No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
- Developer
- Hello Games
- Released
- Aug 12, 2016
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Metacritic
- 61 ↗
- Website
- nomanssky.com ↗
How many people are playing No Man's Sky?
No Man's Sky had 16,197 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 2, 2026, 19:00 UTC, down 25% from 21,646 a day earlier. As of Nov 2, 2026, 19:00 UTC, it ranks #88 of the 502 games tracked here, down 8 places from #80 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 14, 2026 is 55,612, on Sep 20, 2026; the latest reading is 29% of that.
Over the last four weeks, No Man's Sky has been busiest during the evening in Europe, with the busiest hour around 20:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent No Man's Sky updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Oct 28, 2026 Major update Introducing..No Man's Sky: FORSAKEN ↗ ▲ +21% 12,089 → 14,621 avg players · 4 days in
- Sep 17, 2026 Major update "Our Journey Continues" 10th Anniversary Expedition ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Sep 9, 2026 Major update A complete overhaul to space arrives in the form of No Man's Sky COSMOS (7.0) ↗ Not tracked the week before
- May 27, 2026 Major update Introducing..No Man's Sky: The Swarm ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Apr 8, 2026 Major update Introducing No Man's Sky Xeno Arena ↗ Not tracked the week before
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