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Nova Wing III cover art

Nova Wing III

Sub Orbital Software · 2018-05-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shoot your way through the many caverns of alien defences, Collect the weapons and Fuel you need to aid in your escape.

Nova Wing III is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (46% of 13 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
46%
positive of 13 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-09 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 90% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $0.57 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120182026Week of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.572018-05-172026-08-032018-05-17 — best price $0.742018-10-15 — best price $0.692018-11-21 — best price $0.592019-02-04 — best price $0.592019-07-29 — best price $0.592019-11-26 — best price $0.592020-02-17 — best price $0.582020-06-25 — best price $0.572020-10-29 — best price $0.582020-12-22 — best price $0.582021-06-24 — best price $0.582021-10-28 — best price $0.582021-12-22 — best price $0.582022-02-28 — best price $0.582022-05-09 — best price $0.572022-06-24 — best price $0.572022-08-29 — best price $0.572022-11-07 — best price $0.572023-01-09 — best price $0.572023-03-27 — best price $0.572023-06-19 — best price $0.572023-08-14 — best price $0.572023-11-13 — best price $0.572023-12-22 — best price $0.572024-03-11 — best price $0.582024-06-27 — best price $0.572024-10-21 — best price $0.572024-12-20 — best price $0.572025-03-13 — best price $0.572025-06-02 — best price $0.572025-07-28 — best price $0.572025-09-29 — best price $0.572025-12-18 — best price $0.572026-03-09 — best price $0.572026-04-20 — best price $0.572026-06-25 — best price $0.572026-08-03 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Complete Level 1"
49.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionCasualSci-fiShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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