A creative No Man's Sky player has done their part in extending the reach of iconic restaurant franchise Pizza Hut into the cosmos by building a branch of the restaurant in the game to use as a base. No Man's Sky allows players to build customized home bases using a variety of parts and place them on or above one of the nearly infinite number of procedurally generated planets in the in-game universe.
No Man's Sky is approaching nearly a decade in operation, and the game has come a long way since its launch. After its release in 2016, the game was lambasted by many players for allegedly failing to include features that were hyped up before launch. Over the course of dozens of post-release updates, both major and minor, developer Hello Games has improved No Man's Sky, meeting those early promises and going far beyond, giving players tools to establish themselves and share their creations in one of the largest open-world games ever. And over the years, the fan community has responded, turning No Man's Sky's universe into a uniquely creative multiplayer RPG, sharing unique discoveries and showing off new base projects.
No Man's Sky's Viral Space Station Build is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
As players continue to push the boundaries of what creations and bases can be built, No Man's Sky's future is even more promising.
While many players have used the in-game base-building tools to erect fantastic-looking restaurants in No Man's Sky, player johnwilliams713 on Reddit opted to build their base in the style of none other than Pizza Hut. They shared images of their stunning recreation of the iconic pizza place, located on the planet of Effigy IV in the Euclid Galaxy, with the community. The most notable aspect of their Pizza Hut base is its replication of the restaurant's instantly recognizable hat-like roof silhouette. The silhouette has proved so distinctive that the Pizza Hut company itself uses the shape as a major element of its corporate logo.
No Man's Sky Player Expands Universal Fast Food Empire With In-Game Pizza Hut Base
In their recreation of Pizza Hut using No Man's Sky's in-game resources, johnwilliams713 followed the rough layout of a classic-era Pizza Hut restaurant, even including a pizza and salad bar-style buffet line, a feature not included in every real-life location. The branch also contained a working kitchen, and a game area stocked with replicas of arcade machines like Dance Dance Revolution, air hockey, and a driving cabinet in the vein of Outrun. The Pizza Hut is the latest in a series of No Man's Sky restaurants by johnwilliams713. On the same planet, they also recreated a Waffle House branch as well as a version of Texas-based convenience store chain Buc-ee's.
Players roundly praised johnwilliams713's work, suggesting that the recreation is good enough to function as an officially commissioned Pizza Hut crossover. The Pizza Hut company itself is no stranger to promotions involving games and other pop-culture brands, though official crossovers tend to happen outside the United States, such as with the Pizza Hut and Genshin Impact co-promotion. Whatever the case, it looks like Effigy IV could be a hub world of sorts for a budding fast food empire.
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
- PC Release Date
- August 12, 2016
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 10, 2020
- PS5 Release Date
- November 19, 2020
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
- October 7, 2022
- Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
- June 5, 2025
- 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
