Novalex Project Zero
2026IndieSimulationStrategyWindowsmacOSLinux
Build a car empire from a single garage. Design every model from the chassis up, run the factories, price sharp, and outsell 30 AI rivals — a turn-based automaker tycoon spanning decades. Out-engineer the competition or go bankrupt trying.
]Novalex Project Zero
Start with a single garage and a sketch. Build the automaker that outlasts the century.
Novalex Project Zero is a turn-based car tycoon. You found a fledgling automaker and grow it one decision at a time — engineering the cars, financing the factories, reading the market, and fighting 30 AI manufacturers for every sale. There's no twitch reflex here: every turn is a deliberate bet on technology, price, and timing. Out-engineer your rivals, or watch them bury you.
Design cars from the chassis up
Every model is yours to engineer. Choose the body, size the engine, pick your components, and balance the trade-offs with fine-grained tuning sliders.- Engineer the trade-offs — performance, comfort, reliability, fuel economy and cost all pull against each other. There is no perfect car, only the right car for the segment you're chasing.
- Live with your decisions — defects, aging stats and facelifts decide whether a model stays competitive or quietly stops selling.
- Build a lineup, not a one-hit wonder — cover the segments that matter, retire what's gone stale, and time each successor.
Research the tech that wins decades
Progress down a historical technology tree and unlock the engines, materials and features that define each era.- Time your research bets so your cars lead the market instead of trailing it.
- New tech reshapes what's possible — and quietly makes last decade's bestseller obsolete.
Run the whole business
A great car is only half the company. Build and manage the operation behind it.- Manufacturing — factories, production lines, shifts and retooling. Match output to demand without drowning in unsold stock.
- Money — fund R&D, manage cash flow, and use financing to grow faster than your balance sheet should allow.
- Brand — marketing, reputation and prestige compound over time. A trusted badge sells cars a spreadsheet says it shouldn't.
Outplay 30 living rivals
The competition isn't scenery. All 30 AI manufacturers run the same logic you do — designing, pricing, researching and reacting, turn after turn.- Scout rivals, read the standings, and exploit the gaps they leave open.
- Survive market shocks and events that punish the complacent.
- Climb the rankings to the top of the industry — or go bankrupt trying.