Games like Junkyard Universe
Games like Junkyard Universe include To the Moon, OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition, Finding Paradise, Refind Self: The Personality Test Game, and A Plague Tale: Requiem. We matched them by the tags players give Junkyard Universe on Steam (Interactive Fiction, Emotional, Diplomacy, Idler, and Tactical): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

To the Moon
Shared: Emotional · Interactive Fiction · Indie

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

Finding Paradise
Shared: Emotional · Interactive Fiction · Adventure

Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Emotional · Adventure

A Plague Tale: Requiem
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Action-Adventure · Adventure

Before Your Eyes
Shared: Emotional · Interactive Fiction · Indie

Florence
Shared: Indie · Interactive Fiction · Casual

No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Investigation · Adventure

Until Then
Shared: Emotional · Interactive Fiction · Adventure

Transistor
Shared: Indie · Sci-fi · Action RPG

SCARLET NEXUS
Shared: Sci-fi · Action RPG · Action-Adventure

Cookie Clicker
Shared: Idler · Indie · Casual

Impostor Factory
Shared: Emotional · Interactive Fiction · Adventure

Melvor Idle
Shared: Idler · Indie · Casual

OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
Shared: Emotional · Indie · Interactive Fiction

Detroit: Become Human
Shared: Emotional · Sci-fi · Adventure

Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Shared: Tactical · Casual · Action

Goodnight Universe
Shared: Emotional · Interactive Fiction · Sci-fi

What Comes After
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Emotional · Indie

A Bird Story
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Indie · Emotional

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Shared: Indie · Interactive Fiction · Adventure

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Shared: Idler · Indie · Adventure

Deskrawl: Idle ARPG
Shared: Idler · Action RPG · Indie

Aliya: Timelink
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Sci-fi · Emotional