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Novastella Island

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.

Released Jan 16, 2023 Developer Nova Studio Publisher NIJICO Platforms Windows Early AccessBuildingCraftingLife SimCity Builder
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

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48.3%positive327 reviews
Recommended · 69 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 436 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 66 found this helpful

“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 played
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Latest official news

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Mar 09, 2023
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
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

Jan 18, 2023
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

Jan 17, 2023
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

Dec 20, 2022
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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Facts & details

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GenresCasual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Building · Crafting · Life Sim · City Builder · Simulation · Casual · Exploration · Creature Collector · 3D Platformer · 3D · Cartoony (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesSimplified 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