The cosmos-crafting adventure Universe For Sale is currently free, for Windows — 100% free to keep — in a limited-time Epic Store’s giveaway! Get it while you can, as Universe for Sale normally costs US$ 14.99.
Universe for Sale is an independent adventure that blends visual novel elements with point-and-click gameplay. You play as The Master, who encounters a girl capable of creating entire universes in the palm of her hand. The game was developed by Tmesis Studio and released on November 16, 2023.
The story is set in the future, after a post-apocalyptic catastrophe forces humanity to live scattered throughout the Solar System. Its graphics are entirely hand-drawn, and the aesthetic is a blend of cozy futurist sci-fi with a “doom and gloom” atmosphere. The narrative is nonlinear, featuring several parallel storylines, including those of secondary characters.
Published by Akupara Games and available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and iOS, Universe For Sale was generally well received by critics and even earned a few awards. It also holds hundreds of very positive user reviews on major PC gaming platforms at the time of this publication.
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Gameplay
Universe for Sale combines visual novel elements with point-and-click adventure mechanics, with a strong emphasis on narrative. The player controls The Master, interacting with NPCs and advancing the story primarily through dialogue boxes. Exploration, world-building, and character development are central to the experience, with all interactions carried out through dialogue.
Progression occurs by exploring hand-drawn environments and tapping or clicking on points of interest to trigger conversations, small actions, or resolve specific situations. The game includes occasional puzzles, usually based on direct interaction with items, colors, or environmental components. Some puzzles require selecting very small elements, coming close to the pixel-hunting style typical of classic adventure games.
One of the core gameplay systems is universe creation, where the player selects ingredients and combinations to fulfill requests from different characters. These creations are tied to the narrative and function as interactive story events.
The experience is supported by subtle character animations and a dynamic soundtrack that shifts between ambient music, more intense moments, or complete silence depending on the tone of each scene. Universe for Sale features a nonlinear structure, allowing players to discover multiple parallel stories and additional content through interactions with secondary characters.
Despite its strong narrative focus, stylistic depth, and extensive dialogue, the gameplay itself is simple and based on direct interactions, making the title a relatively short narrative adventure.
About the game
In a bizarre bazaar, there’s a worried woman crafting entire universes in the palm of her hand.
Universe for Sale is a hand-drawn adventure game set in the dense clouds of Jupiter, where sapient orangutans work as dockhands and mysterious cultists strip the flesh from their bones in order to reach enlightenment.
Explore all the nooks and crannies of a ramshackle colony on Jupiter. Rickety tea houses, strange oddity shops, and overworked mechanics garages abound in the picturesque and infamous shantytown that’s cropped up around the abandoned mine. Every new face, whether human, simian, skeletal or robotic, has a unique story to tell as they do their best to survive the acid rain pouring down.
The nameless master, intrigued by stories of Lila’s ability to create universes, finds her on a rainy night to discuss the unique power that she has. For something so awe-inspiring, she explains it like she’d explain how to brew coffee. But it isn’t just the master who wants to know more about Lila, who threatens to unravel the mystery at the heart of Universe for Sale.
So, choose a cup, find some ingredients and Lila will craft a universe down to your particular specifications. Only question is: You buying?
- Immerse yourself through a picturesque, full hand-drawn world, highly inspired by the European‘s sci-fi comics.
- Discover the past of mysterious characters and religions to achieve enlightenment.
- Relax with an original soundtrack composed by Guglielmo Diana.
- Create and sell personalized universes in a chill-out atmosphere.
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Details
- Get @ store.epicgames.com - Download link(s) or store's listing.
- Size: 1 GB
- License: Commercial
- Operational systems: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Developer(s) and/or publisher(s): Tmesis Studio, Akupara Games
- Categories: Adventure
- Added by: Super Gostosão