Status BMO Oct 26, 2024
No Man's Sky (2016)
Mac · Nintendo Switch 2 · Oculus Rift · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · PlayStation VR · PlayStation VR2 · SteamVR · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S
3.15 from 1885 ratings
5987 members have it in their collection · 410 playing now · 1672 backlogged · 979 wish listed
How long? Main story 61h · with extras 105h · 100% 86h (from 19 logged playthroughs)
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarching narrative involving a mysterious entity called the Atlas. The game is built around four pillars: exploration, survival, combat, and trading. Since its 2016 …
Read more
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarching narrative involving a mysterious entity called the Atlas. The game is built around four pillars: exploration, survival, combat, and trading. Since its 2016 launch, it has received numerous free updates adding multiplayer, base building, fleet management, and virtual reality support.
Read less
Details
- Developers
- Hello Games
- Publishers
- 505 Games, Hello Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Shooter, Simulator
- Themes
- Action, Open world, Sandbox, Science fiction, Survival
- Events
- The Game Awards 2023, State of Play: June 2, 2022, PlayStation E3 2016 Press Conference, PC Gaming Show 2015, PlayStation E3 Experience 2015 Press Conference, PlayStation Experience 2014 Keynote, The Game Awards 2014, PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference, VGX 2013
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Aug 09, 2016 (North_America) PlayStation 4
- Aug 10, 2016 (Europe) PlayStation 4
- Aug 12, 2016 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Jul 24, 2018 (Worldwide) Xbox One
- Aug 14, 2019 (Worldwide) Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, SteamVR
- Nov 10, 2020 (Worldwide) Xbox Series X|S
- Nov 12, 2020 (Worldwide) PlayStation 5
- Feb 22, 2023 (Worldwide) PlayStation VR2
- Jun 01, 2023 (Worldwide) Mac
- Jun 05, 2025 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch 2
Also available on
- No Man's Sky: Nintendo Switch Edition (2022) · NSW
Related
DLC
- No Man's Sky: Starborn Phoenix Ship (Dec 2024) · MAC, PC
Updates
- No Man's Sky: Foundation (Nov 2016) · PC, PS4
- No Man's Sky: Pathfinder (Mar 2017) · PC, PS4
- No Man's Sky: Atlas Rises (Aug 2017) · PC, PS4
- No Man's Sky: Next (Jul 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Abyss (Oct 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Visions (Nov 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Foundation (Nov 2016) · PC, PS4
- No Man's Sky: Pathfinder (Mar 2017) · PC, PS4
- No Man's Sky: Atlas Rises (Aug 2017) · PC, PS4
- No Man's Sky: Next (Jul 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Abyss (Oct 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Visions (Nov 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Beyond (Aug 2019) · PC, PS4, PSVR, Steam VR, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Synthesis (Nov 2019) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Living Ship (Feb 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Exo Mech (Apr 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Desolation (Jul 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Origins (Sep 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Next Generation (Nov 2020) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Companions (Feb 2021) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Prisms (Jun 2021) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Frontiers (Sep 2021) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Sentinel (Feb 2022) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Expeditions (Mar 2022) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Outlaws (Apr 2022) · PC, PS4, XONE
- No Man's Sky: Endurance (Jul 2022) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Waypoint (Oct 2022) · NSW, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Fractal (Feb 2023) · NSW, Oculus Rift, PC, PS4, PS5, PSVR, PSVR2, Steam VR, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Interceptor (Apr 2023) · NSW, Oculus Rift, PC, PS4, PS5, PSVR, PSVR2, Steam VR, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Singularity (Jun 2023) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Echoes (Aug 2023) · MAC, NSW, Oculus VR, PC, PS4, PS5, PSVR2, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Omega (Feb 2024) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Orbital (Mar 2024) · MAC, NSW, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Worlds Part I (Jul 2024) · MAC, PC
- No Man's Sky: Aquarius (Sep 2024) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Worlds Part II (Jan 2025) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Relics (Mar 2025) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Beacon (Jun 2025) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Voyagers (Aug 2025) · PC
- No Man's Sky: Remnant (Feb 2026) · MAC, NSW, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: Xeno Arena (Apr 2026) · MAC, NSW, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- No Man's Sky: The Swarm (May 2026) · MAC, NSW, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
188
4 stars
546
3 stars
647
2 stars
364
1 star
140
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status ArthasFordragon Sep 7, 2024
What an awesome Saturday it is already. Started the morning with WoW The War Within, now time for a little No Man's Sky, and Days Gone and Game of Thrones this afternoon. Happy Saturday gaming to all and may your games be righteous!
No Man's Sky is absolutely gorgeous to look at. WOW! Something tells me this is going to …
What an awesome Saturday it is already. Started the morning with WoW The War Within, now time for a little No Man's Sky, and Days Gone and Game of Thrones this afternoon. Happy Saturday gaming to all and may your games be righteous!
No Man's Sky is absolutely gorgeous to look at. WOW! Something tells me this is going to be the ultimate space game (not Starfield). These planets are a visual feast.
Status BMO Sep 5, 2024
Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
Status ArthasFordragon Sep 5, 2024
Time to start this for the first time. Was a nice sale on Steam recently and I saw that it is a much better game now than it was on launch. I can support a dev who helps their game grow with constant updates, and the desire to make it the best game it can be.
Can't wait to start …
Time to start this for the first time. Was a nice sale on Steam recently and I saw that it is a much better game now than it was on launch. I can support a dev who helps their game grow with constant updates, and the desire to make it the best game it can be.
Can't wait to start it now!
Status Theorangecat Sep 24, 2023
Even with VR, I just can't seem to get into this game. You can patch a game a lot, but you can't patch in imagination.
Status Donut_Master_Gamer Sep 7, 2023
Everyone is playing Starfield while Im just here installing a poorman's Starfield.
Status LazyVirtualVoid Aug 25, 2023
This update seems to be really packed. From a deep overhaul of the space combat system to the addition of a whole new civilization and storyline. The full patch notes here.
Status Lyrical_Sadness Mar 16, 2023
I love the fact that this game showed why second chances are necessary. Love it or hate it this game´s redemption is like seeing Batman return after Bane breaking his spine. Don´t be afraid to give it a try, I guarantee you'll have a good time playing it owo.
Status El_Diegote Oct 10, 2022
Saw that it got ported to the Switch, went to check the reviews here and read mostly horrible ones. Still went for it, hopefully a decision I won't regret?
Status kingbk83 Jun 23, 2022
The release date for the Switch version was announced today.
I'll probably pick it up just out of sheer curiosity of the magic it will take to pack a big title like this onto the Switch.
Witcher 3 and DOOM/DOOM Eternal were all amazing on the Switch, so hopefully this will be like that.
Status Kory Jun 13, 2022
Finished up the platinum trophy for this tonight and I don't think I'll be reviewing it. It's such a big game and I feel like I've explored so little of the systems the game has to offer.
I will say that I don't know of another game that made time disappear like this one. I've played lots of games and …
Finished up the platinum trophy for this tonight and I don't think I'll be reviewing it. It's such a big game and I feel like I've explored so little of the systems the game has to offer.
I will say that I don't know of another game that made time disappear like this one. I've played lots of games and gone to bed way later than intended because of a "just one more" kind of itch, but with this game it was just gone. Look at my phone, it's 11pm. Look again what feels like an hour later and its 3 in the morning.
I'd like to not touch it for a week or so and see if upon reflection I feel like I actually enjoyed my time or if it's just quicksand that's particularly effective on me. Either way I don't think I'll return, for similar reasons I avoid MMOs. It's an effectively endless games and I have too many games I want to play to play an endless game.