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Novus Inceptio cover art

Novus Inceptio

McMagic Productions · 2015-10-05

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

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

Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.

1
playing now
52%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
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)

Players online

302026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 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).

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

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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