"Crash-land, automate, and explore a mysterious hexagonal planet."
Updates & Events
Nova Lands - Free on Epic Games
Mar 30, 2026
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
About
Nova Lands is a charming factory-building and island-management game that blends exploration, light combat, and automation. Crash-land on a mysterious hexagonal planet, harvest self-replenishing resources, and slowly build an automated empire using helper bots. With procedurally accessed islands, branching skill trees, and multiple ways to interact with bosses, it's an addictive and relaxing journey among the stars.
Story
As a space explorer stranded on an unknown hexagonal planet, you must establish a new home to produce resources for Earth. Along the way, you'll uncover the planet's secrets, encounter strange creatures and NPCs, and decide whether to fight or befriend the towering bosses of the alien biomes.
Gameplay
Start by manually harvesting resources with your Extractor tool, then gradually automate your base with programmable bots. Expand your territory by unlocking new islands via radar, navigate using a jetpack, and upgrade your skills across Automation, Personal, Production, and Exploration trees.
Key Features
- 1Bot Automation: Deploy programmable helper bots to harvest resources, maintain production lines, and defend your base.
- 2Island Exploration: Unlock procedurally accessed hexagonal islands featuring unique biomes, creatures, and secrets.
- 3Flexible Encounters: Choose to engage in combat using your rifle, capture creatures, or pacify bosses with resource offerings.
- 4Deep Progression: Earn XP to unlock perks and research new technologies across four distinct skill trees.
- 5Base Building: Construct and optimize factories, transitioning from manual gathering to complete hands-off automation.
- 6Jetpack Traversal: Hop between islands and explore the alien world vertically with upgradable jetpack gear.
Highlights
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Highly accessible compared to complex, hardcore factory simulators.
- +Helper bots significantly reduce late-game grinding and tedium.
- +Great blend of relaxing cozy vibes and satisfying tech progression.
- +Unique pacifist options for major boss encounters.
Cons
- -Background music can become repetitive over long play sessions.
- -Lacks multiplayer or co-operative functionality.
- -May not offer enough extreme complexity for hardcore Factorio veterans.
Game Ratings
Charming and adorable pixel art aesthetic
Highly addictive and accessible automation loop
Procedurally unlocked hexagonal island biomes
Approachable systems avoiding extreme tedium
Engaging progression through milestones
Who Will Enjoy This?
Enjoy the relaxing pixel art, low-stress building, and pacifist boss options.
Love optimizing bot layouts and creating efficient production chains.
Driven by uncovering new islands, NPCs, and biomes via the radar.
Similar To
Island Exploration & Gathering
Forager
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Core Automation Loops
Factorio
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Factory Optimization
Satisfactory
match
💡 Did You Know?
Players can entirely bypass combat with massive boss creatures by offering them resources instead.
Reaching levels 18-36 unlocks milestone perks that enable 'free-building', revolutionizing end-game layouts.
The planet is composed entirely of procedurally generated hexagonal islands.
Developed by BEHEMUTT as their first major title, supported by indie-darling publisher HypeTrain Digital.
The game seamlessly blends the island-hopping of Forager with the bot-driven automation of Factorio.
Latest Updates & Events
Nova Lands - Free on Epic Games
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Scores
“Satisfying, simple, and fun... an accessible automation loop with delightful rhythm.”— Metacritic Aggregation
“Ideal for multitasking and planning with hours-long hooks.”— GameGrin & Xbox Tavern
Game Ratings
Charming and adorable pixel art aesthetic
Highly addictive and accessible automation loop
Procedurally unlocked hexagonal island biomes
Approachable systems avoiding extreme tedium
Engaging progression through milestones
Who Will Enjoy This?
Enjoy the relaxing pixel art, low-stress building, and pacifist boss options.
Love optimizing bot layouts and creating efficient production chains.
Driven by uncovering new islands, NPCs, and biomes via the radar.
Similar To
💡 Did You Know?
Players can entirely bypass combat with massive boss creatures by offering them resources instead.
Reaching levels 18-36 unlocks milestone perks that enable 'free-building', revolutionizing end-game layouts.
The planet is composed entirely of procedurally generated hexagonal islands.
Developed by BEHEMUTT as their first major title, supported by indie-darling publisher HypeTrain Digital.
The game seamlessly blends the island-hopping of Forager with the bot-driven automation of Factorio.
Latest Updates & Events
Nova Lands - Free on Epic Games
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Timeline
Skill Tree Paths
- •Automation: Improve bot efficiency and capacity.
- •Personal: Upgrade health, jetpack, and Extractor gun.
- •Production: Unlock advanced factories and furnaces.
- •Exploration: Discover new radar tech and island secrets.
Game Details
- Developer
- Hypetrain Digital
- Publisher
- Hypetrain Digital
- Platforms
- PC
- Genres
- Simulation, Adventure +2
- Atmosphere
- whimsical