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STEELNOVA
Designed for desktop — keyboard & mouse.
Please open this page on a PC to play.
Mobile support is coming in a later update.
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STEELNOVA
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STEELNOVA

Z E R O - G  M E C H  A R E N A
⛶ FULLSCREEN + LANDSCAPE

WAVE SURVIVAL
Operation · 20 waves · about 15 min

CONVOY ESCORT
Protect the flagship · tiers get longer and harder

SKIRMISH — 5 vs 5
Team deathmatch vs bots · about 5 min

CUSTOM MATCH
1v1 … 20v20 · maps · difficulty
ONLINE MATCH (P2P)
HOW TO PLAY
SETTINGS (AUDIO)
Astra Fleet · Charon Legion · Stellite Synod — 10 combat frames
Zero-gravity inertia combat · Steel burns brightest in the dark
WAVE SURVIVAL — SELECT YOUR FRAME
◆ PILOT NAME
Your rank and career record are saved under this name
◆ GAME MODE
WAVE SURVIVAL
CONVOY ESCORT
CUSTOM MATCH
MATCH MODE
5 vs 5
10 vs 10
20 vs 20 (high-end PC)
MAP
Asteroid Belt
Open Space
Dense Field
Ring Arena
Corridor
SCORE TO WIN (KILLS)
Standard
Long (2x)
Epic
Annihilation
BOT DIFFICULTY
Easy
Normal
Hard
SELECT FRAME
Reroll Bot Lineup
LAUNCH
Back
WAVE CLEAR — CHOOSE AN UPGRADE
Upgrades stack and last for this run
CONTROLS — keyboard & mouse
WASD / Arrows thrust · Mouse aim your frame
L-Click / Space fire — hold to charge (3 levels), release to fire!
R-Click / Shift booster (drains gauge, recharges when idle)
1 melee · 2 ranged · 3 special (mouse wheel also switches)
Tab battle overview · ESC / P pause

Zero-G inertia: your frame keeps drifting after you stop thrusting. Thrust the opposite way to brake.
HP/Booster: bottom-left — top bar is HP, bottom bar is booster gauge.
MODES
Wave Survival — 20 waves in 4 acts. Clear a wave, pick an upgrade. Bosses at waves 5 · 10 · 15 · 20. Lose your 3 lives and you can resume from the start of the act with your upgrades kept.
Convoy Escort — guard the flagship to the warp gate across several jumps. Each arrival unlocks the next planet (5 migrations). Between jumps choose a safe route or a risky one with an extra upgrade.
Skirmish 5 vs 5 — team deathmatch with bots. Custom Match — pick team size, map and difficulty.
Close
ONLINE MATCH (P2P)
NICKNAME
OPEN ROOMS
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CREATE A ROOM
Public — listed
Private — code only
Create Room
OR JOIN WITH A ROOM CODE
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Room code:
Share this code with a friend
SELECT YOUR FRAME
Switch Team (BLUE ↔ RED)
MODE (HOST)
1v1
2v2
3v3
5v5
10v10
20v20
SCORE TO WIN (HOST)
Standard
Long (2x)
Epic (50)
Annihilation
LAUNCH (bots fill empty slots)
Launching automatically when the host starts…
Leave / Back
MIGRATION PLAN — STAR MAP
LAUNCH CONVOY
Back

VICTORY

NEXT BATTLE
Change Frame/Mode
Starting automatically — press any key or click elsewhere to stay

PAUSED

S T E E L N O V A
Resume

Change Frame / Mode
Exit to Menu
Press ESC to resume

SETTINGS

S O U N D
SFX Volume  70%
Off-screen Sound Level  20%
Music Volume  60%
On-screen frames always play at 100%; only off-screen sounds are reduced to this level.
Screen Shake
FULL
REDUCED
OFF
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