From Nava

From Nava

Nava Labs · February 7, 2025 · Action, Action-Adventure, Puzzle, 2D, Pixel Graphics

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Very Positive96% · 52
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About From Nava

From Nava is a 2D action puzzle game, set in the remains of a mysterious laboratory. You are equipped with only a seemingly ordinary pen that possesses the extraordinary ability to unleash magic attacks by drawing specific patterns. You must escape from this abandoned research laboratory by gathering all the keys and polaroids left behind in the aftermath of an unknown incident. Navigate through all 9 sectors using spells learned from fighting enemies or interacting with nearby objects. Various monsters and puzzles are all that stand in your way from fulfilling a stranger's final wish and unravel the mysteries of the world and yourself.

Features
  • 2D Movement and Action
  • Casting Spells by Drawing Specific Patterns
  • Customizable Patterns
  • 9 Areas
  • 5 Secret Rooms
  • 5 Main Spells
  • Detailed Pixel Art
  • Various Puzzles with Multiple Solutions
  • Assortment of Collectables
  • Achievements

This game is best played with a mouse and keyboard.

From Nava — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

From Nava is a short puzzle game praised for its appealing pixel art style, emotionless protagonist, and unique spell-casting mechanic that involves drawing patterns to solve puzzles and progress through a mysterious lab narrative. Players appreciate the thoughtful, tragic story told through scattered notes and images, smooth gameplay, and atmospheric soundtrack, though some find the drawing mechanic occasionally inconvenient with no undo option.

Recommended Sep 2, 2026
A short puzzle game with a sad and tragic story, but the ending left me feeling relieved. I really like the game's art and design. The devs clearly put a lot of effort into the artwork, and it really shows, they look great. The main character is especially adorable, and their emotionless expression in the art made me even more curious about the character and the story, their emotions and background can only be reveal through the pictures and diary entries. The pattern-based spell-casting mechanic used for solving puzzles and fighting is quite unique, and I really enjoyed it. There are still some inconveniences with this mechanic, though. I can only cast spells by dragging my mouse across the small pad in the right corner, and I can't undo a spell once I connect the wrong dots. It can also be quite distracting when using it during combat, but I realized I could just spam fireballs, so it wasn't really a big issue. The puzzle design is okay and suitable for everyone. There's also an easter eggs that requires combining two spells to unlock. I just wish there were more puzzles, more ways to utilize all the spells, and more interactions. But for a free game, it's still really good.
Recommended Jul 11, 2026
Nice quick game with some puzzles.
Recommended May 13, 2026
ts is peak
Recommended Dec 31, 2025
I like the style and pixel art the gameplay is very smooth and very enjoyable.
Recommended Sep 9, 2025
Short and effective. Tragic and thoughtful. Lovely little puzzle game.
Recommended Aug 17, 2025
Decent little puzzle, horror-esque game where you play as an unknown child, assumed some kind of Anomaly who was kept in Nava labs and researched. You find out what happened before you started playing, through notes and images scattered around the labs while you solve puzzles to escape. It's EXTREMELY short, but the narrative is nice for what's there. I do have a thing for these like, secret organization labs, military SCP type thing so it's cool atmosphere for me. The OST is nice as well, adding good emotion and the art is really pretty. Also the mechanic of using a pen to draw magic reminds me of Witch Hat Atelier, and is a really fun unique mechanic. If this was fully fleshed out I think it'd be a really cool game. For now just a nice free small experience.

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