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54BANG SCORE
No Man's Sky
Fair · Shooter · 2016
Fair value, not a standout: about 32h, $59.99 (~$1.87/hr), 85% positive.
The verdict
No price makes this a value pick.
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
$1.87/hr over the 32h main story, $0.38/hr if you 100% it (156.2h).
Heads up: only 1% finish a 32h game, so budget for the first stretch, not the full ride.
Better value than 72% of Shooter games
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Length
32h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
156.2h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.88/h
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$59.99
Reviews
85%
410,183 reviews
Metacritic
61
critic score
Players
7.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2016
What drives the score
Value$1.88/hr
price per hour of game, the biggest driver
Length32 hours
how much game you get. hours feed the value per dollar
Reviews85% positive
gates the score. weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a BANGER
Reach7.5M+ players
how many own it, a popularity + confidence signal
Engagement1% finish
how far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Metacritic61/100
critic consensus, a supporting signal next to player reviews
Monetization↓ No microtransactions
cosmetic only, a light touch
Lime = the core BANG Score drivers, blue = supporting signals, red = what drags it down. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Critics vs players+24
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 410,183 Steam player reviews
The drop-off
73% start to 1% finishOnly 1% of players reach the end. On a 32-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
In-app purchasesNo microtransactionsPCGamingWiki
Price history
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DeveloperHello Games
PublisherHello Games
GenreShooter
Achievements27
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