Nova Origin

Nova Origin is a colony-building survival game set on a distant, uncharted planet. You begin with a transport bay and a single rover, with no visible resources or clear paths. To survive, you explore and build a colony that can sustain itself as it grows.

Explore the planet

Use your rover to scan unexplored sectors in real time. Scans reveal hidden resources beneath the surface and help you identify safe zones, hazards and routes for expansion. Resource distribution is unpredictable, so your choices about where to scan can affect whether the colony survives.

Build and expand

Construct power, water and fuel systems, then expand your base across multiple sectors. You design layouts to support growth and unlock technologies as you progress from a single rover to a large-scale colony. You can also explore deeper sectors, though a larger colony brings greater pressure on its systems.

Manage systems and logistics

Set up resource chains and processing systems, and manage transport and distribution as demand increases. Power, water and fuel are interconnected: power failures can stop production, water shortages can destroy crops, and poor planning can trigger cascading failures. You balance these systems and address problems before they become disasters.

A different run each time

Nova Origin focuses on managing interdependent systems and adapting to uncertain resources. Each run tells a different story, as you work to turn a hostile planet into a self-sustaining colony or risk its collapse under the complexity of its systems.