Discover everything you need to know about the Goodnight Universe, including how to progress in it.
Goodnight Universe is a narrative-driven adventure game where you play as a psychic baby named Isaac. Since you’re a baby, your “movement” is limited in the usual sense. Many interactions are about objects around you, using your powers, observing, and listening. As Isaac gains abilities, you’ll be able to move objects with your mind, read thoughts, and manipulate environments.
Learn how to complete the puzzles and use your powers in Goodnight Universe with our complete walkthrough.
If you want to learn more about the game, head over to its official Steam page.
Table of contents
Part 1- Unseen
You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
Before your eyes take control of your webcam as you make choices throughout your life, and you blink in order to send the timeline forward. This leaves you hopelessly fighting against your own body, trying to get your eyes open just a moment longer to fully take everything in.
Using your webcam, you take over the mind of the baby and use your mouse, plus your eyes, and the rest of your head to literally see the narrative along.
As the game initiates, you open your eyes and see a cave filled with plants. Press the LMB to close your eyes to tune your consciousness.
Once you open your eyes again, you see the sky filled with shining stars. Press the LMB to see the old man sitting beside you.
Choose the ‘he comforted me’ option while facing towards this old man.
Once the Angus starts singing, press the LMB to go to sleep. When you woke up, the old man would be gone.
Cleo, Simon, and Rebecca will hear you crying, and they will approach to take you in.
Once you wake up, you will find yourself sitting at a dining table with Simon, Cleo, and Rebecca.
Choose all the apologizing options while they’re talking to each other.
You will try to make them talk to you by choosing the next options.
You will realize that your sister is onto something. Choose ‘I was smarter than I should be’ from the options.
You will now find yourself in a living room. A dog is sitting on the side, and a TV is turned on.
After a while, Rebecca will arrive and pick up. Now, you need to choose the ‘Being a babe was okay’ option.
You will see yourself in a mirror for the first time once you open your eyes again.
See the perflates on the sides of the mirror to see what you can do as a baby after a few months.
Choose the ‘I would have to be patient’ option to proceed.
You will now find yourself in a kitchen. There’s a Gilbert in front of you, but at a distance. You need to crawl to reach it. Press the LMB when the pointer moves to the left or right.
However, you will fall on your way to the Gilbert while crawling, as you can’t crawl much. You have to try again and start crawling towards the Gilbert.
Now, the screen will go black, and you need to choose ‘I was embarrassed’.
You are now in your own room. There are certain items that you can pick up.
Mom and sister will start fighting for a grandpa’s secret book. It will fall on the floor, and you can interact with it.
Choose ‘I couldn’t stop thinking about them’ after investigating the symbols.
Once you wake up, you will find yourself in your tiny bed and Simon telling you the stories.
Bedtime Checklist
Once Simon leaves, a bedtime checklist will pop up that you need to complete before going to sleep.
Face towards the curtain on the right and hold the LMB to close it.
There’s a lamp on the left side of the cupboard. Aim towards it and press the LMB to turn it off.
Pick up all the toys from the floor and put them in the box. You can simply do it by aiming towards them and using the mouse.
Make sure to put the books into the cupboard. They are all scattered on the floor, so use the mouse. Turn on the baby monitor placed on the right side of your bed.
Cleo’s Chores
Once you wake up the next morning, you will find yourself in a kitchen with the toys scattered all around the floor.
You need to complete some tasks for Cleo’s Chores. Use these tasks by using your abilities.
Close all the cabinets on your right, simply aiming towards them and holding the mouse and dragging it left or right.
Turn to the left and press the LMB on the laundry box over the table. Use your abilities to clean them and fold them.
Just on your back on the left, you will find the dog food. Hit it to let the food drop in the bowl.
Use your abilities to do dishing. Dirty plates are just around the sink.
Use your power to drag the dog and let it eat the meal. Make sure to close all the cabinets in the kitchen to complete this task.
Cleo and Rebecca will start talking at each on the table. Once Rebecca picks up the book, use the abilities to throw the book.
You are now again in your bed, and Rebecca is telling you the story this time. She will carry and start roaming in the room. Use your ability to open the book and investigate it.
Make sure to turn the pages to learn the history of your grandfather. She will then again take you to your bed and leave the room.
Once you wake up, you will see Cleo singing in a room. Cleo will leave the room, and Milo will approach you and start talking to you.
Lure Milo into the Kitchen
Use your ability to hit the switch on your left. Press the LMB while aiming at the radio. You can find the radio available on the table near the laundry.
Scare Milo
Milo will come into the kitchen and check the radio.
Hit the hanging lights on the roof to scare the Milo. He will run back and sit next to Cleo.
Hit the katal to make the Milo move back to the kitchen to check it. Once he comes, press the LMB on the curtain to scare him.
Hit the water tap to make the Milo come into the kitchen. He will come into the kitchen scared. Now, use the ability to scare him off with the flying clothes.
Train Puzzle
Cleo will put you in a railway train and urge you to turn on the switch.
Turn on all the switches to let the train run across the full track.
There’s a switch just behind the house and one on the right side of the mountain. Two other electric boxes are fixed to the bridge.
Once the train passes through the bridge, hit the wind fan multiple times to stop it.
2nd Phase
Turn on the switch and take out the monkey from the track to let the train pass through.
There’s a movable ramp that you need to move to let the train get to the other side.
There’s a pile of books under the bridge. Remove them from the path and throw the plastic bottles out of the way to make a clear path.
The dog is lying at the last turn of the track. Use your power to take it off the track.
3rd Phase
This time, Cleo will start recording. The path has difficult obstacles that you need to remove to let the train pass through.
The globe can be thrown out, but you use your ability to lift it in the air.
The bridge is blocked by the boxes filled with books. Lift it to let the train go through the bridge. However, the bridge will break once the box falls back on it.
There’s a table and computers on it at the very last turn of the track. Use the ability to lift the table. Once the table falls back, the track will be on fire. The whole room is filled with fire.
Communicate with Cleo
You will now find yourself sitting with Cleo at a dining table.
Hit the bean bag to scatter all the beans over the table. Use these beans to communicate with Cleo. Choose the ‘Your Brother’ from the options.
Choose ‘I don’t know’ from the options and then ‘I’m protecting them’.
Cleo tells your parents that she rejected her scholarship at MIT. Choose ‘They over-reacted’ from the options to proceed.
You will now find yourself in your bed. There’s a shadow of Angus that you can see.
The automatic vacuum cleaner will enter the room and will detect you. This will leave some poisonous gas in the room, making you go to sleep.
Part 2 – Black Sheep
You wake up in the morning and see you’re not in your home. A tech company has taken you under its investigation.
You will automatically move around the facility and encounter the Gilbert.
Gilbert will continue passing through the track, but each time, it crashes out.
Aim at the Gilbert and use the powers to let it pass through to get inside the house. Do this multiple times to get better at using the abilities.
You are again in your room, but the dummies of Simon, Rebecca, and Cleo enter the room. Interact with them to hear what they want to say.
Fire in a Hole
You need to break the walls of this room. Use your power to unveil the truth behind the walls. Two people are invigilating you.
Hit them using your abilities and set the entire place to fire by hitting the electric system.
Turn around and drop the window to unveil the other two investigators. Interact with the hanging boards on the roof to make them run away.
A poisonous gas will be sprayed again towards you to make you sleep again.
Gain New Powers
Once you wake up, turn off the TV and throw them all away. Find the electric system and use your power to move it aside, and see the whiteboard.
Interact with the board and flip its side to see Grandpa’s symbols. There are some new symbols that you must examine.
Doing so allows you to unlock new powers in Goodnight Universe.
You will fall asleep after the cutscene ends, and you’re already on a move.
Here, you will encounter Wendy in the facility.
Wendy will take you in the lift, and she will take you to meet Elliot. She will take you towards a giant sphere, leading you to the new area.
You need to open the door using your power. Turn to the left and interact with the light on the left. Hit the light on the right to allow the gate to open.
Choose the ‘an explanation’ option while facing towards Elliot.
Elliot will make you sit on the throne and wants to see your true form. Choose the ‘He was clearly very smart’ option.
Exhaust all the dialogues with Elliot, and you will realize that his love for you is genuine.
Go through all dialogues with yourself and select the blue highlighted text.
You will find yourself in a bed, and Cleo is watching you on the TV. Hit the camera to the other side.
Use your power to tell her that you’re not evil but a shift-shaping alien.
Find Journal
A small cutscene will commence, and you’re again on the move.
There’s a laser beam blocking the path. Hit the source to remove the laser from the corridor.
You will come across more laser sources, so get ready to him them all and pass through.
You will also encounter the drone laser, so you need to throw it away with your powers. Make sure you don’t get hit by the laser, or else you will need to restart.
At last, you will reach the personal elevator. Get the elevator’s back online to get to the other floor.
You will inside the Elliot office to find the journal. Approach the journal and take photos of it.
Choose the ‘My money was on Cleo’ option after taking the pictures of the journal.
You’re again on the move this time after being dropped from the elevator. Avoid all the drones on your way with your powers.
After passing through several areas and drones, you will see yourself in an area filled with Gilbert.
They will rush towards you to attack you. Use your power to take them away, but they will catch you. They will take you back to the Elliot.
Exhaust all the dialogue and start intimidating him. However, he will use the poisonous gas to make you sleep.
Once you wake up in your bed, you will see that the doors are locked with planks.
A cutscene will commence, showcasing the history of Grandpa. Once again, you will wake up in your room.
Wendy will try to communicate with you, as Elliot is not here. Use your power to talk to her, but you end up getting angry.
Make sure to turn off the TV, lights, and a lamp on your left. You will jump from your bed and start crawling towards the broken TV.
Try to touch the TV to make Wendy come and take you.
Part 3 – Homecoming
You will wake up from the bed and choose ‘I chose your mom and sister’ from the options to proceed.
Now, you’re on the final move to get out of here to go home. Make your first right turn and get inside the elevator.
The elevator will take you to the area where Wendy first takes you.
Go to the main platform and get inside the room where you first interact with Elliot.
Approach Elliot and hold his hand to gain the new power.
Now, you take Elliot’s body. Moving in this new body can be challenging, as the walking mechanics are the same as those of crawling.
Approach the baby and take the Gilbert from him. Return to the throne and sit on it. You can see Cleo and Rebecca from the control room.
Interact with the switches in the control room and make your way to the new plant. Make your way out of the spaceship.
You need to run out of the facility as quickly as possible. Use your power to destroy all the drones coming in your path.
Use your power to open the doors and throw all the obstacles away from your path. Make the path using the big structures you found on your way.
You need to pass through the vents. Hit the moving fans when you approach them to pass through. You will get inside the hall where Rebecca and Cleo are trapped. A big enemy will try to attack them.
Use your powers to lift this big enemy into the air and throw it away from the hall.
Use your power to lift the baby and take it to Rebecca.
Exhaust the dialogue with Elliot and speak with Wendy. You will find yourself in a secret cave, but Cleo came to rescue you
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You will get home and see yourself for the first time in the mirror.
At last, you will encounter the whole family again. Approach them and enjoy the last cutscene of the Goodnight Universe. Rebecca asks you to take care of the baby. Approach the computer and shut the door.
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