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No Man's Sky
Developer Hello Games
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game developed and published by Hello Games. It was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 and Windows in August 2016, for Xbox One in July 2018, for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S consoles in November 2020, for Nintendo Switch in October 2022, for macOS in June 2023, and Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025. The game is built around four pillars:… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
345 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
230 positive · 29 negative
95% range 84–92%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
360,209 of 422,368 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Overwhelmingly positive, praising the game's redemption and free updates.
Players overwhelmingly praise No Man's Sky for its remarkable redemption arc, with many noting the game's disastrous launch and subsequent years of free, substantial updates. One player calls it "the best comeback story in gaming history" and another says "Might be the greatest redemption arc in the history of games." [3][12]
Many highlight the lack of microtransactions and paid DLC as a major positive, with one player noting No DLCs... No microtransactions and another stating "there's no microtransactions and the updates have been free for the past 10 years." However, some criticize the game for shallow mechanics and a lack of depth, with one player saying it is "wide as an ocean but ultimately as deep as a puddle" and another noting "every old and new mechanic is simple and lacks progression." [2][3][20][36]
Praised Redemption arc · Free updates · No microtransactions · Exploration freedom
Criticised Shallow mechanics · Lack of depth · Poor tutorial · Repetitive gameplay
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Reactions
60 of 345 · most liked firstI paid sixty dollars for No Man's Sky nine years ago and they refuse to stop making the video game. I've begged them to go home to their families but they won't stop adding new kinds of weird little guys and like, optimizing the gentle patter of rain on an alien ocean. Please let me pay for a DLC
unlabelledView post →My favorite game, BUT in 10 years, there's a lot of junk. I dream of an update that will clean things up, put everything in its place, and remove items from old quests that are unclear where and why they'll be needed in the future. Basically, I'm waiting for the 'Cleanliness and Order' update =)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ No DLCs + No early access + No 20$/€-100$/€ skins + No deluxe/ultimate edition + No pay to win + No microtransactions + No battle passes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No Man's Sky had the best comeback story in gaming history. They could have been like other devs and abandoned the game but they decided to improve on it since launch. Take notes, Star Citizen & Starfield, this is how it's done. There's no microtransactions and the updates have been free for the past 10 years. I wish more game devs were like Hello Games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dear Sean Murray, Many years ago in a reddit thread I predicted you would leave the game in its initial state and just do the "I'm sorry, pay more money" I was wrong. My cynicism surrounding NMS was put to rest by the amazing game you and your team have created and continued to cultivate. Thank you for the hundreds of hours of exploring, building, and just absolute fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game needs a better tutorial. If you can get pass that,... OMG what cant you do in this game. Want to get into gun fights...You can do that Want to dig into the terrain like minecraft...You can do that Want to customize a spaceship...You can do that Want to customize your character...You can do that Want to be a space pirate...You can do that Want to just explore...You can do that Want Base building...You can do that Want multiplayer...You can do that Want to command a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played... my son got old enough to sit with me and explore... then old enough to take the controller and go on his own adventures. Incredible game, we leave it on. Literally a lifetime worth of content. Get in the mix with a battle if youre feeling frisky, explore the deepest oceans, build the highest bases, or be lazy and look for lush systems with unique environments. I'm writing this on the 10th anniversary update as it downloads a ton of new (and always free!) content. Never wrote a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My brother passed suddenly in Feb 2025. I saw he had a very positive review on this game and I hadn't played it before. It has very quickly become one of my favorite games. I have been naming planets and systems after his gamer tags and character names he would pick. I wish we could have explored the stars together. One day we will be Travelers together.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NMS is a game that makes me wish Steam let you leave neutral reviews because for a certain person, this is an awesome game. Even I, someone who doesn't love it, still managed to get my money's worth out of it. It's very broad but every game system lacks depth and any form of endgame or extrinsic goal. It's a lot of systems that are fun-ish but lack reasons to engage with them. It looks ok. Exploration is fun for a little while. I did enjoy finding rare planets and wacky animals. My issue is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OK, I'm in my 50s and have always hated resource gathering games. I picked up No Man's Sky (NMS) on a sale because I've been looking for a new space game for a while. Oh man, was I shocked. It took me a little bit to get the hang of some of the mechanics, but this game is fantastic. Why? Have you ever played a game that was almost whatever you wanted it to be? Well, this is it. Want to follow the story line? Go ahead. Want to forget it and build bases? Corvettes? Be the admiral…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes! I wrote an article about how a quote from me shows up in the "No Man's Sky" video game, and how many times I had to kill myself to see it: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
unlabelledView post →Fun fact: "There’s a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so" shows up in the video game No Man's Sky, with attribution. I didn't know until the game came out and people told me.
unlabelledView post →I have love-hate relationship with this game. It is amazing sandbox experience where you can do anything, anywhere, at any time, however alot of mechanics and content feels not fully utilized. The potential is huge, but only a small part of it is used. I love the game, but it is full of bugs, unused potential, and content that is not worth doing. I love the sandbox experience, but nothing you do matters. You cant affect any planet, star system, or galaxy in any way. Everything…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I picked this up after watching the Artemis II mission to the Moon. Safe to say, this game is miles better than it was at launch. Amaze. Amaze. Amaze. 🚀
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nms is one of the few games I actually enjoy in my downtime. its a genuinely cozy, slow‑paced space sandbox. the controls are a bit funky but easy enough for casual players, so we can jump in, build bases, upgrade ships and exocrafts, and automate resources without any rush. it isn’t completely bug‑free, but it’s stable enough for relaxed play. free, regular updates keep the content fresh, making it a solid, low‑stress way for us to unwind together. finally a game i can force my fiancee to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →With a very heavy heart I have to leave a negative review for this game. The game showed so much potential, it definitely has a SOUL, and the creators have a really good eye for details, and it is not a bad game by any means. However, so many core mechanics are flawed that it makes me cry in real life. I really looked forward to playing this game together with my husband, but that experience turned into a catastrophic failure. Base Building: You cannot build a base together because the base…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly for all of the years of development and work, the game is still boring. Tons of updates brought a lot of new and different things to do, but every old and new mechanic is simple and lacks progression. The worst part is that with the size of the galaxy - your experience, except visually, does not change. If you fought sentinels on this planet it will be same experience 100 star systems away. Same old few missions, same old buildings on different edges of a galaxy. It's dull in it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →18 quintillion planets and every animal on them makes the same sound. Every space station is the same Every NPC is the same-- and basically only 3 races. (And every single one of them only has a single voice) Not a single personality in the entire game Item management is a nightmare, but most aspects of the game are item-related. An incredibly massive game that's just.. full of the same 50 things. Some of the design ideas are really cool, the atmosphere and vibe is neat, but lacks all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is "you can do anything" but "there's no reason to." There isn't, really. Farming, crafting, upgrading, exocrafts, none of that matters at all. Can you do it? Sure. Is it cool that you can do it? Sure. Is there a reason to? No. And that's the issue. In Valheim, you HAVE to cook. It's a MUST. If you don't cook, your health and stamina will never be enough. That's a system integrated into the whole structure of the game. No Man's Sky? No system is integrated whatsoever. Can you have a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Might be the worst launch in the history of games. 10 years later 40 major updates zero paid DLC zero micro transactions Might be the greatest redemption arc in the history of games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best Ongoing Game goes to No Man's Sky
unlabelledView post →I keep trying to like this game. I'm awestruck by the commitment of the developers just pouring additional content into it. But it just doesn't work for me. There's something utterly depressing clinging to it and no matter how many new things get added, nothing counts for anything. Some games suffer from FOMO, but this is a more existential fear: fear that nothing makes any difference. All language is word replacement, all ship building is cosmetic. There are aesthetically interesting planets,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really tried to like this game, but it still feels unfinished to me. The game starts very strong. When everything is new, the early hours are genuinely fun. Exploring your first planets, upgrading your gear, and improving your ship creates a great sense of progression. I especially like the crafting, resource gathering, and upgrade systems. Unfortunately, the sense of discovery fades quickly. After exploring for a while, you start to notice that many planets feel very similar. The game may…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clowned on NMS in 2016 Bowed down to it in 2025 Hello Games showed us what happens when Developers listen, learn, and keep in touch with their community.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After over 500 hours, countless expeditions and many extensive updates, I can wholeheartedly recommend this game. I'm excited to see what the future holds and nominate No Man's Sky in the "Work of Love" category.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You guys! Two nominations at the Golden Joysticks, for two different games of ours 😍 No Man's Sky is up for Best Game Expansion Light No Fire is up for Most Wanted Game Vote now!!! 🥳 www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoysti...
unlabelledView post →Might be the worst launch in the history of games. 10 years later 40 major updates zero paid DLC zero micro transactions Might be the greatest redemption arc in the history of games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I regularly check subreddits for Highlight Reel and I knew that game was dead on arrival when, despite having an interesting crafting system and dynamic physics, the subreddit cratered into the ground. No Man's Sky regularly beats the living shit out of them at their own game, which is nutty.
unlabelledView post →was overhyped hot garbage when it 1st came out, NOW is one the best space/exploration games out there. the continuous improvement to the game and no pay walls is astounding. they have really made up for their mistakes and come along way. I wish more game companies learned from their mistakes like hello games did and does. Good Job Devs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Frustrating discovery system and repetitive gameplay I bought No Man’s Sky for my son, but he quit after a very short time. I tried it a few months later, and at first, it seemed like a nice game. However, the repetition quickly became obvious: planets, animals, minerals, atmosphere, weather—everything feels the same, over and over. What really frustrated me was losing track of a system I discovered at the start. I played offline, and when I went online, the system had been renamed by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For those with the wrong expectations, this game is essentially Minecraft in space. By that, I mean the game's ability to produce fun is dependent on your ability to make it fun. The endless ocean of stars and planets seems like it must be overflowing with possibility and wonder, but you soon find it is not. The storyline tries to be mysterious but fails to be entertaining or memorable at all, asking you to do the same thing over and over and over and over again. Star systems are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not what I expected at all. I normally don't like games with no real ending. I prefer progression, a clear goal, and knowing that eventually I will reach a final point and move on. Endless games usually lose me because after some time it starts feeling repetitive or directionless. But this game somehow hits differently. When I started, I thought it was just another space survival game: collect resources, build things, repeat. I wasn't expecting much. Then weird things…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is going off of the most recent Cosmos update, basically a new player since I never even kept playing past the tutorial until now (i.e. until the Anomaly). Conceptually, the game is great. Visually, it's pretty solid what with the different planets and orbital features and all that, pretty good variety of generation especially compared to launch. Seeing new ships is always fun and you are on the lookout for an upgrade. The problem is that this game is one of the most shallow…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's been a good year or two since I last played No Man's Sky but it's a huge comfort game for me and the new update looks v good Should I start from scratch or boot up my old save?
unlabelledView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No Man's Sky is a theme park. One of those really big ones with lots of things to do. Wide as an ocean but ultimately as deep as a puddle. No Man's Sky originally came out in a very barebones state, and has spent the last ten years giving out free content updates. This mean's there's a lot of toys to play with, from farming to fishing to building ships to intergalactic trade, but everything feels very underbaked. Sure you can go underwater, but the missions under the sea are the same as on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There might never be another game like No Man's Sky. 10 years of free updates that have completely reshaped the game sixteen times over. It'll forever be a testament to what it means to not give up on your vision just because you haven't figured out all the moving parts just yet. Nearly 1500 hours on Steam. Another 1000 on PS4/5, and 755 on Switch. It's safe the say, this game,, this community, this infinite worldscape of universe to explore never ceases to amaze me. I love you, No Man's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sure No Man's Sky has plenty of content, but I found it all pointless without any real challenge. Every planet feels essentially the same, just with different skins. All in all, I became too bored to continue fairly quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed "Elite" and "Frontier" on Commodore64 and Amiga back when i was a kid, so No Man's Sky is right up my alley - easily one of the best gaming experinces i've had over the last 40+ years 👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game needs a better tutorial. If you can get pass that,... OMG what cant you do in this game. Want to get into gun fights...You can do that Want to dig into the terrain like minecraft...You can do that Want to customize a spaceship...You can do that Want to customize your character...You can do that Want to be a space pirate...You can do that Want to just explore...You can do that Want Base building...You can do that Want multiplayer...You can do that Want to command a armada...You can do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game a long time ago when it first came out, and I refunded it. Now I've bought it again as I appreciate that the developers didn't just abandon the game and keep updating it regularly. That being said, and I know that this is an unpopular opinion... The game feels very empty. Half of the time you're running around getting resources to recharge your devices. The other half is spent doing quests which quite honestly feel exactly the same. Land here, scan surroundings, retrieve…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m so glad I finally woke this game up. I bought it a while ago, played a tiny bit, and honestly let it sleep in my library because the initial grind felt kinda boring. But after finally pushing past that slow start, I’ve put 50 hours into it, and I’m completely hooked. Once you get your starter ship off that first planet, the universe completely changes. Nothing beats the feeling of finally owning your first Corvette-class capital ship. Going from a tiny cockpit to commanding a massive mobile…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to love No Man’s Sky. I’ve seen all the updates, the crazy amount of work Hello Games has put in, and I have to say — they’ve done an incredible job turning this game into something special. The worlds are beautiful, the freedom is unmatched, and there’s so much to explore and discover. But for some reason, it just doesn’t click for me. I’ve tried to get into it a few times, and while I can see why people love it, I just can’t seem to connect with it the way I thought I would.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since Sean won't let us pay for DLC, I have had to resort to buying copies of the game for friends. I got this at launch, enjoyed it but it left a lot to be desired based on what was previewed at launch. The transformation this game has undergone over the years, all for free, to create the vision that was initially set out on and make right on its promises, earns this game and developer as many positive reviews as it can receive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No Man's Sky goes full-on Pokémon in new creature-battling update - "This is an entire multiplayer game all of its own" www.eurogamer.net/no-mans-sky-...
unlabelledView post →Not that long ago a guy came on the show and told Joe Rogan that multiverse theory is real because there's a game called No Man's Sky, end of argument, and Joe was completely convinced
unlabelledView post →10 years ago I was visiting Hello Games to learn about the development of a game called No Man's Sky.
unlabelledView post →~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ✅ Normal 🔲 Hard 🔲 Dark Souls ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics dont matter in this game ✅ Good 🔲 Beautiful ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good ✅ Eargasm ~ STORY ~ 🔲 This game has no story 🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story ✅ It's there for the people who want it 🔲 Well written 🔲 Epic story ~ PRICE ~ 🔲 Free 🔲 Underpriced ✅ Perfect Price 🔲 Could be cheaper 🔲 Overpriced 🔲 Complete waste of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can learn a lot from the No Man's Sky comparison because fundimentally that game knew what it wanted to be broadly and slowly build the trust of its audience back iteratively while Starfield insisted it knew and was wrong.
unlabelledView post →No Man's Sky is an ambitious, decently fun game about exploring over 18 quintillion semi-unique very large prodcedurally generated planets and doing other fun stuff in space like stealing money, smuggling, fighting, building, farming, hunting, and the like. It's a very wide and rather shallow game in that the gameplay loop gets a bit old if you do the same things (mine, craft, build, repeat) but there's actually a lot of cool misson-type content and the sheer scale of the game is genuinley…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No Man's Sky (2016): WORLDS PART II update This game continues to deliver joy with an umpteenth free update that "deepens the universe with new stars, new story, and new classes of planet - including gas giants, water worlds, and ruined civilisations."
unlabelledView post →No Man's Sky is a game with one of the biggest redemption stories in video game history. When it launched in 2016, it was a massive disappointment. The game was far from what the developers promised, and it got heavily criticized. But Hello Games did not give up. They kept working on it, releasing regular and often huge updates completely for free. Over the years, they turned a project that was practically written off into one of the best space sandbox games ever made. It is a perfect example…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game got alot of updates since it's release and is pretty fun to play now. The only thing that lacks a bit is the Multiplayer aspect, I hope they will improve that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game, it always gives me a sense of awe and exploration. But that feeling dies very quickly when you realize how empty this world really is.... There's a lot to do in the game now compared to what you could do in the past, but the game still just trickles down to: - warp to new system - find and collect resources - maybe check the space station if you are still getting unlocks - build base/ship/upgrade there's side stuff to do, but generally, that's the loop. I never feel like i…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No Man's Sky is the most well supported game ever made
unlabelledView post →No Man's Sky Voyagers free update released with modular Corvette ships you build yourself #NoMansSky #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming
unlabelledView post →I now believe Hello Games will bring us a superb fantasy game with their upcoming 'Light No Fire'. Seeing what they did to give us this amazing NMS game. Yes it took many years and yes they did underperform at the start, but they fully redeemed themselves and then some. At the moment it's one of the most beautiful games and the freedom you get is nearly infinite. I believe that's one of its major powers. Do and go wher eyou will, just enjoy and have that feeling of awe, just like when we were…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a gamer this Game has not follow the trend of making you Pay for DLC which is huge I would buy merch from this company and more. They have treated the Fan base to the extreme with all these updates requiring Zero PAYMENT. While the launch of the game is Messy I love Hello Game You have cooked for so long to fix the game I cannot recommend enough with the new update. God this game is so fun Please hello games Keep COOKING. I forgot to add but its has been TEN years of free DLC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And now get over here and sing with me this own version of a remix of a song you may or may not know. Alright, and one, and two, and one, two, three, four: "I'm gonna send me to outta space, to grind another base I'm gonna send me to outta space, to mine another place ... It’s a game from another dimension It’s a game from another dimension It’s a game from another dimension Play those extensions" Sorry, couldn’t resist. Okay but seriously now, let’s start with a few questions. Is it maybe…
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