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Novus Inceptio

Novus Inceptio

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Released Oct 5, 2015 Developer McMagic Productions Platforms Windows Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldAdventureSandbox
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

53.6%positive1,277 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Abandoned Project, get this crap off of the Steam Store.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Core idea was nice, but it's been abandoned for over 10 years not worth purchasing in it's current state.”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Abandoned. Why is this still for sale on Steam??? Sigh, just another money grab and run brought to you by Steam. Thank you Steam for allowing these kind of scams to overrun the EA genera and bring down the trust making honest developers suffer. GG Steam... GG.”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

58achievements
4.2%median completion
0.5%rarest: Generation 100
77.3% of players 69.0% of players 44.1% of players 42.9% of players 40.7% of players 32.8% of players 24.4% of players 22.3% of players 20.0% of players 19.7% of players 17.0% of players 14.8% of players 14.6% of players 13.7% of players 13.5% of players 11.9% of players 10.1% of players 9.5% of players 9.0% of players 9.0% of players 7.7% of players 7.7% of players 6.3% of players 6.0% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 77.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.3%Novus Early Access — Play Novus Inceptio in a Early Access or later after the game is released.
69.0%FORAGER Tier 1 — Use skill more than 10 times
44.1%BOTANIZER Tier 1 — Use skill more than 10 times
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Generation 100 — Ingame character reached 100 generation
0.6%Generation 50 — Ingame character reached 50 generation
0.7%Halloween bank VI — You've earned 1000 Halloween tokens

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 29, 2023
What's new #002

Hey, everybody, I'd like to update you on the current progress of the development. The main thing is that everything is progressing as it should, but unfortunately not as fast as I imagined. The progr

Dec 01, 2022
Update 0.54.005 - Christmas Event

Hey, everybody, we've had a few requests for the Christmas event. Which is really meaningful and important for players who hunt achievemnts etc. So we installed the old Unity 5 engine, activated the g

Nov 25, 2022
What's new #001

Hey, everybody, It will take some time before the new update is ready and available to the public (Our current plan is January/February 2023). So until then, we will try to keep you at least gradually

Nov 18, 2022
Novus Inceptio - WIP

Hey, everybody, As most of you may remember, we announced at the end of 2019 that we were putting the game on indefinite hold. Which it did, and there were a lot of things leading up to it, both perso

Sep 25, 2019
Dev Blog #001 - The first information about NI Reborn

Hello everyone, we thank you in advance for your patience and support. Right at the beginning, we announce that the development of the game does not end. After all the hardships you've certainly notic

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsOpen World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Adventure · Sandbox · Crafting · Simulation · Early Access · Base-Building · RPG · Building · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements58
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-Bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX11 Compatible GPU with 1 GB Video RAM - Integrated VGA is not supported. DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Internet connection required. Integrated graphics cards are not supported.