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The Universim

Crytivo · 2024-01-22

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

86
playing now
80%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

86 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 86 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 5% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 213k–479k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,641 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at PlayerLand (2026-06-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 57 of 102 observed days · $2.00 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

108202026-08-06 23:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 81 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 90 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 77 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 67 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 69 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 75 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 77 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 69 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 70 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 78 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 48 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 55 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 92 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 86 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$14.702018-08-282026-08-302018-08-28 — 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 $29.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

75102026-05-29 — 31 pageviews2026-06-01 — 24 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 26 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 75 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 28 pageviews2026-08-03 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 18 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

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.

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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