Major update27 May 2026Introducing..No Man's Sky: The SwarmHello, 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 , introduced Pokemon-style pet battling, which players have put a ton of hours into, but takes place on just a small table… our next update is something muc…
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 same year, interspersed with smaller but significant updates in Relics , Beacon and Breach . Today we’re pleased to announce that our first update of 2026, our…
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 available to order here until New Years day. Wishing you the best for the rest of the year and excited as our journey continues into 2026. Sean
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 nine years after our initial launch. It would mean the world to our tiny team if you could take a few moments to nominate us for the “Labor of Love” category…
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 expedition reduxes. We hit the ground running in January this year, with the release of the huge WORLDS PART II , which furthered the transformation of the universe…
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 Halloween is called Breach , and it leans into the thrill of custom ship assembly , space-walking , skydiving , and community spirit introduced in Voyagers…
Hello! I can’t believe it’s been just over nine years since No Man’s Sky first launched. No Man’s Sky VOYAGERS is what we’re super busy with right now and is one of our most ambitious updates. It launches today. Full patch notes are available here . I’ve always loved Spaceships! Name a sci-fi film, book or game, and I want to talk to you about the spaceships in it! We know No Man’s Sky players…
Hello Everyone! It's hard to believe that it was nine years ago that we launched No Man’s Sky! It continues to be an incredible journey and we feel so lucky to have this opportunity to continue to expand this game we love, with such a warm and welcoming community. The stories we hear from you as you embrace new updates, the creativity we see as you build your own bases, customise your own ships…
Hello, Today we’re pleased to announce the release of our latest update for No Man’s Sky. BEACON completely overhauls settlements, bringing towns and their management to No Man’s Sky. There are huge new robotic settlements to discover, with impossibly new sci-fi buildings. Full patch notes are available here . Players can become town mayor and take ownership of multiple settlements. You can con…
Hello! Following hot on the heels of the massive Worlds Part II update back in January which introduced a whole range of visual enhancements, gameplay additions and quality of life improvements, the small No Man’s Sky team have let their imaginations run wild and been having a lot of fun playing around with something really whimsical but remarkably transformative for what is possibly our most s…
Hello everyone! Following on from last month’s massive Worlds Part II update, today we are launching our seventeenth expedition: TITAN, and inviting the entire community to explore some of the new planets introduced in Worlds Part II . Awaken upon the spectacular but dangerous New Aftesfi, a titanic gas giant ravaged by tornadoes and encircled by moons. Chart a course between rendezvous points…
Hello! No Man’s Sky is a game that we all genuinely truly love. Last year we released Worlds Part I and I remember thinking at the time that this is just the beginning. We can’t wait to show people what we’ve been working on! There’s new solar systems, new planets with more variety, new terrain types, even new Gas Giants, and of course new adventures. Our next update is called Worlds Part II. F…
Hello! As part of our season of 2024 Expedition Reduxes, the Aquarius Expedition goes live today. It will run for two weeks until 22nd January. Back in September 2024, we launched the Aquarius update, and with it introduced fishing to No Man's Sky, partly because it's just a fun thing to do alone or with friends, but mostly to show off the new water effects which the Worlds Part I update had us…
Hello Everyone! The first of 2024’s holiday expeditions has just come to an end: the redux of Omega . We’ve loved reading everyone’s expedition anecdotes and positive feedback, and seeing the incredible popularity of the Starborn Runner starship. However, if you missed this opportunity to claim the Starborn Runner (or if you just can’t get enough of its hovership design) we have some very good…
Hello Folks! Last night we finally did it! After eight years, we crossed the 80% positive review threshold on Steam to earn a "Very Positive" badge on "ALL REVIEWS". Honestly, I didn't think we'd ever do this, and it's all thanks to you all in the community. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We have nearly quarter of a million reviews, so mathematically it's pretty hard to change the % that are…
Hello Everyone! 2024 has been another impactful year for No Man’s Sky, with the team pouring so much love into every update. OMEGA , ORBITAL , WORLDS PART I and AQUARIUS added breadth and depth to so many areas of the universe - from a complete overhaul of the expedition system, starship customisation, elaborate new space stations, new planetary biomes, incredible rendering improvements to wate…
Hello, This year has already been a very busy one for No Man’s Sky, with 6 updates already this year, including the huge Worlds Update . Our last update, The Cursed , dropped just a couple of weeks ago, and players have been loving the spooky Halloween vibe. In game development some features take weeks or months, and others take years. Today we are releasing some features that have been years i…
Hello Everyone! Our last update saw players enjoying a nice chilled time, fishing in No Man's Sky. Our next update couldn't be more different! As we approach Halloween, we are embracing the spookier side of the No Man's Sky Universe, drawing upon threads first established way back in Atlas Rises , when ancient portals began to open and the boundaries between realities first began to crumble… To…
Hello Everyone! Today, the Aquarius Update is free to download for existing players and introduces something we have been tempted to add ever since we stood on the shores of No Man’s Sky’s planets and looked out across their watery expanses - fishing! Full patch notes are available here . Players can now explore the universe to find their perfect waterside spot, hopping with fish - sit and rela…
Hello! I’m here to give you a heads up about the largest No Man’s Sky update of the year so far. So much so that we’ve made the usual trailer, and also this Deep Dive video that shows a glimpse behind the scenes. Our next update is called Worlds Part I, and I’m so proud of the team here, the love they are putting into it. We are refreshing the universe with new technology, new flora, new fauna…
Hello! A lot has changed in the years since No Man’s Sky released. There’s so much we love about the game now, but there was something unique at release in how alone you felt in the universe. Going further back I have great memories of early unreleased versions of No Man’s Sky where there were no NPCs, no shops, no help… just you the player as a tiny dot lost in the infinite. For our next updat…
Hello, Only last month we welcomed a huge number of new Travellers to the No Man’s Sky universe with our free OMEGA expedition, which brought a tonne of new content. It’s incredible to watch new folks getting to experience eight years of updates since launch. Today (March 27th) we are releasing our 27th major update - ORBITAL - and this is a big one! Full patch notes can be found here . The Orb…
Hello! Last year was a busy one for the small team at Hello Games, with lots of No Man’s Sky updates and the announce of Light No Fire . We have big plans for 2024, and we’re starting the year off with a very different kind of update. We’re calling it OMEGA , and for the first time No Man’s Sky will be available to play for free! Full patch notes here . Expeditions in No Man’s Sky have become o…
Hello, Ten years ago we revealed No Man’s Sky to the world, and we feel very lucky to have the opportunity to continue to update this game we love. Next year will be one of our biggest for No Man’s Sky, and we released a video to celebrate at the end of the TGAs, with a small tease of some of the elements coming next year. Next year will be a big one for No Man’s Sky with a lot of updates. It’s…
Hello Everyone! Another busy year for No Man’s Sky is drawing to a close, and this holiday season we are pleased to revisit our tradition of running remixed editions of this year’s expeditions. Across the following dates, 2023’s community expeditions will be available once more, taking place in new sections of the universe, offering explorers another opportunity to experience these stories and…
Hello, 2023 is No Man's Sky's seventh anniversary year and continues to be enjoyed in significant numbers by veteran and new players alike: We have released 3 major (free) updates in 2023: FEBRUARY 2023 - FRACTAL UPDATE Completely immerse yourself in an infinite universe with No Man’s Sky update 4.1, FRACTAL ! Introducing a catalogue of your most incredible discoveries, a huge number of quality…
Hello Everyone! One week ago, we released ECHOES , our largest update of 2023. The team has put a lot of love into this release, and the community response has been incredible – it has been so exciting to see players meeting the Autophage, building their own Voltaic Staff, engaging in space combat with the new outlaw Dreadnought ships, and utilising the Wonder Projector in entertaining and unex…
Hello, It’s unbelievable to me that it has been SEVEN years since No Man’s Sky was released, and to celebrate today we are releasing our largest update of the year - No Man’s Sky ECHOES . Full patch notes can be found here . Our aim with ECHOES has been to breathe new life into the universe, with a new robotic race, our first race introduced since launch in 2016. We have also overhauled space c…
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