No Man's Sky
What No Man's Sky is
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.What people say
Bugs and crashes break into separate problems: freezes and crashes, lost or corrupted saves, bugs after updates, and ship and freighter glitches, each with its own cause for complaint.
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Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Reviewers praise the fun gameplay in 28% of written reviews, and developer support in 21%. Skip it if bugs and crashes bother you: 7% of written reviews raise them, and 6% mention not enough content.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Bugs and crashes7%Most often freezes and crashes
“Experienced Random crashes every 5 minutes of playtime.”
- Not enough content6%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Relaxing133 reviewers; most raised: not enough contentComplain24%Praise99%
- Playing with friends84 reviewers; most raised: bugs and crashesComplain53%Praise87%
- Playing solo77 reviewers; most raised: bugs and crashesComplain58%Praise95%
Steam reviews over its whole life
424,722 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What No Man's Sky reviewers say
One public report on No Man's Sky reads 2,787 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Of its 2,787 judged reviewers, 29% complain, 86% praise something, 4% make a request and 1% say they're quitting. The top complaint is bugs and crashes at 22% of complaints, then gameplay and design (15%) and not enough content (15%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 31% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (53%) and more content (12%). Two audience differences stand out. New user: say they're quitting 5.2x as often as everyone (6% vs 1%). Playing with friends: say they're quitting 5.8x as often as everyone (6% vs 1%).
One public report on No Man's Sky. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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