Games like Goodnight Universe
Games like Goodnight Universe include Before Your Eyes, Detroit: Become Human, To the Moon, South of the Circle, and Firewatch. We matched them by the tags players give Goodnight Universe on Steam (Emotional, Adventure, Cinematic, Story Rich, and Interactive Fiction): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Before Your Eyes
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction

Detroit: Become Human
Shared: Story Rich · Cinematic · Emotional

To the Moon
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Adventure

South of the Circle
Shared: Adventure · Cinematic · Story Rich

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · First-Person

Impostor Factory
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Adventure

Finding Paradise
Shared: Emotional · Adventure · Story Rich

Road 96
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · First-Person

Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode
Shared: Adventure · Emotional · Story Rich

Florence
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction

Until Then
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Point & Click

The Walking Dead
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Point & Click

My Little Puppy
Shared: Adventure · Emotional · Story Rich

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Adventure · Point & Click · Colorful

Beyond: Two Souls
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Cinematic

Somerville
Shared: Emotional · Adventure · Story Rich

Syberia: The World Before
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Point & Click

Outer Wilds
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Mystery

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · First-Person

Heavy Rain
Shared: Cinematic · Story Rich · Adventure

despelote
Shared: Adventure · Emotional · Story Rich

The Walking Dead: Season Two
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Point & Click

OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction