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Flight Of Nova
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“This game is the best because you can: - Decide there are no good missions at the current orbital station - Departing Auken station at 188 km orbit - Project Orion style hyperbolic direct intercept to Gaba station at 15.6 km/s - 10.2 G anti-normal burns and brake - Nearly…”
— a player, Steam review · 106 hrs played“Best flight model ever, missing a bit of variety around that though”
— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs played“This is a weird review to make, because I really dig the concept and I've spent a solid few hours with the game. The flight model is mostly solid (but maybe it has a gimbal lock issue in the controls? ). Flying from ground to orbit and back and stuff like that is inherently fun,…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
[Build 135.07.28] Bugfix
Fixed - Container data error during map missions after re-spawn (reported by Альберт)
[Build 135.07.27] Hotfix
Updated - Time Accel. code regarding orbital stations (as attempt to fix vanish/warp of stations) (thx tsmspace) Fix - Slight error of calculation of longitudes of ‘on rail’ orbital stations (188 km a
[Build 135.07.26] Updated time acceleration to 50x
Updated - Time acceleration up to 50x for Reentry Time Window and Orbit RendezVous tool Fixed - Bug that prevented save of current cargo for TL01 ship during Lost Container And Orbit Deliver missions
Drifting and Lost containers
Build 135.07.22 Added - New search mission type where we need to self-load Lost Containers (rogue mode) Added - New pick up mission type that has Drifting Containers near orbital stations (rogue mode)
[build 130.01.27]
Fixed - Bug in orbital missions from sky barges and send us to north pole (reported by TerraMimic and Cid) Fixed - RCS thrusters visual effect (in space) where thrusters didn’t turned on with small ax
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Flight · Simulation · Space Sim · Sci-fi · Futuristic · Realistic · Immersive Sim · Open World · Physics · Atmospheric · 6DOF · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Spanish - Spain, Russian * |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://flight-of-nova.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 Storage: 12 GB available space