No Man's Sky
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No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

DEV: Hello GamesPUB: Hello GamesAppID 275850
UPDATE PULSEevery ~1d·last 125d ago·11 recent on record

Is No Man's Sky still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

87.7
Strong

Elixir Rating

85.2% of 420,994 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 85.1. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, but the developers were last heard 2 months ago — adding 2.6.

reception 85.1·support +2.6·Strong

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$59.99

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

2 months ago

Usual rhythm

every ~55 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 55 days and were last heard 2 months ago — within their normal range. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, though the developers have posted 3 times.

Two years of development

■ substantial ■ routine

Oct2025AprJulOct2026AprJul

12 announcements · 0 substantial · 14 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Gamemag.ruAug 13, 2026
Light No Fire от авторов No Man’s Sky будет крайне амбициозной игрой, но поклонников просят запастись терпением

Кооперативная приключенческая игра Light No Fire от создателей No Man’s Sky давно не появлялась в новостях, но работа над ней по-прежнему активно ведётся. Студия Hello Games просто не хочет преждевременно раскрывать все карты и предпочитает…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunAug 11, 2026
Even 10 years on, Sean Murray feels like he could work on No Man's Sky "forever," even if he knows "there probably is some end date" for it

What's that? It's been 10 years since No Man's Sky launched? Oh! That's gone by a bit too quick! In that time the planet hopping survival game has changed drastically, starting life frequently derided for missing promised features, slowly m…

Community AnnouncementsAug 10, 2026
Celebrating 10 Years (!) of No Man's Sky

Hello! I feel surprisingly emotional today. Ten years ago, on 9th August 2016, Travellers across the universe set foot on their first alien planet in No Man’s Sky. Perhaps you were there ten years ago, or maybe you joined later. It’s very c…

PCGamesNAug 10, 2026
No Man's Sky is now ten years old, and the best reminder that games deserve time to grow

Hello Games is celebrating the No Man's Sky tenth anniversary and heartwarming success story, as it looks ahead to a new update, Cosmos. Read the full story on PCGamesN: No Man's Sky is now ten years old, and the best reminder that games de…

PC GamerAug 10, 2026
Sean Murray still loves playing the 2016 version of No Man's Sky: 'It's a little bit weirder, but it's got its charm'

No Man's Sky has changed an awful lot in the 10 years since its launch. Hello Games' space sandbox has received a few dozen major free updates that have added features like base-building, spaceship construction, multiplayer missions, compan…

PC GamerMay 27, 2026
No Man's Sky now has its own Death Star with a laser so big it can 'destroy space station sized objects'

Who says you need a mouth-breathing psychopath in black armor and a gross, pale old ghoul in a hood to have a Death Star? No Man's Sky continues its seemingly endless parade of free updates today with The Swarm, which introduces a new threa…

GamingOnLinuxMay 27, 2026
Fight off deadly swarms and a big space hive in the latest No Man's Sky update

Blimey, Hello Games sure are building up No Man's Sky into a game that just has a bit of everything aren't they? The Swarm Update has warped in. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fight-off-deadly-swarms-and-a…

Community AnnouncementsMay 27, 2026
Introducing..No Man's Sky: The Swarm

Hello,No Man’s Sky turns 10 in August and we feel very lucky that we still get the chance to work on it every day. What we love about sci-fi, and about No Man’s Sky, is that it can be a canvas for so many ideas. Our last update, Xeno Arena,…

PCGamesNMay 27, 2026
New No Man's Sky The Swarm update threatens the universe with a murderous, robotic hive - not the bees!

It's hard to think that No Man's Sky is nearly ten years old. I remember being there in the glorious summer of 2016. Pokémon GO was all the rage, but I was even more excited for Hello Games' space game to drop. As we know, it was an underwh…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunMay 27, 2026
Helldivers 2-esque war against a giant evil robo-eye beckons in No Man's Sky's The Swarm update, invading the galaxy right now

It's the Death Star! Well, sort of. It's a big robo-eye invading the galaxy with a swarm of killer drones, as No Man's Sky goes a bit Helldivers 2-ish in its latest update. Dubbed The Swarm, it'll see folks filed away from their not quite P…

GamingOnLinuxApr 14, 2026
No Man's Sky channels a little Pokemon with the Xeno Arena update

No Man's Sky is steadily turning into the everything game isn't it? Hello Games have released another big upgrade for it recently adding creature battling. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/no-mans-sky-channe…

PCGamesNApr 8, 2026
New No Man's Sky Xeno Arena update adds a full-fledged Fight Club for your alien pets

You can't really go wrong with creature collecting. Give me a colorful world with cute critters to capture and pit against one another and my wallet is yours. It's what being raised on a diet of Pokémon and Digimon will do to a person; not …

Community AnnouncementsApr 8, 2026
Introducing No Man's Sky Xeno Arena

Hello everyone,This is already shaping up to a big year for No Man’s Sky, as we celebrate our tenth anniversary year!Even we struggle to know how we pulled off so many large updates in 2025. 2026 is building steadily on that momentum. Our s…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunApr 8, 2026
Pokemon battles with space cows, dinosaurs and gaseous blobs are the premise of No Man's Sky's latest update, dubbed Xeno Arena

Ooh, it hasn't got a Pokemon-style mode that lets you collect a bunch of alien critters and force them to fight to the death in a fashion that might be deemed barbaric if it wasn't so bloodless and cutesy. That would've likely been my answe…

PC GamerApr 8, 2026
No Man's Sky's latest update is a whole new Pokémon-style creature-collection and battle system that's 'an entire multiplayer game all of its own'

I'll just give it to you straight: No Man's Sky is Pokémon now. There's nothing you or I can do about it. Today's update, Xeno Arena, will let you amass a little cadre of vicious alien beasts and pit them against one another in holo-arenas,…

GamingOnLinuxFeb 11, 2026
No Man's Sky Remnant update brings a fancy gravity gun and customizable trucks

No Man's Sky is gradually turning into a playground, and now you can mess with physics in the No Man's Sky Remnant update. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/no-mans-sky-remnant-update-brings-a-fancy-gravity-g…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 11, 2026
Introducing...No Man's Sky Remnant!

Hello,In 2025, No Man’s Sky Travellers were treated to one of our biggest years yet. Even we struggle to know how we pulled off so many large updates last year - Worlds Part II and Voyagers were both transformational and released in the sam…

PCGamesNFeb 11, 2026
No Man's Sky adds Half-Life 2's gravity gun to your arsenal, and I can't believe it's taken almost ten years to get it

If you told my jaded, disappointed self back in 2016 that No Man's Sky would still be around almost ten years later, I'd have laughed in your face. How wrong I would've been. The prime example of a redemption arc, No Man's Sky is one of the…

PC GamerFeb 11, 2026
After 10 years No Man's Sky still hasn't run out of cool stuff to give you, so here's a gravity gun, too

Hey, Traveler! You've been exploring No Man's Sky's quintillions of planets for a while now (almost 10 years, if you can believe it). You've dug holes in those planets, exploited their resources, built bases and settlements on them, and spe…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunFeb 11, 2026
No Man's Sky's latest update is all about rubbish-flinging spacetrashpeople with gravity guns and interstellar trucks

Look at all the mess lying around. You can't move for discarded detritus on the planets of No Man's Sky. Good news, then, that the space sandbox's latest update delivers a gravity gun and interstellar rubbish collection lorries that'll help…

Community AnnouncementsDec 18, 2025
Limited Winter Edition Traveller and Gek Plushies Now Available

Hello!As 2025 comes to an end we’re delighted to collaborate with youtooz once more and introduce our limited winter edition Traveller and Gek plushies.Each is dressed to survive any frozen planet …but only for a short time and will only be…

PCGamesNDec 3, 2025
"Joke's on them," says No Man's Sky lead as rival survival game confirms it's replacing an eerily familiar cosmetic

Once Human continues to persevere in what is a super competitive time for survival games, with developer Starry Studio rolling out some big new features in recent months. A new class system, the PvP-focused Raid Zone, and even a crossover w…

Community AnnouncementsNov 24, 2025
2025 - one of our biggest yet!

Hello,Well, we’re coming to the end of another incredibly busy year for No Man’s Sky, one that has seen us hit our highest player numbers since launch, and we couldn’t be more grateful for being able to continue this journey with you all ni…

PC GamerNov 9, 2025
No Man's Sky is rerunning all of its expeditions from 2025, while also giving players another chance to add Mass Effect's Normandy to their spaceship collection

It's been a big year for No Man's Sky, although you could argue that every year since 2016 has been a big year for Hello Games' spectacularly redeemed space exploration sim. 2025 brought another helping of reworks to its universe simulation…

GamingOnLinuxNov 7, 2025
Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 Returns to No Man's Sky with a re-run of previous expeditions

Hello Games are giving us all another chance to grab some cool stuff in No Man's Sky, like Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 with various expeditions. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/mass-effects-ssv-normandy-…

Community AnnouncementsNov 7, 2025
Announcing..the 2025 Expedition Reduxes

Hello Everyone!It's been another incredibly busy year for No Man's Sky. We're honestly amazed by how quickly 2025 has flown past, and so happy and humbled to be back here wrapping up the year with the return of our now-traditional expeditio…

PC GamerOct 22, 2025
No Man's Sky embraces the 'thrill of space-walking' with new space wrecks to explore and salvage

new update for No Man's Sky, called Breach, introduces space wrecks, expanded ship building, and a unique expedition. It also arrives with a press release from your man Sean Murray, who immediately cranks up the organ and starts singing mou…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunOct 22, 2025
No Man's Sky adds ship wreck salvaging for new bits to stick on your own craft with the Breach update

If the interstellar equivalent of scrabbling around under the sofa for loose change or dragging a slightly rusty bumper out of a scrapyard is something you yearn for, No Man's Sky's latest update sounds right up your slightly grimy alley. I…

PCGamesNOct 22, 2025
New No Man's Sky update makes the most of its brilliant ship overhaul, giving you more reasons to explore the stars

The new No Man's Sky Breach update has just arrived, and developer Hello Games is building on the huge success of its Voyagers expansion with a cargo hold full of reasons to spend more time out in the void. It's comfortably one of the best …

Community AnnouncementsOct 22, 2025
Introducing...No Man's Sky Breach

Hello,Well, we suspected that the No Man’s Sky Voyagers update was going to cause some excitement in the universe, but never did we expect such a huge influx- seeing player numbers we’ve not seen since launch… nine years ago!Our update for …