

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. 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.
ShooterSimulatorAdventureIndieArcadeActionScience fictionSurvivalSandboxOpen worldaliensspace simulationspace combatexplorationcraftingupgradable weaponsprocedural generationvoxelXbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows)
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- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One
- Developer
- Hello Games
- Publisher
- 505 Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hello Games
- Released
- August 9, 2016
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
- Engine
- Custom built engine
- Time to beat
- 31 h rushed · 77 h main story · 99 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.3/10 from 671 ratings.
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