Summary
- No Man's Sky is far from finished despite, with ongoing development confirmed by the team.
- Eight years post-launch, the game still receives massive updates like the recent Worlds Part One overhaul.
- Large content updates like Worlds Part One have brought significant improvements to the game based on fan feedback.
In response to No Man's Sky's recent review milestone on Steam, Martin Griffiths, an Engine Programmer at Hello Games, further confirms that the game's journey is still nowhere near its end. The No Man's Sky developer shared a little bit of their own personal story with the team at Hello Games in a post on their personal Twitter account, and while studio founder Sean Murray has made it clear in the past that No Man's Sky's development is still going strong, similar sentiments shared by many of the other minds behind the game makes it clear that the small indie team is still as ambitious as ever about the future.
Even though more than eight years have passed since No Man's Sky's initial launch, the game continues to receive huge content updates at no extra cost to players. As new patches continue to arrive on a regular basis, No Man's Sky has grown far beyond what the small team behind it had originally envisioned. With the game receiving a fully fleshed-out multiplayer aspect in 2018, which was built on significantly just a year later, multiplayer became an increasingly popular way for players to interact with the game, transforming the vast universe of No Man's Sky from a lonely one to a place where hundreds of players could collaborate and make parts of the galaxy their home.
No Man's Sky Finally Reaches 'Very Positive' on Steam After Eight Years
Shrugging off the disappointment of an underwhelming launch eight years ago, No Man’s Sky finally has 'Very Positive' overall reviews on Steam.
With No Man's Sky receiving consistent support over the past eight years, many fans have begun to worry that active development on the game may be nearing its end, especially after the reveal of Light No Fire, Hello Games' next major project. Thankfully, a recent tweet from No Man's Sky developer Martin Griffiths confirms that players have no need for concern, stating that the team behind the procedurally generated space exploration game isn't "even close to being finished yet," even despite the massive amount of content added over the years. Reaching "very positive" overall reviews on Steam is a milestone that the team behind No Man's Sky has been working toward for years, only recently achieving it after No Man's Sky's recent Worlds Part One update.
Even After The Reveal of Light No Fire, No Man's Sky is Far From Finished
This major update for No Man's Sky is considered to be one of the most significant the game has ever had, bringing a near-total overhaul to planetary generation and exploration value across the universe. These have long been some of the most popular feature requests among the community, and the team at Hello Games has alluded to a second part of the Worlds update arriving in the not-so-distant future as well.
Whether this next batch of content will arrive before the end of 2024 is entirely unknown, but whatever the case, fans of No Man's Sky have plenty to chew on before the year is done. All five of the game's expeditions introduced throughout this year are being made available again for a limited time over the next few months, giving players the chance to earn some unique rewards that they may have missed out on before.
No Man's Sky
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 71 /100 Critics Rec: 36%
- Released
- August 9, 2016
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood
- Developer(s)
- Hello Games
- Publisher(s)
- Hello Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man's Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe's mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
- Engine
- Proprietary
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
- 150 hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- Supported VR Headsets
- Sony PlayStation VR, Sony PlayStation VR2, Valve Index, HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive Pro 2, HTC VIVE Cosmos, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
