On August 31, No Man's Sky had a reported peak player count of over 93,000 active users on Steam, the highest the game has seen since 2018. The heightened player count for No Man's Sky was tallied following the Voyagers content update that launched on August 27, which introduced Corvette ships that players can build and customize to their liking.
The surging player count for No Man's Sky is the highest it has achieved since its troubled 2016 launch, which was plagued by technical issues and a vast universe that just felt empty to explore. Despite the negativity, developer Hello Games did not abandon its work on No Man's Sky. Instead, the British game company continued to release several fixes and free content updates in the years that followed. With continued releases from the development team and ports to various consoles, including the Nintendo Switch 2, No Man's Sky has become one of the top examples of how a game can evolve and overcome a difficult start.
With more players giving No Man's Sky a try following the Voyagers content patch, the player count has skyrocketed to heights not seen in many years. According to No Man's Sky's SteamDB page,...
