Games like Blood Nova
If Blood Nova is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rosewater, Heaven's Vault and Technobabylon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Players who liked Blood Nova also play
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Rosewater
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Top pick for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Heaven's Vault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Second-strongest match for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Technobabylon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Third-strongest match for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Elroy and the Aliens
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blood Nova.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Resonance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Ranked #5 for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Crystal Shard Adventure Bundle
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Three short and intriguing adventure games from the makers of Heroine's Quest, spanning several genres and styles.
The Corruption Within
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Ranked #7 for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Ranked #8 for Blood Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Blood Nova
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Return to Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Blood Nova cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Blood Nova.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
LOOM™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Reviewers of Blood Nova cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Blood Nova.
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepherds. Clerics. Each dedicated to the absolute control of secret knowledge. Another such Guild was the Weavers.
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Reviewers of Blood Nova cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Blood Nova.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
Starship Wars
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Blood Nova cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Destroy enemies, bosses and everything you see ahead!! Get crystals to buy better starships and get stronger. Have fun in three different game modes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blood Nova at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blood Nova on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blood Nova.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Cosmic Void
Other recommendable Steam games by Cosmic Void, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Corruption Within
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Void Breach
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Void Breach is a low-res, retro point-and-click adventure game where an experiment has gone unpredictably wrong. Your daughter is whooshed through a tear in space! Embrace the void and follow her. The only way to bring her back.
Cyber Seraph
WHY THIS
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie with Blood Nova.
The alien invaders have launched their final offensive on an already crippled Terra. Only one brave pilot can turn the tide of war. Cyber Seraph is a boss focused vertical shoot 'em up with unlockable abilities.
Twilight Oracle
WHY THIS
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Journey to a strange world in search of the fabled Oracle in this fantasy comedy point & click adventure. Play as Leo, a struggling student with the ability to breathe underwater, and explore a desert island and the depths of an alien ocean to uncover your school’s dark past.
Tachyon Dreams Anthology
WHY THIS
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Devil's Hideout
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Neon Hearts City
WHY THIS
Another title from Cosmic Void, the studio behind Blood Nova. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Heaven's Vault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Technobabylon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Elroy and the Aliens
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Blood Nova.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Resonance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Nova.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blood Nova.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Frequently asked about Blood Nova
- How much does Blood Nova cost?
- Blood Nova is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Blood Nova?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blood Nova are Rosewater, Heaven's Vault, Technobabylon.
- Who developed Blood Nova?
- Blood Nova was developed by Cosmic Void, Ross Joseph Gardner and published by Cosmic Void.
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