Junkyard Universe casts you as a space pilot salvaging debris across a 2D galaxy, choosing whether to dismantle trash for resources or repair it for trade. You'll negotiate with factions, manage inventory constraints, and uncover story beats about your missing mother amid a primarily narrative-driven experience. Best suited for players who value character-driven sci-fi storytelling over mechanical depth.
About this game
Junkyard Universe is a 2D galaxy cleaner: Dissolve space trash or repair it. Trade with trash and tactics to bail out your junk eraser ship. Built a relationship with the rebels, aliens and other allies and enemies. Search for your lost mother as space pilot Meredith.
What players are saying
▲ Recommended3 hrs
Not the 5 hours developer promised but I enjoyed most of the time I played. There are some questionable game design choices, like disabling repair particles altogether if your inventory is full, existence of "Take a walk" button, some "endings", etc. I mostly enjoyed the novel part, but the ending was so brief I was stunned. Gameplay is repetitve in nature but the game finishes fast enough for it to not be an issue. I felt like there's only 1 useful upgrade out of not so many though I haven't tried hard mode, perhaps the situation is different here. Game is probably inspired by Flash titles and brings back both nostalgia and worse than possible default controls. Overall a good game and not that far from being a perfect choice to occupy yourself for an evening.
Dear space pilots,this little update is for Valiry and everyone else who wished for real butterflies in the butterfly level.Background information: Originally, it was not possible to repair any living beings in the game. The reason for this was mostly the story. After all, what exactly happens if you repair a living being? Do you revive the original being or create a copy of the being? Is it alive? If you would repair a human, what would happen to their memories? Since you can only repair animals for now, I'll leave the philosophical questions to you. What's your Theory?Kind Regards,Developer Sarah Dressel
Hello dear pilots!The problems with the sound effect volume are now fixed. The SFX volume slider should now work as intended.I also added additional tips about the controls for new pilots.Little Hint: If you like you can change the keys in the settings.If there is anything else I can improve for you, please let me know.Kind Regards,Developer Sarah Dressel
Hi there, fellow space pilots!Some players noted my mask wasn't fitting quite right, so I finally saved up the dissolve points to have it refitted. It looks much better now. By the way, I was not made by AI but came with a bought asset pack like all the other avatar images, as you can see in the credits. I know it's hard to believe, but even humans make mistakes sometimes. ;)In the previous patch, we also took care of the autosave function. The game is saved automatically every time we reach a station. This was always the case, but since players had a hard time finding the autosave function, a hint about it was added to the resume button. You can find it in save/load game > load autosave.If there is anything else you would like to see improved, let us know.Kind RegardsSpace Pilot Meredith & Developer Sarah Dressel
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