- Released
Aug 9, 2016
3,739 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PS4
- +6
Release dates
North America dates- Jun 5, 2025517 days ago
- Switch 2
- Jun 1, 20231,252 days ago
- Mac
- Feb 22, 20231,351 days ago
- PS VR2
- Nov 12, 20202,183 days ago
- PS5
- Nov 10, 20202,185 days ago
- Xbox Series X|S
- Aug 14, 20192,639 days ago
- SteamVR
- Oculus Rift
- PS VR
- Jul 24, 20183,025 days ago
- Xbox One
- Aug 12, 20163,736 days ago
- PC
- Aug 9, 20163,739 days ago
- PS4
About
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.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 529 players- Main story
- 32 h
- Main + extras
- 77 h
- Completionist
- 156 h
Game info
- Released
- 2016 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
- Perspective
- First person · Third person · Virtual Reality
- Engine
- Custom built engine
- Multiplayer
- Online up to 32Online co-op 32Campaign co-op, Online co-op, Drop-in / drop-out
Editions, DLC & expansions
Other versions
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTAnimated Blood, Fantasy Violence
- PEGI12No content descriptors
- CEROBViolence
- USK6No content descriptors
- GRAC12+Violence
- CLASS IND10Violência (Violence)
- ACBPGNo content descriptors
Languages
16 languagesChinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, English (UK), French and 10 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified)简体中文 | – | ||
| Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文 | – | ||
| DutchNederlands | – | ||
| EnglishEnglish (US) | – | ||
| English (UK) | – | ||
| FrenchFrançais | – | ||
| GermanDeutsch | – | ||
| ItalianItaliano | – | ||
| Japanese日本語 | – | ||
| Korean한국어 | – | ||
| PolishPolski | – | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | – | ||
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | – | ||
| RussianРусский | – | ||
| Spanish (Mexico)Español (Mexico) | – | ||
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Open world
- Sandbox
- Science fiction
- Survival
- achievements
- action-adventure
- alien languages
- aliens
- ancient advanced civilization technology
- color separation
- controversy
- crafting
- day/night cycle
- digital distribution
- diplomacy
- exploration
26 more tags
- falling damage
- famous quotes
- fuel management
- game developers choice awards 2017
- invented language
- inventory management
- licensed soundtrack
- melee
- mining
- original soundtrack release
- procedural generation
- space combat
- space exploration
- spaceship
- space simulation
- space travel
- sprinting mechanics
- steam
- steam achievements
- the game awards 2014
- the game awards - world premiere
- upgradable equipment
- upgradable weapons
- useable vehicles
- voxel
- vr experience
Story & names
A Traveller wakes on a remote planet with amnesia and must repair their crashed starship. Compelled by an unknown force to reach the centre of the galaxy, the Traveller encounters three alien species and discovers a space anomaly housing two beings, Nada and Polo, who speak of a strange entity at the galaxy's core. Along the way, the Traveller receives transmissions from another lost Traveller named Artemis, investigates their fate, and ultimately comes face to face with the Atlas, a cosmic being managing a simulated universe. The Traveller must choose whether to reset the simulation or reject the Atlas and continue exploring freely.
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Also known as
- 노 맨즈 스카이Korean title
- NMS.exeWindows Executable
Release dates by region
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.