No Man’s Sky Nintendo Switch release date, sales, and reviews

No Man’s Sky arrived on Nintendo Switch in 2022, six years after its initial release date back in 2016. Now, gamers are hoping that it will get an updated version for the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2.

No Man’s Sky officially launched on the Nintendo Switch on October 7, 2022. This was after the open world—or open space—game had a massive rework due to an immensely underwhelming launch. It has since become a very successful exploration game and its Switch version has rave reviews from both gamers and critics.

No Man’s Sky on Nintendo Switch Is huge success

No Man’s Sky is a massive game, so gamers were a bit skeptical if it would be successful on the Nintendo Switch, which doesn’t have the same graphic or memory capabilities as other consoles of the same generation. However, the game has felt full and exciting for players that have logged upwards of 100 hours.

Said one impressed Redditor: “This is one hell of an ambitious game to get running on the Switch and it actually runs well. Really well. It’s obviously not perfect (quite a lot of texture pop-in and a dropped frames during space battles), but it’s easily one of the most miraculous of ‘Miracle Ports’ I’ve played on the Switch. Hard not to be impressed by what they crammed onto this hardware.”

No Man’s Sky on Switch

Reviews from critics and gaming publications reflected this sentiment. Nintendo World Report said it exceeded its expectations on performance and content but were a bit disappointed not to have multiplayer transfer over. Overall, however, No Man’s Sky on Nintendo Switch was a popular game, adding to the 10 million-plus copies sold.

Fans want No Man’s Sky on Nintendo Switch 2

It has not been officially confirmed if No Man’s Sky is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 or not. However, gamers believe that it’s a prime candidate for the third type of game coming to the system: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.

Nintendo has confirmed that there will be three types of games on its upcoming console. This includes new games made specifically for the Switch 2, games compatible with the OG Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games. The last type are games that have been enhanced with improved features and new content for the new system.

There are rumors that developers Hello Games have a free Switch 2 update of the game in the works. It makes sense given that Hello Games has continued to provide free updates for the game over the years, however, this is not confirmed. The hope is that the game’s new version for Nintendo Switch 2 would have multiplier capabilities.