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No Man's Sky

2016 73 / 100 Adventure Arcade Indie

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 Show full summary

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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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Developer: Hello Games
Publisher: 505 Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hello Games
Franchise: Standalone

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Modi: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
Themes: Action, Open world, Sandbox, Science fiction, Survival

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Platform releases

PlayStation VR Aug 14, 2019
SteamVR Aug 14, 2019
Xbox Series X|S Nov 10, 2020
PC (Microsoft Windows) Aug 12, 2016
PlayStation 4 Aug 10, 2016
Xbox One Jul 24, 2018
PlayStation 5 Nov 12, 2020
Mac Jun 01, 2023
PlayStation VR2 Feb 22, 2023
Nintendo Switch 2 Jun 05, 2025
Oculus Rift Aug 14, 2019
PlayStation 4 Aug 09, 2016

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