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Games like No Man's Sky
Hello Games · 2016 · 83 % positive of 352,858
24 games that play like No Man's Sky and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Cubic Odyssey, Stars End and Elite Dangerous.
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At a glance
What games like No Man's Sky have in common
- The tags they share most often with No Man's Sky: Open World (21 of 24), Space (19) and Open World Survival Craft (15).
- They came out between 2014 and 2026, 20 of them after No Man's Sky (2016).
- Best rated by Steam players: SpaceEngine (95 % positive of 12,617).
- Stars End, Planetaries and SpaceCraft both play and look like No Man's Sky.
By gameplay
Plays like No Man's Sky
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Cubic Odyssey
71 % positive of 1,509
Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
Stars End
62 % positive of 1,392
Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
Elite Dangerous
77 % positive of 100,024
Shared: Open World · Space · Exploration
Starbound
92 % positive of 164,906
Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
Planet Nomads
65 % positive of 2,035
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Sci-fi · Survival
Star Explorers
84 % positive of 226
Shared: Open World · Space · Exploration
ASTRONEER
92 % positive of 128,956
Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
StarsOne
73 % positive of 537
Shared: Open World · Survival · Sandbox
StarMade
67 % positive of 2,969
Shared: Open World · Space · Exploration
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
78 % positive of 33,247
Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
Astrometica
87 % positive of 2,019
Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
Starfield
56 % positive of 165,527
Shared: Open World · Space · Exploration
More matches
- Planetaries61 % positive of 188Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Exploration
- SpaceCraft63 % positive of 2,822
- Farworld Pioneers39 % positive of 664Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Space · Exploration
- Space Trash Scavenger86 % positive of 470Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
- Lost Skies70 % positive of 1,772Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Exploration
- Boundless69 % positive of 2,745Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
- Star Shelter77 % positive of 431Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
- Dual Universe50 % positive of 561Shared: Open World · Space · Exploration
- Remains78 % positive of 307Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
- HELLION55 % positive of 4,148Shared: Open World · Space · Exploration
- SpaceEngine95 % positive of 12,617Shared: Open World · Space · Sci-fi
- Life Not Supported69 % positive of 159Shared: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Space
By look
Looks like No Man's Sky
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
SPACERIFT: Arcanum System
78 % positive of 431
PlanetSide Arena
45 % positive of 1,876
SpaceBourne 2
78 % positive of 4,117
Planetaries
61 % positive of 188
Lemnis Gate
84 % positive of 1,042
SpaceCraft
63 % positive of 2,822
Forever Skies
80 % positive of 6,918
Stars End
62 % positive of 1,392
Space Engineers
88 % positive of 132,347
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
64 % positive of 274
PlanetSide 2
80 % positive of 73,694
Sky Break
66 % positive of 546
More matches
- ReCore: Definitive Edition62 % positive of 1,537
- The Outer Worlds 273 % positive of 9,028
- Project Genom47 % positive of 1,886
- Jump Space85 % positive of 13,369
- Void Crew88 % positive of 6,713
- Starbase57 % positive of 6,606
- Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition68 % positive of 2,392
- Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition74 % positive of 16,576
- Space Reign83 % positive of 250
- The Outer Worlds83 % positive of 26,052
- StarRupture80 % positive of 13,684
- Deliver Us Mars75 % positive of 2,568
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.