Rank 01Games like Nova Empire
- 8 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
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The closest matches to Nova Empire: Nova: Space Armada, Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange, Gunship Battle Total Warfare, Star Conflict, and March of Empires. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Gamebear Tech
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 54% of 74 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Alliance mechanics favor top clans
- Broadcast enemy jump coordinates during wars
- Colonial accounts trap free players
- Bleak
- Competitive
- Stressful
About Nova Empire
The closest matches to Nova Empire: Nova: Space Armada, Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange, Gunship Battle Total Warfare, Star Conflict, and March of Empires. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Nova Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nova: Space Armada, Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange and Gunship Battle Total Warfare — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as bleak, competitive and stressful, and single out its alliance shopping and colonial accounting. 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.
About Nova Empire: Build up a Space Empire and establish control of the Galaxy and the Universe! Nova Empire is a multiplayer space game in which the aim is to build your empire and conquer the galaxy in epic space battles against your rivals with other allies worldwide!
Is Nova Empire worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 74 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 15 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 36 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Alliance mechanics favor top clans
- Broadcast enemy jump coordinates during wars
- Colonial accounts trap free players
- Events require real money to complete
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“the game has an option in settings "Do Not sell your personal information" which doesn't work, it's a p2w mobile port Chinese game good luck to all selling your info to the CCP”
“Do not get this game. It's an absolute scam of a game. UI is buggy at best and just freezes at worst. Any public events, lag becomes so disruptive that it becomes unplayable. Not to mention that these developers spend little to no time…”
People who play it also play: Nova: Space Armada, Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange, Gunship Battle Total Warfare
Frequently asked about Nova Empire
Can I run it?
Does Nova Empire run on Steam Deck?
Nova Empire is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Nova Empire free to play?
Yes — Nova Empire is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does Nova Empire have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Nova Empire supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer).
What games are most similar to Nova Empire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nova Empire are Nova: Space Armada, Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange, Gunship Battle Total Warfare.
Who developed Nova Empire?
Nova Empire was developed by Gamebear Tech.