Games like Universalia
If Universalia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cthulhu Paints the Void, Litter Treasures and Sandcastle — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Universalia: Sling new worlds into orbit inside real photographed skies. A zen physics game about gravity, patience, and the quiet joy of watching something you made keep turning. Fifteen handcrafted star systems. Every failure is a beautiful explosion.
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Steam players who put hours into Universalia also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Cthulhu Paints the Void
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Top pick for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Universalia.
Restore voxel worlds with a cosmic paint gun while struggling to survive your 9-to-5. Earn money, upgrade your business and gear, and uncover horrific secrets and collectibles along the way. You're Employee #1, and it's Cthulhu's first time being a boss. You'll both figure it out.
Litter Treasures
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Second-strongest match for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
Adopt a bunch of cute, dorky cats, play with them to earn their trust and collect the odd little treasures they leave behind. Turn your desktop into a cozy or chaotic cat shelter that grows with every new discovery!
Sandcastle
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Third-strongest match for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
On a sun-warmed tropical shore, quietly craft a mighty sandcastle. Carve moats, raise towers and walls, then embellish with driftwood, pebbles, shells and seaweed. Gentle tides, soft surf and a calming color palette turn every build into a peaceful, relaxing moment.
Trash Goblin
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Ranked #4 for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Universalia.
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Super Mini Mart
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Ranked #5 for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Universalia.
Super Mini Mart is your 100% fresh, 100% chill round-the-corner supermarket sim. Stock, supervise, manage and get to know your colorful clientele-to-be in this sweet, stress-free management game!
Cozy Cleaner
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Ranked #6 for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Universalia.
Cozy Cleaner is a relaxing cleaning game where you tidy and organize rooms messed up by playful cats. Pick up clutter, wipe away dirt, and bring order back to every space for a calming, refreshing experience with cozy soundtracks.
Universe Sandbox
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Ranked #7 for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Little Kitty, Big City
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Ranked #8 for Universalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Universalia.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Universalia.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Universalia.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Universalia.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Universalia.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Universalia
- Does Universalia have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Universalia supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Universalia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Universalia are Cthulhu Paints the Void, Litter Treasures, Sandcastle.
- Who developed Universalia?
- Universalia was developed by Roberto Schiavulli.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Universalia.
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