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No Man's Sky

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Genres
ShooterSimulatorAdventureIndieArcade
Themes
ActionScience fictionSurvivalSandboxOpen world
Modes
Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative
Perspective
First personThird personVirtual Reality
Developer
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Release dates
Platform Date
PlayStation 4 August 10, 2016
PC (Microsoft Windows) August 12, 2016
Xbox One July 24, 2018
Oculus Rift August 14, 2019
PlayStation VR August 14, 2019
SteamVR August 14, 2019
Xbox Series X|S November 10, 2020
PlayStation 5 November 12, 2020
PlayStation VR2 February 22, 2023
Mac June 01, 2023
Nintendo Switch 2 June 05, 2025

About

No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarching narrative involving a mysterious entity called the Atlas. The game is built around four pillars: exploration, survival, combat, and trading. Since its 2016 launch, it has received numerous free updates adding multiplayer, base building, fleet management, and virtual reality support.

Story

A Traveller wakes on a remote planet with amnesia and must repair their crashed starship. Compelled by an unknown force to reach the centre of the galaxy, the Traveller encounters three alien species and discovers a space anomaly housing two beings, Nada and Polo, who speak of a strange entity at the galaxy's core. Along the way, the Traveller receives transmissions from another lost Traveller named Artemis, investigates their fate, and ultimately comes face to face with the Atlas, a cosmic being managing a simulated universe. The Traveller must choose whether to reset the simulation or reject the Atlas and continue exploring freely.

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