Figment 2: Creed Valley
Figment 2: Creed Valley
Game
Game2023
Universe For Sale
Developer Tmesis Studio
A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying? From the Steam store page
223 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
148 positive · 38 negative
95% range 73–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 148 | 38 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
180 of 221 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
79% recommend · 149 yes, 40 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (323 of 409 positive).
Players praise the beautiful hand-drawn art and rich worldbuilding. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note bugs and glitches that hinder progress. [4][5][6] The story is described as moving and thought-provoking by many. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [14]
Do you like bloat? Do you like a lot of empty words? Do you like obvious plots? If not - move along. Bloat. This game has a lot of text. 90% of said text is rather simple, has zero relevancy to the plot, it at best tells us about the world (that we will not explore, since it is a VN), or at worst - about something completely empty and uninteresting. Half of the main events are obvious, yet the MC takes ages to …
- [1]
Oh my, here we have a completely unknown gem, a game everyone should play and yet basically no one knows. Beautifully hand drawn story with alluring sci-fi themes, lovely characters, mild puzzles who serve mostly to better explain the environment and an adorable, melanchonic story that touched me personally. It's short but deserves your time. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3338810948
- [7]
Such a beautiful little parable about dealing with grief and accepting one's past. It was very relatable for me: after I lost my dad, I also had to work through that intense feeling of guilt that's quite common when we lose our loved ones. This sci-fi metaphore turned out to be just perfect, and I suspect that the game itself can be quite therapeutical. In fact, it's perfect in every aspect: while the game world is …
- [2]
If you are thinking of buying this game, stop thinking and buy it. This game is by far the most criminally underrated videogame I have ever had the pleasure of playing. When I bought it, I did not expect anything close to the experience that playing this game is. Firstly, the art style is jaw-dropping, extremely cozy and perfect, every single character that you can talk to has an animated face sprite to give them …
- [3]
This was such an interesting game, it felt like I read a short sci-fi story that was so intriguing it made me look up the author to see if they'd written a full length novel. Fascinating world building, especially the theology, brought to life with gorgeous art and music.
Summarised from 34 of the 230 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
79% of the 189 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Universe For Sale. The complaint that keeps coming up: bugs and glitches affecting gameplay. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 223 · most liked firstDo you like bloat? Do you like a lot of empty words? Do you like obvious plots? If not - move along. Bloat. This game has a lot of text. 90% of said text is rather simple, has zero relevancy to the plot, it at best tells us about the world (that we will not explore, since it is a VN), or at worst - about something completely empty and uninteresting. Half of the main events are obvious, yet the MC takes ages to realise that until a BIG REVEAL (that feels completely flat since it was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tl;dr, depending in what universe you live in, you may or may not experience awkward time shifts, bubble collisions, overlapping timelines, and the feeling of being stuck in place while the world moves forward, due to still present bugs and glitches, even after the patch 1.5 which fixed more than a few soft/hard locks that completely blocked progress. It also seems to have introduced new ones. So, traveller beware, your investment isn’t certain to pay off, and you may have trouble seeing all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't take it anymore, this game is so dull. After almost 4 hours of playing the story has barely moved forward. First off, the "point & click" tag on this is misleading. You certainly point and click a lot but it's not a traditional adventure game. You can only click on certain items, people and locations at certain times. There's no exploration and no inventory, meaning no items to use, combine or to give to people to unlock something. It's more like a visual novel. Unfortunately for a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's okay. The art is sort of neat, the writing is fine, the story is okay, the puzzles are baby-simple, and the game is...soporific. I'm really, really tired of the "all the male characters have to sacrifice everything so that the lady can go off and...I dunno, get her liberal arts degree or something" trope. It's like the last 5 small studio games I've played, and the trend gets to be really weird after awhile. Over and over, the men give all, their livelihoods, and often up to and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh my, here we have a completely unknown gem, a game everyone should play and yet basically no one knows. Beautifully hand drawn story with alluring sci-fi themes, lovely characters, mild puzzles who serve mostly to better explain the environment and an adorable, melanchonic story that touched me personally. It's short but deserves your time. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3338810948
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Playtime: 8.5h (100% achievement, finished the game) My First Playthrough: 5.1h Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (15 achievements, all missables). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro Universe for Sale is a story-heavy game set in a different universe where humans who live outside Earth and people who separate their body parts from their bodies exist. The gameplay focuses on reading the non-linear story and doing some minigames in between. Pros: - Freedom to choose…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It looks great, the music is nice, the story is probably well told... But I can't play it. Just like so many other dialog-intensive game, there are almost no settings for the text. Speed slow/medium/fast, and auto-continue, that's it. There is no scaling, no color blind options, no font choice. But even more importantly, there is no option to click and/or keypress to go to the next bubble text and immediately write it out in full, and there is no way to read a text bubble that you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A roughly 5 hours science fiction/fantasy/spiritual interactive comic book. Beautifully written, drawn, animated, and realized. I have a few minor nitpicky negative thoughts about the story but they are not worth writing down and too spoilery. It is very light on gameplay but for me just enough to spice up the visual novel elements without getting in the way. There is one longer recurring mini game that can get a tiny bit boring and annoying, but it serves its narrative purpose very well.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting concepts and setting with beautiful art. But the story and writing is okay at best and doesn't stand up to it's potential. You can figure out the mystery well before it's revealed in game and spend a lot of time waiting for the game to catch up. The actions of the main character are little contrived. And some of the puzzle prompts are misleading. Also it be surprisingly difficult to click on the object you want, especially screen transitions.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cosmic Yard Sale! 🌌🛒 “Universe For Sale” is like a cosmic yard sale where you can buy a whole universe for pennies. ☕✨ The game is full of quirky characters and stunning hand-drawn art. The only downside? It’s short, but oh so sweet! 🎁 If you love adventures with a touch of sci-fi and mystery, give it a go. 🌠
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are thinking of buying this game, stop thinking and buy it. This game is by far the most criminally underrated videogame I have ever had the pleasure of playing. When I bought it, I did not expect anything close to the experience that playing this game is. Firstly, the art style is jaw-dropping, extremely cozy and perfect, every single character that you can talk to has an animated face sprite to give them more character and every one, no matter how irrelevant, has so much life and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very much a story-first type game, so if you're looking for a choices-matter ordeal you're not going to find that here. It's basically a visual novel with a couple of light puzzle elements. That being said the story is well told, the worldbuilding is vast and interesting, overall it's a really good experience. Honestly I'm just shocked that a project with this much effort seeping out of every pore is as obscure as it is. It's not flawless, but I'd rate it well above other games that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a beautiful little parable about dealing with grief and accepting one's past. It was very relatable for me: after I lost my dad, I also had to work through that intense feeling of guilt that's quite common when we lose our loved ones. This sci-fi metaphore turned out to be just perfect, and I suspect that the game itself can be quite therapeutical. In fact, it's perfect in every aspect: while the game world is really small, it's not claustrophobic, but cosy and enigmatic. Almost every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this story, very well written and with tons of twists!! A whole universe to explore with especies, cultures and religions of its own. (and sneak peeks to dozens more!) Also, the art in this game is beautiful and the puzzles/mini-games are fun too. The only thing that I wish was different is that Lila never got to buy the kimono at the market. but it doesn't make the game any less great!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is currently in the Humble Choice for August 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before September 3rd, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle. A dull visual novel. Universe For Sale sounds like a good concept. The game is set on Jupiter, with all the characters having to hide from Acid Rain, there’s inventive character designs, and races. This honestly feels like it’s one of the most…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is well-made. I love the art style, the atmosphere is beautiful, and I really liked the layered worldbuilding. The puzzles are light but enjoyable. Unfortunately, the ending is so weird and abrupt and uncomfortable that it ruined the game for me. Just.. why?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Universe for Sale falls flat as a visual novel and point-and-click game, despite its beautiful visual execution and innovative world – ★★☆☆☆ Flaws: ⛔ The story is quite bland. The story wasn't particularly interesting or compelling, and the plot twists were a bit obvious. There wasn't anything inherently bad about the story or dialogue, but there also wasn't anything that interesting either which made the story a bit of slog to get through. ⛔ Sluggish pacing. The dialogue text progression…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a peculiar visual novel-based mix with a sprinkle of point’n’click, a squeeze of minigames, ladles of terrific visuals and a flavoring of highly fantastical take on hard sci-fi. A quite rare example where a little pinch of everything came together as a rather harmonious dish. Or a cup of exceedingly complex ash-flavored tea, as they like it on Jupiter. The plot here is so dense that even doing a simple write-up of a premise would not only do a disservice to the game but will confuse…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ wonderful character design! + curiosity-awakening world showing diverse cultures + chill protagonist + pettable cat-like creatures + pretty, "alive" art with nice details + the universe creation is quite interesting + I really enjoyed the little bits of the story book about the creation of the universe ~ purposefully confusing story ~ a little sad - somewhat laggy/glitchy controls - quite a few typos during dialogue - game is surprisingly slow (bad optimization) - I need to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very moving story, and an universe that feels incredibly rich and detailed and lived-in for what is a pretty small point and click game. very inspired. very creative. i'll probably be thinking about this game for a long time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Universe For Sale is really a demonstration of how far a "game" can go if it appears in Humble Choice bundles. And I use the term "game" reluctantly, this is more of an E-book, not really a game, although it does contain a few point and click adventure/puzzle actions. These elements, unfortunately, are just a tiny part of what, overall, is just a plodding visual novel. If it wasn't for Humble Choice, nobody would know about this, nobody would have bothered to read it... before Humble Choice…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Universe For Sale, developed by Tmesis Studio and published by Akupara Games, is a surreal and intimate point-and-click adventure set amid the swirling clouds of Jupiter, where humanity and strangeness coexist in fragile harmony. The story takes place in a marketplace suspended above the planet’s storms, a place where merchants sell everything from memories to miniature galaxies. At its center are two enigmatic figures: Lila, a young woman with the power to create universes in the palm of her…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game dev quote post! (Neat way to find people in our space 💖) I'm Lili! Marketing Producer at Akupara Games. I'm currently working on Behind the Frame, Universe for Sale, Sorry We're Closed, GRIME and prev on others! I like mechs, lasagna, Tetris, fashion and anything pink. Nice to meet you all👋
neutral · AI labelView post →Visually gorgeous, great initial building, lovely soundtrack. But the narrative gets dull after about an hour - tbh the plot just gets WEIRD at one point, gameplay is weak, and the final payoff isn't rewarding. Would have made an excellent comic book. Makes an almost-okay-ish game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has beautiful graphics and a really intriguing story and world building. So why am I giving this a negative review? I ran into a gamebreaking bug and couldn't finish the game. When I looked on the steam discussion boards, this bug was reported years ago and never addressed. Several people had similar bugs and it seemed like the answer from the dev was "Oh, we did a save game update, that's what's causing it." But a number of people with game breaking bugs like me didn't even start…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun experience. I normally only ever play shooter games, but this game plays like more of a visual novel and I found myself engrossed. 10/10 great 6 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Philip K. ♥♥♥♥ vibes with a little bit of Terry Pratchett Discworld its really just a animated book you can walk around + works just fine on windows 7
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to love this game. The artwork and sound design were absolutely my cup of tea hr hr. The general storytelling flow was what I expected from that kind of game but the end was very predictable from once certain point in the game. All in all it was solid, had some minor continuity flaws and some of the characters were not very fleshed out. What totally ruined it for me were the minigames though - not the fact that they existed or how they were intended to work - they mostly just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a walking simulator, as boring as it could be gameplay-wise. But the story and the world are gems, while the aesthetics are a feast for the eyes. Extra credits for the "building universes based on customer requests" minigame.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Art looks amazing. Game play experience is slow, tedious, and annoying. Dialog is in pages of single sentences at a time with incremental "typewriter" type characters typing one at a time for every dialog. Can't skip cinematics and screen transitions, so a fair amount of sitting and waiting is required while devs force you to spend time you don't want to spend. Minor nitpicks: At load, as studio logos play, escape doesn't skip the logos, it PAUSES them. Game starts with the way overdone and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I really can't stand the design of the main character, and I really really thought this was going to be another quirky variant of coffee talk or va11-hall-a. I was genuinely surprised to find a pretty nice point and click visual novel. Well animated, with a pretty artstyle. However the narrative falls apart pretty quickly, the title of the game and initial hook seems completely irrelevant to the story that happens, having a completely new hook and mystery. Then after that it bombs it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another like a clicker narrative game. Not a crazy fan of the environment of the game. Stories in space always feel yap. Intro doesn’t really hook me in at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How does this game have 95% positive reviews on steam?? Absolute trash, you are just clicking on text bubbles with stupid text, which has nothing to do with story. Terrible 'puzzles' which makes no sense, bad music, bad graphics. Don't waste your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hand-drawn adventure game Universe for Sale announced for Nintendo Switch nintendoeverything.com/hand-drawn-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →+ Beautifully realized world + Grounded writing and characters, despite the sci-fi setting + Comforting, almost cozy atmosphere + Gorgeous, gorgeous art - Clunky exploration segments - Not enough guidance to actually know what you're supposed to be doing - I just spent half an hour attempting to turn a crank It pains me to give this a negative rating, but given I genuinely don't think I can actually physically finish it, I'm throwing in the towel. This is a gorgeous, gorgeous game, less of a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was such an interesting game, it felt like I read a short sci-fi story that was so intriguing it made me look up the author to see if they'd written a full length novel. Fascinating world building, especially the theology, brought to life with gorgeous art and music.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played this game yesterday "Universe For Sale", it was really good but a lot of the minigames were basically fucking impossible to figure out without looking them up but storywise it was incredible
neutral · AI labelView post →Universe for Sale - An #indiegame #review indiegamereviewer.com/unverse-for-... #gaming #gamedev #videogames #igr
neutral · AI labelView post →It's recommendable if you like point-and-clickers and don't mind a quite linear game (when it comes to gameplay) with a lot of reading. It can be boring if you just go into it expecting much else. The art is really nice, the story is interesting, but told in a non-linear way, so it might be really confusing for the first third or half of the game, and the ending is, or at least to me, it was, quite predictable, that's not to say that it was bad in any way though. The writing is pretty good,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ahoy me hearties! It be ye local nautical reviewer comin' into port to give ye a short n' sweet review on whether Universe for Sale be worth ye hard 'erned doubloons or best be left unearthed. I've broken me review into Ayes! n' Nays! and more in the Kings English for 'easier reading. Read on me fellow hearties! Ayes! Gameplay Universe for Sale plays in a point and click style and is broken up by mostly simple mini-games in between. The main mini-game which you'll be embarking on thrice is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love games that have a story to tell and do that in a concise manner and this is one of them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't have much to add that others haven't already, but I was slightly shocked that this didn't have more reviews so I want to provide another positive review for a beautiful little game. Finding this game feels like when you walk into a cozy record shop or graphic novel store and find something that seems wonderfully crafted, but also indie and you wonder if it's worth your $15, or if it's more of an interesting but not fully fleshed-out concept. This game is one of those finds that really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game, I liked the worldbuilding a lot! Even more than the story itself I guess, which was also good! But I have to add I encountered a few bugs: everytime I finished Lila's shift and went to the market to buy stuff the game would break and I had to close and reopen it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Verdict 👍 Recommended I played Universe for Sale for 13 minutes and I don’t want to continue. But I still recommend it for a very specific type of player: strong, truly eager, patient story-lovers who don’t mind a game with no voice acting and a longer time before the story really starts moving. My history with the game Played 13 minutes Not finished I don’t want to continue I recommend it only for very patient narrative players Quick signals 💸 Value: ✅ Great if you want…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy this game, its so chill and perfect for slow nights at home. The first time I played this game I got hooked instantly. In my opinion everything about the game is perfect the graphics, the story, the characters, even the little mini games. I really recommend this game its one of a kind, you have to play it once.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →point n click wit puzzles dat make no sense. felt like i needed a phd in nonsenseology to solve em art's cool tho, looks like a trippy comic book. story? uh, somethin bout space n weird folks, i guess but man, those puzzles killed my vibe. who thought makin me guess random stuff was fun? 3/10 pretty to look at, pain to play. universe ain’t for sale, it’s for frustration
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not very fun or compelling. I tried really hard to finish it hoping the story would hook me and it never did.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A thought-provoking story with awesome music and sound design, and it has incredible artwork, some of the best I've seen in a game. The game-play is light with only a few simple puzzles and a lot of dialogue. It is a lot of fun to explore the combinations when creating whole universes, and then simply pouring them away. I had no issues playing this on using Linux on a Steam Deck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished it. And this is a yes from me. Otherworldly. That word typically never fits anything. It fits this game. Absolutely. It takes a minute, because the plot has many elements to take in. But I found it pretty awesome. It took a lot of thought and a TON of creativity. These guys made a very neat 'universe' of universes. It's charming. For sure. Gameplay is nothing to write home about, but it get's the job done and it delivers the story really well. Although I suck at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful game, very chill, story kept me hooked, a little on the short side but def play it at least once. Not sure it has much in the way of replay value unless you just want to get more achievements, or to revisit the story again. Still, a good way to spend a bit of time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though it is only a game of somewhat 5 hours, it is very worth buying and playing. Universe For sale has a good and actually perfect rich narrative that really captivates you and makes you want more of it. It also has a great and unique story that you don't often come across. Also worth mentioning is that the game has great worldbuilding and artstyle that you can enjoy during the game. The small game mechanics that you find also really complete the game. I got the game from my friend but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →* Sifu – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating * Gotham Knights – Steam Deck Playable – Mixed Rating * High on Life – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating * Blacktail – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating * Astral Ascent – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating * Diluvian Ultra – Not Steam Deck Rated (but works great!) – Very Positive Rating * Universe For Sale – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating * This Means Warp – Steam Deck Playable – Mostly Positive Rating
neutral · AI labelView post →An interesting story in a lovingly-constructed world, with a cast of colorful characters in an equally colorful setting. A lot of thought was put into the world and its lore, complete with its own philosophies and religions- someone really thought these things through! Gameplay is mostly of the simple point-and-click variety, with a sprinkling of mini games (the universe-building one being the most interesting, and most frequently encountered). This is almost a visual novel in its simplicity,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a wonderful game with a beautiful story and interesting characters.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epic is giving away another free game called Universe For Sale! store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/univ... #games #videogames #free #freegame #indiegame #indies
neutral · AI labelView post →Truly just in awe of this game. It's so well written and compelling and sucked me in right away. I can't wait to replay it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#NintendoSwitch Review Video: #UniverseForSale - Pulls you in with its distinctive art style, vision of the world, and non-linear story if you’re game for the journey #IndieGames youtu.be/sbaR7lDQsYw
neutral · AI labelView post →The art is beautiful and thats really all this game has. It was quite boring and linear game and not really too much of a game there. Picking different answers in conversations doesn't change much. If you want to read interactive beautifully drawn comic book, get it, if you want a game where choices matter, go look somewhere else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Universe For Sale creates a wonderfully rich world with characters that feel real and vibrant. The story was a wonderful one and beautifully brought to life with stunning artwork. The game needs a quick save feature as you cannot manually save progress so if you want to play when you have other things to do later it may take a while to save and let you go. The gameplay elements are minimal but i was happy to be swept along in the welcoming story. Great fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't get it to run on Linux at all (native or proton) despite the verified status. Sad I can't get it to launch because it looks great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
Posts are quoted from public profiles with links to the original. Want yours removed? Contact us.
