NOVAPOOL
Down on the shot in Nova Pool: the cue behind the cue ball after an 8-ball break

Nova Games presents

NOVAPOOL

Pool and snooker, played properly

Seven games on tables that behave like the real thing. Put side on the cue ball, jump a blocker, chalk before the hard one, and take it online when the house players stop being a match for you.

Coming to Steam In development

Nova Pool will be sold only on Steam. The store page is not open yet.

01Seven games

Each with its own rules, fouls and table, and a computer player who knows them.

02The table

Everything that happens on a real table happens here, because the balls are simulated rather than scripted.

  • Spin that matters. Follow, draw and side all come from where the tip strikes. Side changes the angle off a cushion and throws the object ball.
  • Jump and swerve. Raise the butt of the cue to lift the cue ball over a blocker, or to bend it round one.
  • Chalk and miscues. Chalk wears off with every stroke and you only get so many goes at it a match. Strike too far from centre on a worn tip and it slips.
  • A table that shows its use. Hard strokes scorch the cloth, jump shots dig it, and the tip leaves chalk on the cue ball.
  • A coach when you want one. Ask what to play and see the line, the spin and where the cue ball ends up.
The tip position panel, with the ring that shows how far from centre a worn tip will still hold
Where the tip strikes, and how far out it will still hold.

03Screenshots

The Classic Room in the evening, lamps over the tableThe Classic Room, evening An 8-ball table from above after the breakAfter the break, from above A snooker frame about to startSnooker A 9-ball rack on a purple table in a generated venue9-ball in a generated venue A corner pocket close up: woven cloth, leather and chromeCloth, leather and chrome The main menu over a live view of the tableThe main menu

04Ways to play

Career

Five venues, from the back room to the Masters, each with its own house players to get past and cues to earn.

Quick match

One game against the computer at the level you choose, or against a friend at the same PC.

Tournaments

A knockout for the players at your PC, with the computer filling the rest of the bracket.

Online

Rated matches and knockout tournaments over the network, with spectating and chat.

Practice

A free table, drills, trick shots with a score to beat, and a new challenge every day.

Your room

The classic hall, or a venue generated from a seed: cloth, wood, floor and light. Outside the windows the day goes by.

05On your PC

Nova Pool is in development. These are what it runs on today and may change before release.

Where
Steam only
System
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
Graphics
A dedicated graphics card is recommended; quality presets from Low to Ultra
Controls
Mouse and keyboard, or a controller at the table
Views
Overview, top-down and first person
First person view down the cue
First person: down on the shot.

06Privacy

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The game can send an error report when something goes wrong, and you can write one yourself from its menu. A report holds what went wrong, the game's version, your operating system, graphics card and graphics settings, what the game was doing at the time, and the last lines of its log. It also holds a random number made on your PC, so that several reports from one player are not counted as several players. It does not hold your name, your player names or your email address. Automatic reports can be switched off in the game under Settings, Game.