NOVAGUARD: Sky Defense
One-finger arcade air defense
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Tap the sky and the explosion happens right there. Chain kills, beat six bosses and take on today's daily challenge, the same for every player in the world.
NOVAGUARD is a one-finger air defense shooter inspired by the arcade classics of the 1980s, Missile Command among them, and rebuilt for the phone in one hand. Tap anywhere in the sky and your batteries detonate an interceptor right there. No aiming stick, no buttons, no fumbling.
Meteors, swarms, armoured hulks and drifting mines rain down on the last city. Every kill inside an explosion sets off another, and a well-placed shot can chain a dozen targets in a single blossoming wave of fire.
SIX SECTORS, SIX BOSSES
From a spined alien warship to a horned leviathan, each boss has its own trick to learn. Bosses show their health under the score: hit the exposed core, then the vents when they open, then chain a kill inside the shield.
BUILD YOUR DEFENSE
Upgrade your batteries between runs, choose upgrade paths that change how you play, and pick sector modules that change the rules of the sky.
COME BACK EVERY DAY
Chase the daily challenge, which is exactly the same for every player in the world, weekly contracts and a share card with your best chain and a challenge code for your friends.
HOW TO PLAY
- Tap where you want the explosion: the closest battery fires an interceptor to that point.
- Destroy everything before it reaches the city.
- Kills inside an explosion trigger new explosions. Aim ahead of a group to chain them and multiply your score.
- Hold to charge a bigger blast. When the overcharge bar is full, drag across the sky to raise the Barrier.
- Each battery has a magazine that refills over time. Chains give ammo back.
- Protect the city districts. Lose them all and the run ends.
FEATURES
- One-finger controls designed for the phone in one hand.
- Deterministic daily challenge shared by every player.
- Cloud save of your progress.
- Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Turkish.
- Free to play, supported by ads. Optional rewarded videos only.
If you grew up defending cities in the arcades, this sky is yours. Retro heart, modern hands.
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The developer, Miguel Angel Villar Alarcon, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Miguel Angel Villar Alarcon
- Size
- 31.4 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
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