · peak 159Aug 2026 — avg 62 · peak 118
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.702018-08-282026-10-142018-08-28 — best price $26.992019-02-05 — best price $23.992019-11-01 — best price $29.992020-02-04 — best price $22.492020-08-04 — best price $29.992020-10-01 — best price $26.882020-11-12 — best price $29.992020-12-16 — best price $23.992021-01-15 — best price $22.492021-03-04 — best price $25.382021-04-02 — best price $22.492021-05-14 — best price $23.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-04-08 — best price $23.992022-09-06 — best price $29.992022-12-03 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $23.992023-06-24 — best price $29.992023-10-27 — best price $23.992023-12-20 — best price $22.492024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-05-25 — best price $29.992024-08-03 — best price $29.992024-09-28 — best price $29.992024-12-18 — best price $20.992025-02-11 — best price $29.992025-04-14 — best price $20.992025-07-03 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $17.992025-12-05 — best price $29.992026-02-20 — best price $14.992026-05-07 — best price $17.992026-07-13 — best price $29.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

75122026-05-29 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 33 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 75 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 22 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 42 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 23 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 27 pageviews2026-09-10 — 31 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 20 pageviews2026-10-04 — 25 pageviews2026-10-07 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.1%
earned "Genesis"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,2060%60

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SpaceCasualSci-fiSandboxBuildingColorfulGod GameStrategySurvivalColony Sim

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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