Summary
- No Man's Sky players want a Ghibli-style mod for unique visuals, sparking excitement and creativity in the community.
- Despite technical challenges, players discuss using current tools and filters to achieve a Ghibli-inspired look in the game.
- No Man's Sky continues to evolve with updates, adding new features and exciting content for players to explore and enjoy.
Some No Man's Sky players are calling for a shader or mod to add outlines to the game. It all started with one player who thinks a Ghibli-style look would really boost No Man's Sky’s visuals.
No Man's Sky has come a long way since its launch, thanks to tons of updates shaped by player feedback. Developed by Hello Games, it began as a procedurally generated universe with endless exploration, but didn’t have much depth at first. Over time, the game has improved with free updates, adding features like multiplayer, base-building, and underwater exploration. Now, No Man's Sky is seen as a great example of a game that turned things around and far exceeded its original promises.
Recently, a player known as Cirelectric sparked excitement with a request for a mod that would give No Man's Sky a Ghibli-style look. They shared their idea on Reddit, suggesting that the whimsical and serene style of Studio Ghibli could make the game's graphics even better. Cirelectric even posted a concept image showing how Studio Ghibli's hand-drawn style could fit into No Man's Sky's sci-fi world. The image featured a spacecraft with the warm, charming feel typical of Ghibli films. Cirelectric thinks that a shader or mod like this could give No Man's Sky a unique visual appeal.
No Man's Sky Player's Request for a Ghibli-Style Mod
While many players like the idea, there are concerns about the technical challenges. Creating a look similar to the one featured in Studio Ghibli films in No Man's Sky, which is a huge and complex game, would require a lot of development effort. Some point out that while games like Borderlands have a cool stylized look, doing this in a procedurally generated universe is much harder. Others joked that the mod could be so demanding that it might even overheat some computers.
Despite these challenges, the idea has led to talks about how current tools and filters might help achieve this effect. Some players suggested using Nvidia filters for vibrant colors and outlines, while others recalled older games and mods like the Dragonball 3D fighting mod for the Half-Life engine as examples of how creative tweaks can really change a game's visuals.
No Man’s Sky keeps changing and improving. The latest update added interesting weather effects like ash storms and heavy snow, plus new insects and tougher environments. The idea of a Ghibli-inspired mod shows how excited the community is to keep pushing the game’s limits.
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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





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
- 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
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)