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Novus Inceptio

McMagic Productions · 2015-10-05

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Novus Inceptio is an Adventure, Indie, RPG and Simulation released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 1,303 reviews).

12
playing now
52%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Novus Inceptio is an upcoming indie video game by McMagic Productions s.r.o. It is projected as a survival single player set in a post-apocalyptic world that mixes science fiction and fantasy theme. Early access started in October 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,303 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.29 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2602026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.292015-10-052026-07-092015-10-05 — best price $23.992016-02-29 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-03-22 — best price $19.992017-10-10 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $7.992018-05-05 — best price $19.992018-09-13 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-07-01 — best price $5.992019-10-20 — best price $3.992019-12-31 — best price $19.992020-03-27 — best price $12.992020-05-29 — best price $12.992020-07-11 — best price $12.992020-08-18 — best price $11.692020-09-29 — best price $9.542020-11-13 — best price $11.692020-12-06 — best price $9.542021-01-15 — best price $9.322021-02-22 — best price $11.692021-03-13 — best price $11.692021-04-08 — best price $11.692021-05-27 — best price $1.292021-07-21 — best price $9.542021-10-07 — best price $12.992021-12-02 — best price $12.992022-02-14 — best price $12.992022-06-24 — best price $3.242022-08-09 — best price $11.692022-11-03 — best price $4.992023-01-20 — best price $7.992023-04-19 — best price $11.692023-08-14 — best price $19.992024-03-01 — best price $7.992024-07-31 — best price $12.992024-12-09 — best price $12.992025-08-15 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-02 — 1 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1 pageviews2026-06-22 — 0 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 0 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1 pageviews2026-07-26 — 0 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 0 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 6 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-04 — 0 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "Novus Early Access"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-12-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1990%58

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

Player tags

RPGIndieSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationEarly Access

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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