Platforms
- PCAug 12, 20167.8playscore6.821 Critics9.3210K Players
- PlayStation 5Nov 12, 2020NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.686.7K Players
- Xbox Series X|SNov 12, 2020NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.89.60K Players
- Nintendo Switch 2Jun 5, 2025NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
- PlayStation 4Aug 9, 20167.1playscore7.255 Critics7.045.4K Players
- Xbox OneJul 24, 20187.8playscore7.816 Critics7.810K Players
- Nintendo SwitchOct 7, 20228.6playscore8.613 Critics9.41.12K Players
102 critic reviews · 27 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Even though No Man’s Sky on the Switch is missing out on some features and there are several technical compromises here -mostly in the visual department- the result is still an incredibly impressive package and definitely one of the best Switch ports out there.
SebastiaanRaats · Nov 09, 2022 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Plant life, rocks, and sometimes even large landmasses can be seen shifting and even appearing out of thin air, especially when attempting to run out of a deadly weather storm. However, the sense of exploration and wonder NMS achieves remains completely intact in the Switch port.
Jason Hon · Oct 12, 2022 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - No Man’s Sky is a fantastic single-player experience but multiplayer has added much since it was introduced, and it is disappointing to see it missing on Switch. The only other apparent cut is the removal of large settlements from planets. They’re not crucial to the experience but they were a fun addition.
John Rairdin · Oct 10, 2022 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Hello Games has made the necessary cutbacks and downgrades to get this intergalactic survival sandbox playing at a super solid frame rate and the colourful, chunky graphical style here ensures that it all still looks pretty fantastic to boot.
PJ O'Reilly · Oct 08, 2022 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - No Man's Sky has made enormous leaps forward, and its arrival on PS5 is an opportune time to revisit this ambitious survival game. Whether you upgrade your existing game to the new version or grab it for the very first time, you'll be getting the best experience, with dozens of hours of content and a literal universe waiting to be explored. Some remaining gameplay issues mean it isn't perfect, but it has plenty to offer those who persevere.
Stephen Tailby · Dec 07, 2020 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - All three versions are identical as the NEXT update is free to all owners of the game. Yet the game can cost up to $30 less on PS4 or PC against the Xbox One version, simply because the game is two years old on those platforms. It seems unfair to tax Xbox players just because the game is new on that platform.
John Whitehouse · Aug 14, 2018 Reviewed on XB1Read full review - At its absolute best, No Man's Sky is a measured, gentle experience where you are rarely the agent of change, but a perpetual visitor who's constantly dwarfed by the magnitude of a universe neutral to your presence. It is not your job in these stories to colonize the universe. Your job is to comprehend it. Your job is to recognize the spirituality in it.
Justin Clark · Aug 04, 2018 Reviewed onRead full review - No Man’s Sky has reached a point where not only does it meet initial promises, it now exceeds them. It is always a welcome sight to see a company to support a product after it’s launch, especially one with such a troubled one. What the game has always been successful at doing is creating moments of visual wonder and sense of scale of the universe. Now it does that even better and adds a whole bunch of functionality that makes getting around in that experience easier.
Lou Sytsma · Jul 31, 2018 Reviewed on XB1Read full review - Despite all of my qualms, everything seems to fade away each time I warp to a new system or enter an uncharted planet's atmosphere. If you felt the original No Man's Sky had promising ideas but ultimately let you down, NEXT is the perfect time to jump back in. No Man's Sky and its NEXT expansion prove that there is equal parts excitement, dread, and anxiety in exploring the unknowns of space.
Patrick Hancock · Jul 30, 2018 Reviewed on PCRead full review - While this is a substantially improved experience, it is still No Man’s Sky. And while this is, more or less, No Man’s Sky as we were always promised it would be, the core conceit, structure, and gameplay loop haven’t changed. There’s just more to them than before.
Shubhankar Parijat · Jul 30, 2018 Reviewed on XB1Read full review
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Community Reviews
- Reviewed on PC
- Reviewed on Switch
- Reviewed on PC
- Reviewed on PS5
- Reviewed on PS4,PS5
- Rated on Switch
- Rated on PS5
- Rated on XB1
- Rated on PS4
- Rated on PS4
About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
No Man’s Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Developer: Hello Games