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Novastella Island
This is a slow-paced building game. Accidentally traveled to an island in another universe, you decided to collect resources and make tools to find a way home. But you'll also lead an amazing life, make some friends with the local Lilles, build a home, and reform the island while finding a way back.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Most of the negative reviews here are to accuse that the devs are scammers due to their shady history background, they aren't here for the honest reviews about the game. I said "most", so don't get me wrong. While the review tab is flaming with full of angry negative reviews…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This game runs at 20% use of my computer even when minimized. Something shady about the program of this game. It's running something in the background of the program when in use. It seems to be doing something suspicious. Even when you go to close the game it continues to run in…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“I give this a negative review based on its current state but i'm more than willing to change it if things become better. To start it off, i saw this game on my discovery list a while ago and decided to follow it without paying attention to any trailer whatsoever, i had only seen…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedLatest official news
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Bankruptcy Notice & Statement
Hey guys, we're sorry to have to tell you this. Due to the devastating effects of the incident that we caused on September 30th, 2022, the development studio has gone bankrupt and we're unable to cont
Jan 19, 2023 Update Note
Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when exiting fishing mode. For those who want to play the game with a controller, we've prepared a very rudimentary, very temporary solution for you until we
20230118 Update Note
New feature - Now the map (by pressing the M key) shows where and when the materials can be found. A new outfit has been added to the shops. Changed the model of raw coral ore to make it easier to dis
Novastella Island - Opened for business!
Novastella Island is officially released today with 20% off at lauch. If you have Mirror 2: Project X, you can get an additional 15% off if you purchase the bundle Novastella Island Discount at Launch
Release Postponed
We'd like to apologize that we have to postpone the release of Novastella Island because there are still issues that require our full attention. We're very sorry for the situation. We've set the new r
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Building · Crafting · Life Sim · City Builder · Simulation · Casual · Exploration · Creature Collector · 3D Platformer · 3D · Cartoony (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Japanese |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space