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No Man's Sky

Hello Games · 2016-08-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 14, 2019 (PlayStation VR), Aug 14, 2019 (SteamVR), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 24, 2018 (Xbox One)

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

No Man's Sky is a $59.99 game released in 2016, estimated to have 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners, with Very Positive (85% of 413,434 reviews) in the Action and Adventure genres.

16,203
playing now
85%
positive of 423k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
353
twitch viewers (latest)
4.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
74/100
critic score (38 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (623 ratings)
3,004
Nexus mods (18M downloads)
4.04★
PlayStation Store rating (120,294 ratings)
71/100
opencritic · fair · 37% recommend · from 149 critics
77h
to beat · rushed 31h · completionist 99h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

16,203 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game developed and published by Hello Games. It was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 and Windows in August 2016, for Xbox One in July 2018, for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S consoles in November 2020, for Nintendo Switch in October 2022, for macOS in June 2023, and Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 16,203 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 20,291 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,536/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: cooling→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→cooling (Sep 16), cooling→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→cooling (Sep 16), cooling→thriving (Sep 10)

Estimated sales: 11M–25M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 423,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$59.99
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $16.76 at GameBillet (2026-08-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 136 of 210 observed days · $43.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.9k7.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7,055 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,335 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4,149 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,368 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,506 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,502 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3,369 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,593 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,939 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,962 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,195 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,232 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,469 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,405 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 391 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,971 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,987 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,656 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,702 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,950 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,137 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,844 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,924 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,419 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,426 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,371 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,774 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,757 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,609 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5,817 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 594 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,827 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,210 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,690 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,437 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 934 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,613 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,210 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,217 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,180 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,249 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,192 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,944 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 763 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,019 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,864 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,904 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,318 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,415 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,847 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,005 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,690 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,899 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,686 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,712 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,366 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,807 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 588 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,397 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,319 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,638 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,761 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5,659 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,151 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,887 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,459 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,360 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,897 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,108 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7,882 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 881 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3,575 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,839 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,053 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 331 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,862 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,484 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,577 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,496 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,688 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,099 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,688 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,439 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4,892 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 454 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 110 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

54k8.9k2026-09-14 18:00 — 40,509 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 38,001 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 22,119 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 22,967 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 31,918 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 32,417 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 21,948 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 20,409 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 18,881 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 17,348 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 19,292 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 23,346 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 24,410 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 15,275 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 14,102 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 13,019 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 14,032 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 14,232 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 18,465 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 19,952 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13,855 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 13,154 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 12,765 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 11,002 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 11,356 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 14,194 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 16,866 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 10,482 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 9,395 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 8,874 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 16,203 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
46k508Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 36,976 · peak 212,321Dec 2016 — avg 2,145 · peak 6,498Apr 2017 — avg 847 · peak 1,869Aug 2017 — avg 4,895 · peak 19,017Dec 2017 — avg 905 · peak 1,874Apr 2018 — avg 631 · peak 1,203Aug 2018 — avg 28,083 · peak 83,156Dec 2018 — avg 4,731 · peak 9,118Apr 2019 — avg 2,608 · peak 4,971Aug 2019 — avg 20,605 · peak 61,535Dec 2019 — avg 5,303 · peak 11,029Apr 2020 — avg 11,263 · peak 25,414Aug 2020 — avg 6,907 · peak 14,929Dec 2020 — avg 6,691 · peak 11,954Apr 2021 — avg 9,471 · peak 20,871Aug 2021 — avg 5,106 · peak 8,310Dec 2021 — avg 7,068 · peak 12,716Apr 2022 — avg 13,652 · peak 31,870Aug 2022 — avg 15,065 · peak 32,413Dec 2022 — avg 7,522 · peak 12,475Apr 2023 — avg 11,718 · peak 23,336Aug 2023 — avg 6,426 · peak 20,998Dec 2023 — avg 7,966 · peak 13,308Apr 2024 — avg 8,735 · peak 18,923Aug 2024 — avg 17,544 · peak 40,951Dec 2024 — avg 11,499 · peak 20,566Apr 2025 — avg 9,641 · peak 20,566Aug 2025 — avg 13,106 · peak 93,195Dec 2025 — avg 13,723 · peak 22,580Apr 2026 — avg 12,321 · peak 25,650Aug 2026 — avg 8,244 · peak 14,011
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#39#982026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #392026-09-15 — #392026-09-16 — #392026-09-17 — #392026-09-18 — #402026-09-19 — #402026-09-20 — #412026-09-21 — #442026-09-22 — #432026-09-23 — #432026-09-24 — #502026-09-25 — #502026-09-26 — #562026-09-27 — #582026-09-28 — #582026-09-29 — #592026-09-30 — #662026-10-01 — #722026-10-02 — #732026-10-03 — #772026-10-04 — #792026-10-05 — #792026-10-06 — #792026-10-07 — #802026-10-08 — #842026-10-09 — #872026-10-10 — #912026-10-11 — #932026-10-12 — #932026-10-13 — #932026-10-14 — #98
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3563562026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 283 new positive2026-09-15: 13 new negative2026-09-16: 263 new positive2026-09-16: 14 new negative2026-09-17: 277 new positive2026-09-17: 18 new negative2026-09-18: 198 new positive2026-09-18: 31 new negative2026-09-19: 193 new positive2026-09-19: 17 new negative2026-09-20: 193 new positive2026-09-20: 16 new negative2026-09-21: 244 new positive2026-09-21: 10 new negative2026-09-22: 356 new positive2026-09-22: 11 new negative2026-09-23: 223 new positive2026-09-23: 12 new negative2026-09-24: 150 new positive2026-09-24: 11 new negative2026-09-25: 266 new positive2026-09-25: 18 new negative2026-09-26: 139 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 133 new positive2026-09-27: 10 new negative2026-09-28: 120 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 107 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 114 new positive2026-09-30: 14 new negative2026-10-02: 103 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 125 new positive2026-10-03: 15 new negative2026-10-04: 129 new positive2026-10-04: 12 new negative2026-10-05: 114 new positive2026-10-05: 11 new negative2026-10-07: 113 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 150 new positive2026-10-08: 15 new negative2026-10-10: 95 new positive2026-10-10: 14 new negative2026-10-11: 88 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 79 new positive2026-10-14: 68 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$16.522016-03-032026-10-142016-03-03 — best price $59.992017-12-25 — best price $59.992018-11-27 — best price $59.992019-08-13 — best price $30.002020-01-11 — best price $48.992020-04-01 — best price $29.992020-07-13 — best price $24.992020-09-18 — best price $53.882020-11-23 — best price $29.992021-01-25 — best price $36.992021-03-24 — best price $45.982021-05-21 — best price $24.152021-08-20 — best price $25.692021-11-18 — best price $30.002022-01-10 — best price $30.002022-03-12 — best price $24.992022-05-30 — best price $50.932022-08-02 — best price $47.892022-11-01 — best price $59.992023-01-12 — best price $29.992023-04-08 — best price $23.982023-06-29 — best price $29.992023-10-02 — best price $29.992023-12-18 — best price $59.992024-02-29 — best price $59.992024-05-21 — best price $29.402024-07-19 — best price $19.092024-09-17 — best price $43.902024-12-26 — best price $44.992025-04-01 — best price $23.952025-06-29 — best price $19.552025-09-02 — best price $44.992025-11-17 — best price $23.992026-02-02 — best price $21.872026-04-07 — best price $24.002026-06-11 — best price $53.992026-08-13 — best price $23.992026-09-28 — best price $59.992026-10-14 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.5k4972026-05-28 — 1,732 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,045 pageviews2026-06-05 — 824 pageviews2026-06-09 — 796 pageviews2026-06-13 — 556 pageviews2026-06-17 — 553 pageviews2026-06-21 — 587 pageviews2026-06-25 — 573 pageviews2026-06-29 — 658 pageviews2026-07-03 — 605 pageviews2026-07-07 — 679 pageviews2026-07-11 — 587 pageviews2026-07-15 — 663 pageviews2026-07-19 — 929 pageviews2026-07-23 — 697 pageviews2026-07-27 — 629 pageviews2026-07-31 — 561 pageviews2026-08-04 — 600 pageviews2026-08-08 — 682 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,545 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,144 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,004 pageviews2026-08-24 — 775 pageviews2026-08-28 — 697 pageviews2026-09-01 — 563 pageviews2026-09-05 — 604 pageviews2026-09-09 — 2,540 pageviews2026-09-13 — 1,702 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1,166 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1,091 pageviews2026-09-25 — 764 pageviews2026-09-29 — 783 pageviews2026-10-03 — 723 pageviews2026-10-07 — 609 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k1052026-09-30 18:34 — 803 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 550 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 307 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 1,007 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 491 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 409 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 251 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 546 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 337 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 387 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 872 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 226 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 452 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 263 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 192 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 533 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 665 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 273 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 384 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 623 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 211 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 712 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 488 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 195 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 410 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 282 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 543 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 413 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 847 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 343 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 353 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
73.1%
earned "Cradle"
28.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller Support1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)134,2212%27
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)92,4462%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)63,7791%27
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)36,5273%28
Switch (Nintendo)1,8840%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SpaceSci-fiSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureSpace SimOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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