No Man's Sky Reviews

No Man's Sky is ranked in the 48th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Aug 21, 2016

No Man's Sky is a game whose ambitious promises may have hurt it in the long run, but it's hard to deny the impressive framework and gameplay loop Hello Games created.

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64 / 100
Aug 18, 2016

Relaxing exploration and some lovely scenery coupled with repetitive systems, frustrating menus, and a lack of real discovery.

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Dan Stapleton
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Aug 16, 2016

No Man’s Sky has sci-fi spectacle of strange new worlds on its side, but not much else. Its gameplay is underdeveloped and repetitive, and in my dozens of hours played it’s introduced very few new ideas to mix up its crafting, upgrades, combat, or universe. The promise of limitless exploration ended up working against it when I lost faith that it had any more meaningful things to show me no matter how far I traveled. This ambitious game reached for the stars, but its reach exceeded its grasp by light years.

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Eurogamer
Top Critic
Recommended
Aug 12, 2016

Hello Games' lush galactic odyssey is a unique work of engineering art - and an engrossing, if flawed, game.

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7.5 / 10.0
Aug 17, 2016

An inviting universe to explore and exploit, but not much story or gameplay backs up the unparalleled scope of the world

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6 / 10.0
Aug 12, 2016

No Man's Sky is an impressive set of tools grafted onto a game with very little going on.

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GameSpot
Top Critic
7 / 10
Aug 12, 2016

No Man's Sky is a massive machine with broken and missing parts, but dig deep enough and you'll be moved in ways you never expected.

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Aug 19, 2016

It's light years from being a great game, but there's still something at the heart of No Man's Sky that speaks to the would-be explorer in all of us.

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Kotaku
Top Critic
Unscored
Aug 17, 2016

First I didn't like it, then I did.

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Unscored
Aug 15, 2016

Don't just wait for a sale; wait for a major overhaul.

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3.5 / 5.0
Aug 16, 2016

Despite the sheer amount of complaints that you can throw at No Man’s Sky, it’s still a breathtaking experience that teases the possibilities of the medium’s future.

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Aug 15, 2016

No Man's Sky is a gorgeous game that gives players a satisfying sense of exploration, but the experience can be incredibly repetitive.

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Aug 15, 2016
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Unscored
Aug 24, 2017

With Atlas Rises, it's worth returning to No Man's Sky

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9 / 10
Oct 11, 2022

No Man's Sky on Switch is a fantastic port of a game we genuinely didn't really believe would make the transition to Nintendo's console without some serious technical issues. 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. With all of the game's previous updates and content included - barring multiplayer at this point - and a plethora of customisation options courtesy of the massive Waypoint update, this is an easy recommendation for survival fans and one of the most impressive ports we've seen on Switch to date.

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GamesBeat
Top Critic
80 / 100
Aug 13, 2016

It’s a call back to the sci-fi and adventuring stories that form the foundation of so many of today’s geeks. Roaming the galaxy as a lone explorer who has to rely on their wits to survive harsh planets nestled between light years of empty space is something I’ve played in my mind since I was a kid.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2022

No Man's Sky sits comfortably next to the best ports on the platform. Of course it doesn't sing quite as beautifully as the most high-powered console versions, but really, when you can planet hop in a decked out space ship while having a number two, who cares? Absolute wizardry.

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7.5 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2016

A great exploration game, but beyond the wow factor of infinite travel and discovering unique creatures and planets, there is little else to really do.

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6 / 10
Aug 12, 2016

An ocean of stars, a thimble of possibilities.

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Erik Kain
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2016

For all its color and all its life, No Man’s Sky is still little more than dead space.

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