# Novafall: Idle Space Empire — Galaxy Tycoon & Colony Builder > Galaxy Tycoon & Colony Builder (iPhone/iPad app by Robert Gonzales.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/novafall-idle-space-empire/id6789433150 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Robert Gonzales](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789433152) - Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy - Price: Free - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 44 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-27 - Data updated: 2026-08-22 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/novafall-idle-space-empire/id6789433150/reviews.md ## What is Novafall? Fire the foundries. Chart the stars. Collapse the galaxy — and come back stronger. Novafall is an idle space-strategy game where your empire grows even while you're away. Build a fleet, colonize 64 worlds across 16 sectors, and when your run slows down, ASCEND: collapse the galaxy into Dark Matter and forge an empire that starts every cycle stronger than the last. But this galaxy isn't empty. Three rival empires — the Vex Hegemony, the Krillix Swarm, and the Hollow Court — hold the frontier. They besiege your colonies, blockade your trade, and remember every invasion. Choose your government, pick your friends and enemies by creed, buy an uneasy truce… or break them world by world. YOUR EMPIRE RUNS ITSELF • True idle progression — mines, collectors, and labs produce while you're away • Appoint a Cabinet of 9 ministers: industry, science, expansion, war, trade, and more • NOVA, your ship's AI advisor, always knows the next best move (and has opinions) A LIVING GALAXY • 30 ship classes, from Probe Drone to The Omega Fleet • 64 planets across 16 sectors — mining worlds, gas giants, relic worlds, crystal spires • 3 rival empires with ideologies, grudges, truces, and sieges • 5 alien species to befriend: gifts, favor, alliances, and tribute • Spy cells, wonders, a galactic stock exchange, and a Senate with edicts ASCEND AND TRANSCEND • Prestige loop: collapse the galaxy, bank Dark Matter, buy permanent upgrades • 8 Challenge Ascensions — handicapped runs for permanent yield bonuses • Weekly galactic anomalies and a Weekend Surge that doubles ascension yields • 26 achievements, milestones, and a 7-day supply-drop streak FAIR BY DESIGN • No forced ads — ever • Every purchase is optional; everything can be earned by playing • Your save backs up to your own iCloud — lose your phone, not your empire • Offline progress, no internet required to play The galaxy is waiting, Commander. Every world in it, actually. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4.0 — 2026-08-22 NOVA takes on new recruits — and the spy network finally gets to work. She now explains the two things the galaxy never made obvious: that your empire keeps producing while the app is closed, and why collapsing a galaxy you have already won is the fastest way forward, not a loss. Three short briefings, at the moments they matter. Skip them any time. THE SHADOW WAR — your cell can now be pointed at the three rival empires instead of faceless pirates. Steal the schematics for their next hull. Burn a blockade off one of your colonies without risking a ship. And each government unlocks one signature operation of its own: the Empire authorises assassinations, the Federation foments defections, the Alliance runs economic warfare. They answer in kind. Rival agents will come for your alloy, your research and your production — and your only defence is the agents you keep at home, so every operation you launch leaves the door unwatched. THE IMPERIAL LEVY — tapping only ever made alloy. Now a levy on your colonies brings in energy and research every fifteen minutes, and the Minister of the Census will collect it for you once appointed. Also: every wonder pays double, the cabinet has taken its Roman titles, and besieged colonies no longer pay their taxes — which is exactly as it should be. NOVA sends her regards, Commander. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-18 iPad, properly. Novafall now runs in landscape on iPad — and in landscape it uses the extra width. NOVA gets her own pane beside the game, showing her current directives and the ship's log without you leaving the screen. Tap a directive to jump straight to it. In portrait, and on iPhone, everything sits in a comfortable centered column instead of stretching across the glass. Rotate freely. The layout follows. NOVA sends her regards, Commander. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-08-11 Diplomacy counts as conquest. • Buying a rival empire's last world now earns the Warlord and Galactic Conqueror trophies. An empire ended by invoice is still an empire ended — the peaceful route no longer costs you the banner. • Time Warps now say plainly what they skip: production only. Battle cooldowns, truces, sieges and the daily supply rotation all keep running on real time. • Purchases are written to your save the moment they arrive, so an interrupted session can never swallow one. • Steadier under the hood, and the usual quiet repairs. The galaxy is still waiting, Commander. Every world in it. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-09 NOVA has been busy, Commander. - TIME WARPS: bank hours of full-rate production and spend them whenever you like. Earn them from supply drops, or stock up in the Shop. - BUY PLANETS: empires that don't oppose your constitution will sell frontier worlds outright. Conquest by checkbook. - WAR COUNCIL: a new permanent upgrade that shortens the battle cooldown. - Smarter Minister of Industry: Auto-Fleet now saves toward the best-value hull, and raids the bank to afford it. - Dark Matter packs now scale with your best-ever ascension, so they never shrink. - Low Power mode, clearer bank math, blockade intel, and a small mountain of fixes. ### 1.0 — 2026-07-27 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*