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Games like Lost Nova

2022PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive14.79 €

After crashing on an alien planet, you explore, salvage, craft, trade and upgrade to find your way home. It mixes platforming action with management and crafting elements.

Jumping and platforming
Open world
Sci-fi setting
Lots to discover

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The closest matches for Lost Nova are Starbound, FortressCraft Evolved! and Planet Crafter. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Lost Nova special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Lost Nova

Best alternative overall: Starbound 90% match – Open world
Newest alternative: Planet Crafter 85% match – released 2024

Best match

Starbound

90 %Match

2016PCXboxSteam Deck playable90 % positive−60 % ~~14.99 €~~ 5.99 €

A colorful 2D sandbox adventure where you hop between procedurally generated planets to mine, build, farm, found colonies and fight, solo or with friends. There is a main quest, but the real draw is the near-endless freedom of roaming the galaxy.

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FortressCraft Evolved!

Open world

After crash-landing on an alien planet, you build machines, production lines and defenses in a voxel world. A blend of crafting, logistics and tower defense sits at the heart of the game.

Planet Crafter

Open world

You terraform a hostile planet by gathering resources, building bases and machines, and watching a barren wasteland slowly gain atmosphere, water and life. The blend of calm survival and visible, large-scale progress is what makes it special.

Junk Jack

Jumping and platforming

Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox where you dig, build and fight through procedurally generated worlds full of monsters and hidden treasure. Its pixel-art landscapes and blend of crafting, combat and survival give it a charming personality.

Keplerth

Open world

You wake up with nothing on a hostile alien planet and must gather, craft and fight your way through a 2D sandbox survival adventure while uncovering the planet's secrets.

Slime Rancher

Open world

As rancher Beatrix, you vacuum up adorable slimes on a distant planet, feed them and sell their plorts to expand your ranch. It pairs a laid-back farming loop with relaxed exploration of a colorful world full of secrets and new slime species.

Astroneer

Open world

As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

Nova Lands

Open world

A relaxed factory-building and island-management game on an alien planet where you explore, automate production chains, and handle light combat along the way.

Dig or Die

Open world

You are stranded on a hostile alien world after your ship crashes and must turn local resources and your own fabrication tools into a working base. It blends survival, automation and exploration into a sandbox where you build your own way off the planet.

SteamWorld Dig

Jumping and platforming

As steam-powered robot Rusty, you dig ever deeper beneath a Wild West town, hauling ore back to sell and upgrading your tools. Its addictive loop of digging, upgrading and uncovering secrets makes this compact metroidvania a delight.