Games like NOVA

Hooked on the competitive and replayable side of NOVA? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Cheaper than NOVA

Nomad Fleet

Nomad Fleet

Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction.

65% of 199 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Nova-111

Nova-111

Pilot your trusty orange vessel in this quirky sci-fi strategy game that cleverly mixes turn-based and real-time gameplay.

80% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Nightside

Nightside

A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be…

62% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Nuova Star 诺瓦星

Nuova Star 诺瓦星

Nova Star: roguelike strategy with base building, light exploration & bullet hell shooting.

$3.99
Nova Swarm

Nova Swarm

The arcade classics, rebuilt for 2026. A vertical shmup where swarms hold formation, then peel off and dive.

92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Astro Nova

Astro Nova

Astro Nova is a short incremental roguelike about surviving swarms in space, combining modules into powerful builds, and ascending beyond the stars.

82% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Nova Fleet

Nova Fleet

A short incremental space game about building and expanding a mining fleet.

33% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Build economies, claim territory and time your strikes across whole worlds, alone or with friends.

76% of 2,714 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51$5.99
Aeon Command

Aeon Command

Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula!

78% of 334 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
NovaShift: Universe

NovaShift: Universe

Survive shifting universes where the rules themselves change.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Space Tales

Space Tales

Space Tales is a sci-fi RTS where you build fortified bases, manage resources, and command retro-futuristic armies.

78% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Empires of a Tiny Universe

Empires of a Tiny Universe

Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space.

80% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Hidden gems like NOVA

From Glory To Goo

From Glory To Goo

Grow a settlement on a hostile world, wall it in, and answer the Goo with orbital fire before they reach your gates.

96% of 1,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$7.79
ZeroSpace

ZeroSpace

Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.

78% of 1,353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$39.99
Nexus 5X

Nexus 5X

eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced…

90% of 890 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Nova Drift

Nova Drift

Steer a lone spacefighter through waves of enemies, shaping it into something new with every choice you make.

95% of 13,058 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 84$17.99
Sins of a Solar Empire II

Sins of a Solar Empire II

A real-time 4X where tactics and empire-building happen in one mode with no turns.

82% of 7,269 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99
Chaos Galaxy 2

Chaos Galaxy 2

A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up…

82% of 305 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Noara: The Conspiracy

Noara: The Conspiracy

Since the tragedy of the Last Moon, the Lands of Noara are once again under threat.

82% of 129 Steam reviews are positiveFree
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

A simulation-heavy tactical space game where radar shadows, electronic warfare and 3D maneuvering decide battles.

81% of 4,116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 116$29.99
Chaos Galaxy

Chaos Galaxy

A pixel-art turn-based Galaxy total war game. You can select 14 factions, 61 heroes, hundreds of warships and mecha, and command multiple fleets to…

81% of 277 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Swarm Queen

Swarm Queen

A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

94% of 386 Steam reviews are positive$7.49
Particle Fleet: Emergence

Particle Fleet: Emergence

Build ships that get torn apart and patched mid-fight, then throw them at an enemy that spreads and adapts in real time.

92% of 1,203 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 42$14.99
Boid

Boid

Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build.

79% of 751 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Newest games like NOVA

Nova Survivors

Nova Survivors

Blast through endless alien hordes in space and climb the Steam leaderboards.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$4.24
Empires of a Tiny Universe

Empires of a Tiny Universe

Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space.

80% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Fleetbreakers

Fleetbreakers

From the creators of Halo Wars and Age of Empires, Fleetbreakers is an action RTS roguelite with satisfying fleet combat in bite-sized sessions.

90% of 62 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.89
NovaShift: Universe

NovaShift: Universe

Survive shifting universes where the rules themselves change.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
ZeroSpace

ZeroSpace

Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.

78% of 1,353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$39.99
Nodwar

Nodwar

NODWAR is a Real Time Strategy platform with three modes: fast arcade conquest, deep grand strategy planetary warfare, and traditional RTS battles.

80% of 25 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Nova Swarm

Nova Swarm

The arcade classics, rebuilt for 2026. A vertical shmup where swarms hold formation, then peel off and dive.

92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Nexus Legacy

Nexus Legacy

Rebuild civilization from one planet in a persistent online 4X.

66% of 390 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85Free
Skollorn

Skollorn

Sköllorn is a fast-paced, minimalist RTS where the map itself is your weapon.

94% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Astro Protocol

Astro Protocol

High-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy distilled into intense matches of about an hour.

94% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Terra Invicta

Terra Invicta

Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.

79% of 9,172 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Astro Nova

Astro Nova

Astro Nova is a short incremental roguelike about surviving swarms in space, combining modules into powerful builds, and ascending beyond the stars.

82% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$2.99