Nova Drift
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
- Price:$12.59
- Release Date:8/12/2024
- Franchise:Pixeljam
- Developer:Chimeric
- Publisher:Pixeljam
- Last Updated:4/19/2025
- Steam App Id:858210
Nova Drift
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Nova Drift has 155 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 91% lower than its previous all-time peak of 1,713 players achieved on 8/14/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Nova Drift. It has received a total of 13,834 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 93 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Nova Drift and its growth over time. It currently has 24,195 followers on its community page.
Nova Drift Price
Nova Drift costs $12.59 in the Steam store as of 4/19/2025 which is a 30% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Nova Drift x 20 Minutes Till Dawn Bundle, Orbitbreakers Bundle, Nova Drift + Brotato, Nova Drift × Genome Guardian: Sci-fi Roguelike Shooters, Nova Drift + Slay The Spire, or Nova Drift Game & Soundtrack which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Nova Drift.
About Nova Drift
Nova Drift is an Indie, Action, and Early Access game developed by Chimeric. On 8/12/2024, it was released on the Steam Store by Pixeljam.
Players have rated Nova Drift as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 13,834 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 13,246 positive reviews and 588 negative reviews — an overall 96% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 11 languanges in-game including English, French, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), and Chinese (Traditional). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Nova Drift supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Steam Leaderboards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Nova Drift has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Action Roguelike
- Roguelike
- Arena Shooter
- Great Soundtrack
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Roguelite
- Shooter
- Retro
- Replay Value
- Bullet Hell
- Action RPG
- Arcade
- Indie
- Early Access
- Casual
- Colorful
- Action
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Space
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Nova Drift and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Nova Drift is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nova Drift OST | Music | 9/30/2019 | View |
Related Bundles
Nova Drift is included in 6 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nova Drift x 20 Minutes Till Dawn Bundle | 2 | 2 | $15.82 | View |
 | Orbitbreakers Bundle | 2 | 2 | $25.48 | View |
 | Nova Drift + Brotato | 2 | 2 | $18.88 | View |
 | Nova Drift × Genome Guardian: Sci-fi Roguelike Shooters | 2 | 2 | $26.98 | View |
 | Nova Drift + Slay The Spire | 2 | 2 | $38.68 | View |
 | Nova Drift Game & Soundtrack | 2 | 2 | $22.38 | View |
Related Packages
Nova Drift is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Nova Drift | $8.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Nova Drift is available in 11 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| Russian | Yes | No | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | No |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Polish | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Nova Drift data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 19). Nova Drift on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/858210
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 19). Nova Drift. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/858210
- Chimeric. (2023, July 8). Nova Drift. Nova Drift. http://www.novadrift.io