No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has done a terrific job over the past nine years, turning an absolute disaster into one of the industry's most beloved titles with free update upon free update. Back when No Man's Sky first launched, Hello Games was seen as one of the industry's biggest villains, but you now have people pledging their firstborns to co-founder Sean Murray for even the sneakest of peeks at Light No Fire.
It's safe to say that the studio has won back the trust of fans, but it wasn't until the release of No Man's Sky's latest update that you could claim the game's redemption arc was finally complete. Voyagers is the latest in a long line of impressive updates to No Man's Sky, letting players create their own custom starships, exit your ship into space whenever you like, and a lot more.
However, unlike previous updates, Voyagers was apparently impressive enough to cause a gigantic spike to No Man's Sky's playerbase. Over the course of the Voyagers update and subsequent patches, No Man's Sky's player count has risen from a 24-hour peak of around 9,000, all the way up to a whopping 98,285 earlier today, almost...
