No Man's Sky (original) (raw)
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Platforms
- Mac
- Meta Quest
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PC
- PlayStation VR2
- PS4
- PS5
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X/S
Initial release Aug. 9, 2016
Developers
- Hello Games
Genres
- Action Adventure
- Arcade
- Indie
- RPG
- Simulation
Publishers
- 505 Games
- Hello Games
No Man's Sky Spotlight
Review: With Atlas Rises, it's worth returning to No Man's Sky
The universe on its shoulders
John Walker
8 years ago
51
Helldivers 2-esque war against a giant evil robo-eye beckons in No Man's Sky's The Swarm update, invading the galaxy right now
Sprawling ship battles against a drone army await
Mark Warren
2 weeks ago
6
The best games like Minecraft from the past ten years
A plethora of games to scratch that same Minecraft itch
Ollie Toms
4 years ago
The best space games on PC
Make your milky way over to the best space games on the planet
Katharine Castle
2 weeks ago
106
No Man's Sky Feed
News
Helldivers 2-esque war against a giant evil robo-eye beckons in No Man's Sky's The Swarm update, invading the galaxy right now
Sprawling ship battles against a drone army await
May 27, 2026 Mark Warren
Feature
The best space games on PC
Make your milky way over to the best space games on the planet
May 22, 2026 Katharine Castle
News
Pokemon battles with space cows, dinosaurs and gaseous blobs are the premise of No Man's Sky's latest update, dubbed Xeno Arena
Insert carefully-worded joke about that Palworld lawsuit here
April 8, 2026 Mark Warren
Feature
The best survival games on PC
A list of the best survival games crafted from: 6000 words, 1x Tired Person, and a 1x Thocky Keyboard
March 23, 2026 Ed Thorn
News
No Man's Sky's latest update is all about rubbish-flinging spacetrashpeople with gravity guns and interstellar trucks
Report for planetary cleanup duty
Feb. 11, 2026 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky adds ship wreck salvaging for new bits to stick on your own craft with the Breach update
Get your zero-g coat, it's time for a space walk
Oct. 22, 2025 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky's Voyagers update adds in big custom ships crewed by you and your mates
I give it five parsecs before someone's accidentally flushed out of an airlock
Aug. 27, 2025 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky's latest big update that is somehow also free will let you become a mayor, of all things
There's some new robot friends to hang out with too
June 5, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke
News
No Man's Sky has a Mass Effect Normandy again, together with new cross-save functionality
"Nor Mandy Sky" was an ace strap last time so I'm using it again
Nov. 7, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
News
No Man's Sky's Aquarius update lets you go fishing across the galaxy
Shoop doop doop ahh
Sept. 4, 2024 Graham Smith
News
No Man’s Sky Adrift update leaves you completely alone in its universe, except for sandworms and ghost ships
No shops or shortcuts means it’ll be a new survival challenge too
May 29, 2024 Matt Jarvis
News
No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul
Hello Games simply will not stop giving us more No Mans Sky
March 27, 2024 Nic Reuben
News
No Man's Sky Omega update takes aim at new and lapsed players with free weekend and pirate dreadnought
New planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more
Feb. 15, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
News
No Man's Sky studio Hello Games unveil Light No Fire, a fantasy survival game set on a single, huge planet
Kingfishers! Skeletons! Orbs!
Dec. 8, 2023 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Podcast
The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 33: post-launch second chances ft. Payday 3 and Cyberpunk 2077
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again.
Oct. 5, 2023 Alice Bell
News
No Man’s Sky is seeing its biggest month in years amid Starfield’s success
And in the wake of last month's major Echoes update
Sept. 13, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News
No Man's Sky's Echoes update is out, with new robots, quests and revised space combat
Includes trench runs
Aug. 24, 2023 Graham Smith
News
No Man's Sky is seven years old and its next update is called Echoes
Hello hello hello games
Aug. 19, 2023 Graham Smith
Feature
These are your 25 favourite space games of all time
As voted for by the RPS readership
June 2, 2023 Katharine Castle
Feature
These are your 25 favourite survival games of all time
As voted for by the RPS readership
March 31, 2023 Katharine Castle
News
No Man's Sky' 4.1 Fractal Update adds an Expedition and accessibility options
Plus a VR overhaul
Feb. 22, 2023 Kaan Serin
News
No Man's Sky player makes a free base-building app inspired by Townscaper
Erect your own giant Christmas tree on a distant world
Nov. 24, 2022 CJ Wheeler
News
No Man's Sky is re-running all of this year's Expeditions
Starting this week on November 24th
Nov. 22, 2022 Graham Smith
News
No Man's Sky focuses on customising and accessibility in its relaxed Waypoint 4.0 update
The game now supports FSR 2
Oct. 7, 2022 CJ Wheeler
News
No Man’s Sky’s hefty Endurance update is just the dose of Star Trek I’ve wanted
The 3.94 update reworks capital ships and adds specialist NPC crew
July 20, 2022 CJ Wheeler
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News
Helldivers 2-esque war against a giant evil robo-eye beckons in No Man's Sky's The Swarm update, invading the galaxy right now
Sprawling ship battles against a drone army await
May 27, 2026 Mark Warren
News
Pokemon battles with space cows, dinosaurs and gaseous blobs are the premise of No Man's Sky's latest update, dubbed Xeno Arena
Insert carefully-worded joke about that Palworld lawsuit here
April 8, 2026 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky's latest update is all about rubbish-flinging spacetrashpeople with gravity guns and interstellar trucks
Report for planetary cleanup duty
Feb. 11, 2026 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky adds ship wreck salvaging for new bits to stick on your own craft with the Breach update
Get your zero-g coat, it's time for a space walk
Oct. 22, 2025 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky's Voyagers update adds in big custom ships crewed by you and your mates
I give it five parsecs before someone's accidentally flushed out of an airlock
Aug. 27, 2025 Mark Warren
News
No Man's Sky's latest big update that is somehow also free will let you become a mayor, of all things
There's some new robot friends to hang out with too
June 5, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke
News
No Man's Sky has a Mass Effect Normandy again, together with new cross-save functionality
"Nor Mandy Sky" was an ace strap last time so I'm using it again
Nov. 7, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
News
No Man's Sky's Aquarius update lets you go fishing across the galaxy
Shoop doop doop ahh
Sept. 4, 2024 Graham Smith
News
No Man’s Sky Adrift update leaves you completely alone in its universe, except for sandworms and ghost ships
No shops or shortcuts means it’ll be a new survival challenge too
May 29, 2024 Matt Jarvis
News
No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul
Hello Games simply will not stop giving us more No Mans Sky
March 27, 2024 Nic Reuben
News
No Man's Sky Omega update takes aim at new and lapsed players with free weekend and pirate dreadnought
New planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more
Feb. 15, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
News
No Man's Sky studio Hello Games unveil Light No Fire, a fantasy survival game set on a single, huge planet
Kingfishers! Skeletons! Orbs!
Dec. 8, 2023 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
News
No Man’s Sky is seeing its biggest month in years amid Starfield’s success
And in the wake of last month's major Echoes update
Sept. 13, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News
No Man's Sky's Echoes update is out, with new robots, quests and revised space combat
Includes trench runs
Aug. 24, 2023 Graham Smith
News
No Man's Sky is seven years old and its next update is called Echoes
Hello hello hello games
Aug. 19, 2023 Graham Smith
News
No Man's Sky' 4.1 Fractal Update adds an Expedition and accessibility options
Plus a VR overhaul
Feb. 22, 2023 Kaan Serin
News
No Man's Sky player makes a free base-building app inspired by Townscaper
Erect your own giant Christmas tree on a distant world
Nov. 24, 2022 CJ Wheeler
News
No Man's Sky is re-running all of this year's Expeditions
Starting this week on November 24th
Nov. 22, 2022 Graham Smith
News
No Man's Sky focuses on customising and accessibility in its relaxed Waypoint 4.0 update
The game now supports FSR 2
Oct. 7, 2022 CJ Wheeler
News
No Man’s Sky’s hefty Endurance update is just the dose of Star Trek I’ve wanted
The 3.94 update reworks capital ships and adds specialist NPC crew
July 20, 2022 CJ Wheeler
News
No Man's Sky players have created an in-game cryptocurrency that works because it has no value
Unlike regular crytpocurrency, which has no value and doesn't work
July 1, 2022 Alice Bell
News
No Man’s Sky’s Leviathan update will trap you in a roguelike time loop
Call me space-Ishmael
May 26, 2022 CJ Wheeler
News
No Man's Sky Outlaws update lets you be spacepirates
You can recruit a squadron of NPC pilots now too
April 13, 2022 Alice O'Connor
News
No Man's Sky now lets you build your own new robot friends
Build a wee drone, or put an AI in your Minotaur mech!
Feb. 16, 2022 Alice O'Connor
News
No Man's Sky's new update lets you ride on flying worms
The worm has turned
Oct. 21, 2021 Graham Smith
Review
With Atlas Rises, it's worth returning to No Man's Sky
The universe on its shoulders
Aug. 24, 2017 John Walker
Review
Wot I Think: No Man's Sky
Carrying the weight of the universe on its shoulders
Aug. 15, 2016 John Walker
Review
No Man's Sky Impressions
The reality after two days of play
Aug. 11, 2016 John Walker
Guide
The best games like Minecraft from the past ten years
A plethora of games to scratch that same Minecraft itch
Dec. 6, 2021 Ollie Toms
Guide
No Man's Sky Beyond patch notes: VR, Multiplayer, Beyond update explained
Full No Man's Sky Beyond patch notes included!
Aug. 15, 2019 Ollie Toms
Guide
No Man’s Sky Guide: Top Hints And Tips For Survival
Thrive in your procedural galaxy
Aug. 23, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man’s Sky: How To Get To The Centre Of The Galaxy
And how to do it as quickly as possible
Aug. 23, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man’s Sky: Where To Find Technology & Adjacency Bonuses Explained
Building a better spaceship
Aug. 23, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky Resources: Elements And Crafting Items
Aug. 18, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky: How To Gather Resources Quickly
Get rich via plant picking
Aug. 18, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky: How To Make Money On The Galactic Market
Aug. 18, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky: How To Increase Your Ship & Exosuit Inventory Slots
Aug. 18, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky: How To Find Creatures Quickly
Aug. 18, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky: How To Make Warp Cells
Aug. 18, 2016 Richard Scott-Jones
Guide
No Man's Sky: What Is An Atlas Pass?
A ticket to ride
Aug. 15, 2016 John Walker
Feature
The best space games on PC
Make your milky way over to the best space games on the planet
May 22, 2026 Katharine Castle
Feature
The best survival games on PC
A list of the best survival games crafted from: 6000 words, 1x Tired Person, and a 1x Thocky Keyboard
March 23, 2026 Ed Thorn
Feature
These are your 25 favourite space games of all time
As voted for by the RPS readership
June 2, 2023 Katharine Castle
Feature
These are your 25 favourite survival games of all time
As voted for by the RPS readership
March 31, 2023 Katharine Castle
Feature
Nvidia DLAA: How it works, supported games and performance vs DLSS
AI-powered anti-aliasing for more powerful RTX graphics cards
June 27, 2022 James Archer
Feature
The 35 best ultrawide games on PC
The best games in the whole wide world
May 20, 2021 Katharine Castle
Feature
No Man’s Sky's Origins update is almost very nearly the game I want it to be
Nearly the game they said it would be
Oct. 1, 2020 John Walker
Feature
The 20 best VR games for PC
VR is here to stay
April 1, 2020 RPS
Feature
Steam Charts: Suspicious Mole Edition
The poisonous chalice
Oct. 14, 2019 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: Paternal Doubt Edition
The ITV Chart Show for the modern citizen
Sept. 2, 2019 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: Subdued Edition
A stitch in time breaks the timeline
Aug. 26, 2019 John Walker
Feature
Returning to No Man's Sky as a lapsed player is a piece of cake
Stay away from the Anomaly
Aug. 22, 2019 Philippa Warr
Feature
Steam Charts: Do As You're Told Edition
Do as the man says and everything will be OK
Aug. 19, 2019 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: Win A Free Car Edition!
Charts And Crafts
Aug. 12, 2019 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: rats, rage, rain, and rending
Against the dying of the charts
May 20, 2019 Alice O'Connor
Feature
Steam Charts: Entropy Edition
Refreshingly doom-ridden
April 1, 2019 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts - Blood From A Stone Edition
The games the cool kids bought this week
Dec. 17, 2018 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: Entirely Original Edition
Monstrous
Aug. 13, 2018 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: Life Changing Edition
Recharted territory
Aug. 6, 2018 John Walker
Feature
No Man's Sky's character customisation is surprisingly excellent
A tangible presence
Aug. 5, 2018 Jay Castello
Feature
Supporters only | No Man's Sky makes space look very pretty
Take that, Hubble
Aug. 3, 2018 John Walker
Feature
Steam Charts: There Are Consequences Edition
It's no one's fault but your own
July 30, 2018 John Walker
Feature
No Man's Sky's new beginning has become worryingly inaccessible
A third chance at first impressions
July 26, 2018 John Walker
Feature
What does multiplayer mean for No Man’s Sky’s spectral civilisations?
Everyman's sky?
June 29, 2018 Natalie Clayton
Feature
Has No Man's Sky been improved by its updates?
Update Night
Feb. 21, 2018 Rich McCormick
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