Nova Drift Lite

43 reviews
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Everyone
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About this game

- SURVIVE - EVOLVE - DOMINATE -

Nova Drift is a roguelike space shooter that combines classic arcade combat with action-rpg elements, emphasizing build-crafting and deep customization. Your ship rapidly evolves as you defeat enemies, allowing you to take a build from inception to execution in a single, captivating game session.

The Lite version allows players to experience the game up to wave 60 and play with a limited set of upgrades and game modes.

The Full Version Features:

- Quick gameplay sessions (15-45 minutes) that allow for rapid experimentation, iteration, and advancement.

- Over 200 modular upgrades, unlocked over time, to create your ideal build with. Snipe, command a drone army, discharge your shields, charge up, burn enemies with your thrusters, or smash right through them... there's a way to make it work.

- Modular challenge modes to unlock and activate, providing greater risk and rewards. The stakes are high, as death is permanent!

- Every game is randomly generated, keeping the fight intense and unpredictable. Fight through the campaign or play endlessly...

Nova Drift is created by Chimeric, with music by Miles Tilmann.

Website: https://novadrift.io/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Zp2MkPJ
Ship-crafting arcade combat
Updated on
Apr 29, 2026

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  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

43 reviews
Robyn Injoque
March 11, 2026
I love this game on pc, but the way to control the ship in this version is horrible and unintuitive. Would be much better to aim and propel the ship where you tap/hold on the screen. At least give us the option for different ways of controlling the ship. The two available options are pretty bad, thr joystick is considerably better, but still bad.
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Chimeric Games
March 12, 2026
Thanks for the feedback. Please rest assured we'll continue to iterate on the controls throughout the coming weeks. For instance, we'll be looking into a version of the joystick that allows you to turn and thrust at the same time with granular control. I'm confident we can get it where it needs to be!
Craig Allen
March 19, 2026
Great game! Glad to see companies still offering demos. Nova Drift combines action, a strategic upgrade system, complex enemies, and scoring... in space!!! After playing the demo for a while I bought the full version, and was not disappointed. It keeps getting better the more I play, and I love trying to beat my previous high scores.
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Chimeric Games
March 20, 2026
<3
Amadeus N.R.
June 26, 2026
Exquisite. The graphics, gameplay, artsyle are wonderful and rare (especially for mobile game). The only issue I feel is just the usual finger slip that make the ship stopped.
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Chimeric Games
September 25, 2026
This is amazing to hear! Thanks so much for the feedback.

What’s new

- Fix for when playing Draft, the upgrade button would be incredibly overscaled causing player to inadvertently open the upgrade screen
- Fix for construct buttons deploying more than 1 with the same tap
- Fix for a crash when having Blades or Swords