Lengthy gone are the times of No Man’s Sky being billed as a large disappointment, as not lengthy after its ninth anniversary the sport seems to haven’t any issues pulling gamers again in. Final week the sport’s newest main replace, Voyagers, went reside, including in a laundry record of options as the sport’s updates are likely to do. With that, it additionally appears to have introduced in a big inflow of gamers, as the sport has hit its highest variety of gamers since launch.
Hiya Video games co-founder and No Man’s Sky programmer Sean Murray took to X to acknowledge the actual fact, sharing a screenshot of the game’s concurrent player count on the time of posting. Murray’s personal screenshot confirmed 97,986 gamers all in-game without delay, however SteamDB truly reveals it went a bit increased than that yesterday, reaching 98,285 gamers. That is nonetheless lower than half of the sport’s participant depend peak of 212,613 it achieved at launch, however a formidable determine contemplating few video games see this sort of resurgence so lengthy after launch.
The Voyagers replace was, as common, a hefty one, with the standout new characteristic being the addition of a brand new class of starship, the Corvette. With this specific ship you may fully customise it piece by piece, in and out, and as soon as you’ve got constructed it you may stroll round inside it, as properly journey by way of area with your folks in it.
Hiya Video games can also be engaged on its subsequent title, Gentle No Hearth, and the developer just lately teased that a number of the expertise that is arrived in No Man’s Sky by way of Voyagers is one thing we will count on to see in upcoming fantasy survival recreation.