Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Flight Of Nova
Flight sim game with transport ships on a full scale planet
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Flight Of Nova launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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First new release in 14 years, now in real-time 4K 🛩
2020 · its alternatives →
- 2LL
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 3SA
This is a simulator of a frigate from about 1800. It has realistic physics, tuned to match historical performance. The UI is based around commands given in period naval language. Rather than use the current weather, it has a full year's weather data (for 1980 - taken from https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis2.html). This allows the weather to change realistically under time acceleration. To learn the basics of handling a square-rigged ship, start the "Harbour" scenario, click on the instructions button at the bottom left, and follow the instructions…
2023 · thapen.itch.io · its alternatives →
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Load Nova▲126An AI co-pilot and dashboard built for dispatcher speed
Jun 2026 · loadnova.app · its alternatives →
- 5SSSkynet Simulator▲500
2020 · skynetsimulator.com · its alternatives →
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- 7GI
Just for fun and self education, I've built this over a weekend to teach myself why orbits exist, not just show planets going around. Something that was never clearly explain to me in school. It opens with a guided tour that builds the idea up step by step: two bodies and the equal/opposite force, inertia (the Sun is removed and Earth just drifts straight), then "an orbit is falling and continuously missing," cosmic velocities with a little rocket, Voyager 1 & 2's real gravity assists (the clock runs the actual 1977–1989 dates so the planets orbit into their grand-tour alignment and the…
Jun 2026 · qunabu.github.io · its alternatives →
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I built this with Claude cause I always wanted to tinker with a simulation economoy and I love space themes. A space-economy sim where nothing is scripted. A few hundred autonomous ships each run their own planner. Some chase the best trade route, take a delivery contract, refuel, retrofit at a shipyard, or dock so the crew can rest before morale tanks. Markets price everything off supply with shortage-urgency multipliers, factions tax and subsidize, populations migrate when they're unhappy, and stations that go broke get abandoned and rot. It started as an Elixir/Phoenix prototype, but…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 11TP
2020 · dustycloud.org · its alternatives →
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AstroGrid▲113Explore the entire universe in your browser, in real 3D
Apr 2026 · velonspace.com · its alternatives →
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Swipe decision game, explore, and conquer the galaxy
2024 · its alternatives →
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Explore the cosmos and uncover the mysteries of the universe
2024 · its alternatives →
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- 18CX
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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3D simulator that models planets, orbits, propulsion systems
Nov 2025 · solar.chriswest.tech · its alternatives →
- 20RL
I (17y/o) have been developing a rocket launch simulation that allows the user to explore what it's like launching a rocket from earth and putting it into orbit. This idea originally started as an educational simulation but as i've gone more down the rabbit hole the more i've wanted to make it realistic. The problem is that I've never had a formal orbital mechanics class or anything like that so I don't know what I'm missing, what I currently have implemented is: Variable gravity Variable Atmospheric drag (US Standard Atmosphere 1976) Multi-stage rockets Closed-loop guidance /…
Jan 2026 · donutthejedi.com · its alternatives →
- 21MS
Did this a few years ago. Seems apropos. Sources and more here: https://github.com/EngineersNeedArt/Mooncraft2000
Apr 2026 · mooncraft2000.com · its alternatives →
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Timer travelers fight to escape a rupture in spacetime.
2016 · its alternatives →
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- 24PO
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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