

Goodnight Universe is an exceptional Adventure/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
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Verdict
97%
Steam
85
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (97% positive from 1.2K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (85/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
No significant drawbacks reported
Goodnight Universe is an adventure video game developed by Nice Dream and published by Skybound Games. Players control a 6-month-old baby named Isaac, voiced by Lewis Pullman, who is discovering he has psychic powers. The game was released for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on November 11, 2025, and for Nintendo Switch on December 18, 2025.

Runs well on modern hardware.
System Requirements
Minimum
Recommended
Remains of the Playmobil
Complete all chores
84.6%
unlocked
PETA Notified
Nudge Orson
79.9%
unlocked
Bottle Half Full
Laugh five times
71.4%
unlocked
The Babe Who Stares At Goat
Let Gilbert hit the wall over and over
60.9%
unlocked
Goodnight Universe
Beat the game
57.6%
unlocked
ET Phone Home
Send a message "home"
50.8%
unlocked
Cry Baby Cry
Cry five times
30.9%
unlocked
Time Valuer
Use the skip level feature
14%
unlocked
You Can't Pet The Dog
Don't nudge Orson
11.4%
unlocked
Leave, Murph!
Abandon Isaac
9.7%
unlocked
1.0.6 patch notes
1.0.6 patch notes Here's another patch for you! This should add some stability to scenes that were giving some folks trouble. Additional fixes: Reduce
Going back to v1.0.3 (due to a bug in v1.0.5)
Whoops it looks like we may have broken something at the start of Chapter 30 in v.1.0.5 (sorry about that!) so we've reverted back to v1.0.3. If you e
Patch v1.0.5 is now live
Another patch is here! PATCH NOTES: Various optimization improvements Fixed some captions that were displaying as squares in Chinese Fixed missing non
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Patch v1.0.3 is live!
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Remains of the Playmobil
Complete all chores
84.6%
unlocked
PETA Notified
Nudge Orson
79.9%
unlocked
Bottle Half Full
Laugh five times
71.4%
unlocked
The Babe Who Stares At Goat
Let Gilbert hit the wall over and over
60.9%
unlocked
Goodnight Universe
Beat the game
57.6%
unlocked
ET Phone Home
Send a message "home"
50.8%
unlocked
Cry Baby Cry
Cry five times
30.9%
unlocked
Time Valuer
Use the skip level feature
14%
unlocked
You Can't Pet The Dog
Don't nudge Orson
11.4%
unlocked
Leave, Murph!
Abandon Isaac
9.7%
unlocked
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