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Nova Lands cover art

Nova Lands

BEHEMUTT · HypeTrain Digital · 2023-06-22

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 22, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 22, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 22, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 22, 2023 (Xbox One)

Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

32
playing now
89%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 147 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (582 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 70k–158k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,518 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.70-56%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.79 at Fanatical (2024-11-09) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.56 · on sale 170 of 197 observed days · $13.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53853820232026Week of 2023-06-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

60102026-08-11 19:00 — 36 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 22 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 40 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 22 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 51 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 41 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 60 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.52$7.392023-06-022026-08-302023-06-02 — best price $19.992023-08-21 — best price $19.992023-11-17 — best price $14.692023-12-20 — best price $19.992024-01-23 — best price $14.692024-02-24 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $13.992024-05-02 — best price $10.722024-05-31 — best price $15.892024-06-29 — best price $13.992024-08-14 — best price $13.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-10-13 — best price $10.792024-11-05 — best price $19.992024-12-05 — best price $8.992025-01-23 — best price $10.992025-03-21 — best price $9.792025-04-19 — best price $9.212025-05-26 — best price $10.992025-06-15 — best price $19.992025-07-24 — best price $9.992025-08-30 — best price $14.842025-10-01 — best price $9.792025-11-15 — best price $9.092025-12-18 — best price $7.422026-02-14 — best price $14.692026-03-27 — best price $14.692026-04-27 — best price $7.432026-05-14 — best price $7.432026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-07-07 — best price $11.442026-07-24 — best price $8.232026-08-11 — best price $23.082026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
84%
earned "The Automation Starts"
35.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,03725%24
Xbox One (Xbox)19128%24
PS4 (PlayStation)18452%25
PS4 (PlayStation)12341%25
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

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

Player tags

2DRobotsSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureAutomationOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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