Ludography
70/100
Players14 ratings
74/100
Critics2 reviews
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Metacritic5 critic reviews
68/100
Metacritic usersuser score
63/100
GameFAQsTough-Unforgiving
4.13/5
Player reviews
79% positive54 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows, Mac
Price
US$4.99

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2015 · Funktronic Labs · Adventure · Indie

Nova-111

Tactical Rogue-like Combat. Turn-Based and Real-Time strategy sci-fi adventure. Nova-111 embarks on a journey to recover the 111 scientists scattered through it's alien worlds. Explore, battle and solve clever puzzles in the name of SCIENCE.

Released
25 August 2015
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 3PlayStation 4PlayStation VitaWii UWindowsXbox OnemacOS
Genres
AdventureIndiePuzzleScienceStrategyTactical
Developers
Funktronic Labs
Publishers
Funktronic Labs
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB EPEGI 3USK 6ACB G
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat
5.5hmain story5.5hwith extras9hcompletionist

About

Nova-111 is a 2015 science fiction turn-based strategy / puzzle video game developed by Funktronic Labs and published by Curve Digital. It was released for macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and the Wii U in August and September 2015. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released in January 2022 and was published by No Gravity Games.

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Gameplay

Players shoot their way through planets in an orange spaceship. The mission is to search for lost scientists in the aftermath of the science experiments.

Reception

Nova-111 received "mixed or average" reviews for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch and "generally favorable" reviews for PlayStation Vita and Wii U. It was given a score of 7 out of 10 on Destructoid, which praised it for forcing the player to think in new ways in a way that games in established genres could rarely do. Pocket Gamer gave the game 3 stars out of 5, writing, "All in all, Nova-111 is a game that doesn't quite live up to the promise of its concept, and it's mostly down to relatively small mistakes. There's something here, and you'll definitely have fun for a couple of hours, but it's nowhere near what could've been."

Nintendo Life awarded it 9 stars out of 10, praising its meticulously designed levels while writing, "Nova-111 is a fantastic puzzle action adventure game with a world that's built with care from its beautiful colours, rich in-depth quirky gameplay to its witty humour." Nintendo World Report gave the title the score is 8/10, where it states that the video game is fun and entertaining. Push Square gave the title 8 out of 10 stars, concluding, "Though [Nova-111] does have some flaws, such as a lacklustre auto-save feature and a cumbersome amount of abilities, you'll be hard pressed to find a weirder and more brilliant tribute to the men and women who changed the world through science."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 425 August 2015Worldwide · North America 25 August 2015
Windows25 August 2015North America · Worldwide 25 August 2015
macOS25 August 2015North America · Worldwide 25 August 2015
Xbox One28 August 2015Worldwide
PlayStation 31 September 2015Worldwide
PlayStation Vita1 September 2015Worldwide
Wii U24 September 2015North America · Europe 24 September 2015 · Worldwide 24 September 2015
Nintendo Switch13 January 2022North America

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