Summary
- No Man's Sky is now available on the Nintendo Switch 2 but has significant multiplayer bugs at launch.
- These Switch 2-specific bugs are preventing some players from using multiplayer at all.
- Players can likely expect a quick fix for the issues on Switch 2.
Fans can now enjoy No Man's Sky on the Nintendo Switch 2 system, and while the port does accommodate the game's full multiplayer functionality, it appears to be completely bugged at launch. The latest new port of No Man's Sky was released recently on the day of the Switch 2's official launch alongside a new content update for all players, which overhauls planetary settlements, adds some neat quality-of-life options, and more.
No Man's Sky continues to thrive nearly nine whole years after the game's infamous launch in 2016, with some of the game's most popular and impactful updates coming over the past year or two. New content updates and limited-time community expedition events remain frequent and are completely free for existing players, despite the game's small developer team continuing work on their next major title, Light No Fire, which will introduce a whole new procedurally generated fantasy world for players to discover and survive in. No Man's Sky has also been pushed to several new platforms in recent years, including the Nintendo Switch system in 2022, with a Switch 2 version recently dropping that players can upgrade to at no additional cost.
No Man's Sky Releases New 'Beacon' Update for June 2025
The 'Beacon' update for No Man's Sky adds a ton of exciting features to settlement management, deepening gameplay for overseers.
Unlike the original Nintendo Switch version of No Man's Sky, the Nintendo Switch 2 port of the game comes complete with full multiplayer functionality - in theory, at least. While players can rest assured that a quick fix to the problem is likely well on the way, it appears that the game's multiplayer mode is totally bugged for most, if not all, players upon the port's release, with the game citing an error creating websockets and inability to connect to multiplayer services. Quite a few online posts discussing the issue have cropped up since the Switch 2 version of the game was released, with a post from kthehanson7 presenting the error message that may be quite familiar to some.
No Man's Sky Fans Likely Won't Have to Wait Long for a Fix to This Issue
While this issue may be disappointing considering that the Nintendo Switch 2 tends to be a particularly social platform to play on, the fact that No Man's Sky features multiplayer on the system marks a significant upgrade from the original Switch version of the game. The Switch 2 edition of No Man's Sky seems to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the game's other console versions in terms of graphical quality, performance, and content, featuring everything the game has to offer on other platforms - cross-save functionality included.
What's more, fans who have gotten their hands on a Nintendo Switch 2 can upgrade to this edition of the game for free, provided they already own the Switch version of the game. No Man's Sky recently received an expedient patch after its Switch 2 release, and while some of the game's bigger issues are still at large, Hello Games has built a solid track record of taking care of such issues quickly following new content updates.
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
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)
- 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
