Nova Strider
An indie top-down sci-fi score-attack game about blowing up aliens in the upper atmosphere! Compete against your friends locally and see who can get the highest score on the leaderboard.
Nova Strider is an arcade, released 31 May 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Nova Strider is
Nova Strider was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An indie top-down sci-fi score-attack game about blowing up aliens in the upper atmosphere! Compete against your friends locally and see who can get the highest score on the leaderboard.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Nova Strider launched on 31 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Directive 8020.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Directive 8020.
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