Nova Hearts: The Spark

Nova Hearts: The Spark

Steam Deck Verified

Lightbulb Crew · Turn-Based Strategy · Jan 25, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

It's free to play.

74%
Mostly Positive
65 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 65 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 40 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise50% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Nova Hearts: The Spark is a free prologue chapter to the larger narrative RPG Nova Hearts, developed by Lightbulb Crew and published by Shoreline Games.
23 of 40 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The positives of this game though: I do like the art style.
8 of 40 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Also the soundtrack is really good.
7 of 40 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 love3 themes
Story and characters23 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat20 reviews
60%
Controls5 reviews
40%
Gameplay3 reviews
67%
Interface3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty3 reviews
67%

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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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