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2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified84 % positive58.99 €

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

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  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Sci-fi setting
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes No Man's Sky special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Astroneer

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2019PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable91 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about No Man's Sky: a sandbox with your own goals, an open world and lots to discover.

As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

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Space Engineers

Sci-fi setting

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Sandbox with your own goals

Stranded on an island full of dinosaurs, you gather resources, build bases and tame prehistoric beasts to ride and fight alongside you. On multiplayer servers it becomes a harsh, time-hungry struggle of tribes, raids and alliances.

Volcanoids

Sci-fi setting

Instead of a fixed base, you build up a giant mobile drill vehicle to travel a volcanic island, mine resources and fight robots. Play solo or in co-op to uncover what lies beneath the surface.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Sandbox with your own goals

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

Creativerse

Sandbox with your own goals

A colorful sandbox survival game about gathering, crafting and building elaborate structures. You explore a procedurally generated voxel world full of caves, biomes and creatures, solo or with friends.

Spore

Sandbox with your own goals

Spore lets you guide your own species from a single cell to a galaxy-spanning empire, with each stage playing like a different genre. Its playful creature editor, letting you design nearly everything yourself, is the real star.

Planet Crafter

Sandbox with your own goals

You terraform a hostile planet by gathering resources, building bases and machines, and watching a barren wasteland slowly gain atmosphere, water and life. The blend of calm survival and visible, large-scale progress is what makes it special.

Raft

Sandbox with your own goals

You begin on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, collecting debris, expanding your floating home and exploring islands while sharks circle. Solo or in co-op, survival turns into a laid-back crafting and discovery voyage with a mysterious story.

TerraTech

Sci-fi setting

You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

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