Games Like Escape Velocity Nova for WindowsGreat Role-playing & Sandbox Games like Escape Velocity Nova

There are many alternatives to Escape Velocity Nova for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Endless Sky, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked eight alternatives to Escape Velocity Nova and seven of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Escape Velocity Nova are NAEV, Transcendence, The Ur-Quan Masters and nuu.

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  1. Endless Sky icon
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    Explore other star systems. Earn money by trading, carrying passengers, or completing missions. Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow up pirates. Take sides in a civil war.

    16 Endless Sky alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
     
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  2. NAEV icon
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    Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Steam
     
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  3. Transcendence icon
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    A 2D space exploration, combat and trading game of epic proportions!

    Get ready to battle pirates, trade goods with a variety of civilizations some human some not and fulfill the destiny that the Domina has laid out for you. The journey will be dangerous but with your trusty shi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. A massive, space adventure game based on the original Star Control game series.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. nuu icon
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    NUU is to be an open-source (massive) multiplayer game of space trade and combat. NUU is heavily inspired by Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity. It's excellent open-source cousin naev currently lends NUU it's assets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Node.JS
    • Chromium
    • Firefox
     
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  6. Star Sonata icon
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    Star Sonata is a space-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMO), that uses a third-person 2d overhead view similar to that of Asteroids. In addition the game offers complex and involved commerce, construction and team systems.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  7. Unending Galaxy is a top down 2D sandbox, simulation and strategy game based in space. The game allows you to play at any level from being a small time pirate to the ruler of a large empire. You can fight, trade, explore, build factories, and amass a fleet to form your own...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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