Nova Hearts

Nova Hearts

Steam Deck Verified

Lightbulb Crew · Turn-Based Strategy · Jun 19, 2025

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $7.99.

67%
Mixed
95 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 60 sampled reviews

Based on 95 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 60 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise43% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Even if you go out of your way to not flirt with certain characters, the game don’t care and you still keep flirting with characters despite never shown any interest in them.
47 of 60 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
But the romance system and gameplay is so frustrating to play, I just can’t recommend it..
10 of 60 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game is pretty, the art style is nice but that's all good i can say about this game.
7 of 60 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
* Played with Controller
3 of 60 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters47 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Controls3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat32 reviews
69%
Difficulty7 reviews
43%
Interface3 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $7.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
67%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.