Space: the free trial frontier.
No Man’s Sky nearly burned up on its atmospheric entry back in 2016—it promised the universe, and only delivered a sort-of-okay space game. PC Gamer gave it a middling 64 at launch in our No Man’s Sky review, with Christopher Livingston remarking: « I’ve touched an infinite universe and walked away with some nice vacation photos. »
Despite that, developer Hello Games has done a bang-up job polishing it over the years, pouring gallons of elbow grease onto a game that would’ve otherwise faded into security via a whole heap of updates. Its overall Steam reviews are now « Mostly Positive » on Steam—an unthinkable reality eight years ago.
And now it’s free—until February 19, that is. To celebrate the launch of its newest expedition update, Omega, Hello Games is allowing everyone to download the game and play it in a charitably long weekend.
