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Lost Nova

Jon Nielsen · HopFrog · 2022-05-11

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!

Lost Nova is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 429 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-15

92%
positive of 429 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Lost during a vacation gone wrong, help Mia gather what she needs to fix her ship and get home. Use your trusty salvaging laser to harvest resources and earn currency for buying upgrades and unlocking new activities. Meet new friends and help each other get yourselves unlost.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (95 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,869 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 429 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-05-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
929220222026Week of 2022-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492022-05-112026-10-082022-05-11 — best price $13.492022-08-01 — best price $12.742022-11-22 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $11.992023-03-16 — best price $11.242023-07-31 — best price $11.242023-12-22 — best price $10.492024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-09-09 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $6.742024-12-19 — best price $6.742025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-05-11 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $5.242025-08-04 — best price $5.242025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-11-26 — best price $4.492025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-03-18 — best price $2.992026-05-11 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "No Rush"
36%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)70530%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnySci-fiFantasyColorfulRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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