Lost Nova

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

Lost Nova is a exploration, singleplayer and relaxing game developed by Jon Nielsen and published by HopFrog.
Released on May 11th 2022 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 349 reviews of which 326 were positive and 23 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.65€ on Steam and has a 55% discount.

The Steam community has classified Lost Nova into these genres:

Exploration Singleplayer Relaxing Open World Cute Female Protagonist Walking Simulator 2D Colorful Family Friendly Story Rich Adventure Funny Fantasy Sci-fi Crafting Resource Management Indie Space Action RPG

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP and above
Processor: 1.2Ghz
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Graphics: 512MB
Storage: 500 MB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

This is such a fun, relaxing game! I love the colours, the art style, the sounds, the story--the whole game is basically about how important is it to stop and smell the roses, all of life does not need to be a rush. What a joy to play! Also, I played this on my steamdeck with no issues, both keyboard and mouse, AND controller - it works beautifully with both set ups!

Oct. 2024

Ever since I played Garden Story, I've been on the lookout for a worthy successor. This, unfortunately, is not it. And I'm sorry to say it doesn't do anything groundbreaking, either. So why I am recommending it? Somehow, this game actually managed to make me chill for a moment. To just... slow down. And convinced me that in the end, everybody is feeling like they're behind on things. So don't worry. Take a break. It's gonna be fine. Ironically, most of what you do in the game is grinding and breaking down everything, so that's a little against the text of the game; turns out that even that when you set out to make a game about not doing much, games are still activities, therefore something you do. It's quite a paradox; one that can be solved, but Lost Nova doesn't do that. Another reason why I'm recommending it is the music. It's just great, it's varied, it's got a pleasant vibe; and while I didn't care for any of the characters really (if you want to make your game like Garden Story, you have to make the player care for the characters), the cute mushroom person was cute, and the Totally-Not-Elderberry also made me smile. Overall, it's very meh. I don't generally recommend meh games; and yet. There's clearly something here, something that makes me go against my best judgment. Perhaps see for yourself. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42922988/]Curator page

Oct. 2024

I love this game! It is so relaxing, cute, and fun! I loved the overall tone and message of the game! (It's one I really needed to hear.) I cannot recommend this game enough! Money very well spent! Please give this little gem a try!!! Thank you devs for such a great fun experience!!!

Sept. 2024

Fun little short game, 100% in 8 hours getting every achivement, every hat and pet. Great story to make you reflect on your work/life balance, and urges you to take time and enjoy the world. Very cute very relaxing, good game for new people getting into gaming. 7/10 enjoyed my time.

Dec. 2023

This is a sweet and casual game about Mia, a workaholic girl who accidentally crashes her spaceship and is forced to confront the idea that maybe taking a break every once in a while is a good thing. The specific style of cartoony visuals and oddball NPC dialogue, as well as the pacing, remind me a bit of Cozy Grove, and I suspect if you like the aesthetics and vibe of that game you would enjoy this one too. Gameplay involves using your blaster to farm resources to repair your ship and upgrade your gear, using your jetpack to explore your surroundings, and eventually using your boots to shovel-stomp every destructible object around you (which is very gratifying and cathartic). There are no enemies, but there are a number of NPCs to help, shops to buy from, fish to catch, simple block-arranging puzzles to solve, and a small handful of clothing and accessory options to unlock. There are also no time constraints or day/night cycles to worry about, and in fact the game distinctly wants you to take things easy, rest often, and not try and grind it all in one sitting (because despite there being at least 12 different ways to earn the cores used as currency, saving up for that final expensive item is going to take a good hour or two). There is an endpoint for the main narrative; however, the game directly continues into an epilogue-style endless play mode afterwards, so you’ll be able to 100% everything after completing Mia’s final goal. In terms of cons, I think my only notes would be: 1. I encountered one triflingly minor bug – I destroyed a trio of crystals on one of the islands in the coral sea, and the health bars remained visible on screen after the crystals disappeared. The visuals fixed themselves after leaving and re-entering the area. 2. Even with the upgraded ability to sprint and jetpack-jump across the map, and even with the shortcuts, I still found myself wishing the portal statues in each area were a fast travel network instead of just a one-way trip to the ship area, since that would greatly cut down on backtracking. 3. The last achievement has such a low chance of being encountered naturally that it is practically impossible to get without having to resort to a walkthrough (which I ended up doing). Overall, I had a lot of fun with this game, though. The central message is strong, the gameplay is relaxed but engaging, the aesthetics are cozy, I appreciate the representation in the choice of protagonist, and at nine hours for 100% completion the game length is a satisfying kind of short. I picked it up for 30% off during the winter sale, and I feel like I definitely got my money’s worth, but I don’t think the full asking price is unfair.

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Steam price	24 December 2024 12:32
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-55% 14.79€ 6.65€

8.6

326

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Developer

Jon Nielsen

Publisher

HopFrog

Release 11 May 2022

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