Comparison

Nova Drift vs Becoming Saint

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nova Drift

This roguelike space shooter blends arcade combat with RPG elements for deep ship customization. Evolve your vessel through rapid gameplay sessions, experimenting with over 200 modular upgrades to craft unique builds and dominate unpredictable, randomly generated challenges.

Highlights
  • Roguelike space shooter gameplay
  • Deep ship build-crafting
  • Over 200 modular upgrades
  • Quick, iterative gameplay sessions
  • Randomly generated challenges
  • Permanent death
Features
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- SURVIVE - EVOLVE - DOMINATE - Nova Drift is a roguelike space shooter that combines classic arcade combat with action-rpg elements, emphasizing build-crafting and deep customization. Your ship rapidly evolves as you defeat enemies, allowing you to take a build from inception to execution in a single, captivating game session. Featuring: - Quick gameplay sessions (15-45 minutes) that allow for rapid experimentation, iteration, and advancement. - Over 200 modular upgrades, unlocked over time, to create your ideal build with. Snipe, command a drone army, discharge your shields, charge up, burn enemies with your thrusters, or smash right through them... there's a way to make it work. - Modular challenge modes to unlock and activate, providing greater risk and rewards. The stakes are high, as death is permanent! - Every game is randomly generated, keeping the fight intense and unpredictable. Fight through the campaign or play endlessly... Nova Drift is created by Chimeric, with music by Miles Tilmann. Website: https://novadrift.io/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Zp2MkPJ

About

Becoming Saint

Features
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Becoming Saint is a medieval strategy game of faith, sins, penitence & conquest Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying. Harness the fervent belief of your followers to conquer and convert as many city-states as possible, paving your way to Sainthood. There are many obstacles to success, but with perseverance you can Become a Saint during your lifetime! *Engage in Real-time medieval battles* March your followers into small-scale battles, selecting the most strategic units to convert each location. Unlock and recruit up to 16 different units based on your doctrine Units have strengths and weaknesses, with special abilities against certain foes and synergies with other units. Utilize the terrain to gain advantage and deploy an infallible strategy against your opponents. Bless your units and curse your foes with Saintly powers. Take direct control of units at any time to make full use of their potential. *Define your creed* Make choices during your journey that will define your political and spiritual traits. This will impact your following, economy, and conversion strategy throughout the game. Each playthrough presents different moral, cultural, and religious choices, creating many different paths for you to lead down. *Play indefinitely* Even in death, there is an opportunity to learn. Should your sainthood be cut short, new challenges and strategies will await your new incarnation. The better you do, the sooner your saint will be remembered in the annals of history, so strive to spread your word further and faster than ever. *Discover the medieval Italy* Explore 14th century medieval Italy and its society: beauty and brilliance thrive in the shadow of turmoil, making Italy a masterpiece painted with both glory and grief – all they need now is a new Saint to guide them!

Screenshots

Nova Drift4 screens
Becoming Saint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Becoming Saint at $4.99 against Nova Drift's $9.99. Nova Drift's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nova Drift costs $9.99 and Becoming Saint $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova Drift ships an update every 10 days, Becoming Saint weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nova Drift versus Becoming Saint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNova DriftBecoming Saint
Price$9.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.4 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size573 MB343 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperChimeric LLCOpen Lab Srl

In-app purchases

None

Nova Drift

No in-app purchases

None

Becoming Saint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nova Drift free?
Nova Drift costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Becoming Saint free?
Becoming Saint costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nova Drift or Becoming Saint have ads?
Neither Nova Drift nor Becoming Saint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nova Drift or Becoming Saint?
Nova Drift ships an update every 10 days, and Becoming Saint weekly. Most recently, Nova Drift was updated on October 16, 2026 and Becoming Saint on October 5, 2026.

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