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Escape Velocity Nova Alternatives

Escape Velocity Nova is described as 'The player starts as a freelance space pilot in a shuttlecraft, out to make a penny in the vast and unforgiving galaxy' and is a role-playing game in the games category. There are eight games similar to Escape Velocity Nova for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Online / Web-based and Android. The best alternative is Endless Sky, which is both free and Open Source. Other Escape Velocity Nova like games are NAEV, The Ur-Quan Masters, nuu and Transcendence.

Escape Velocity Nova alternatives are mainly Exploration Games but may also be Sandbox Games or Role-playing Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Escape Velocity Nova.
This page was last updated Nov 12, 2021
Escape Velocity Nova
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The player starts as a freelance space pilot in a shuttlecraft, out to make a penny in the vast and unforgiving galaxy.

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  1. Endless Sky

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    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.

    Endless Sky vs Escape Velocity Nova opinions
    Almost everyone thinks Endless Sky is a great alternative to Escape Velocity Nova.

    Endless Sky captures the open-ended feel of 2D space exploration like EVN and EV.

    Positive comment • over 4 years ago
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    As close as you can get to another entry into the Escape Velocity series. An excellent and fun alternative with a hard to beat price.

    Positive comment • about 3 years ago
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  2. NAEV

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Naev is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity.

    NAEV vs Escape Velocity Nova opinions
    Most users think NAEV is a great alternative to Escape Velocity Nova.

    If you paid attention to the games they link together

    Positive comment • almost 5 years ago
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  4. The Ur-Quan Masters

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

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

  5. nuu

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Node.JS
    • Chromium
    • Firefox

    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.

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    A multiplayer version was a big wish of the community behind the EV-Series of games. Sadly Ambrosia could never be bothered to try. So the multiple attempts were made to make one from the community side. This is the most evolved one.

    Positive comment • over 3 years ago
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  6. A 2D space exploration, combat and trading game of epic proportions!.

  8. Star Sonata

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

      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.

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      Escape Velocity is offline single-player; Star Sonata is an online MMO

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    • Space RPG 3

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      • Android

      Space RPG 3 is a space-themed role playing action game, where you start as a novice captain with a small ship and work your way up in the galaxy by trading and doing missions, or even becoming a rogue pirate.

    • Unending Galaxy

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      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Windows

      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.

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