Games like No Man's Sky

3.9average player rating•5 games

No Man's Sky sells one feeling: you can go there. These keep the horizon open — some vast and lonely, some small and dense, all of them about seeing what's over the ridge.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic82

Avg. player rating3.9/5

Avg. playtime13h

Main genreAdventure

Released2015–2023

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Adventure5 of 5
Indie3 of 5
RPG2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Outer Wilds
AdventureIndiePuzzle
A tiny solar system that rewards curiosity more completely than any galaxy-sized one.
4.4/5Player ratingMC84View game
2
Subnautica
AdventureIndie
The same 'alien world, no map, keep going' pull, aimed downward instead of up.
4.2/5Player ratingMC83View game
3
Elite Dangerous
ActionAdventureRPG
The galaxy at 1:1 scale. Colder, harder, and unmatched for the feeling of real distance.
3.9/5Player ratingMC80View game
4
Astroneer
AdventureIndie
Planet-hopping and base-building with all the menace removed. Pure, cheerful exploration.
3.8/5Player ratingMC73View game
5
Starfield
AdventureRPG
Space exploration with a Bethesda RPG underneath — more quests, less seamless flight.
3.2/5Player ratingMC88View game