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24 alternatives to No Man's Sky

Explore a nearly endless procedurally generated universe

No Man's Sky is an open-world exploration game set in a procedurally generated sci-fi universe. Players explore countless planets, discover new species and resources, and engage in trading, base building, and combat… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. No Man's Sky launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Explore/survive an infinite procedurally generated universe

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Free multiplayer dogfights in your browser, the official reboot of the 2017 hit. Five aircraft, five game modes, no download.

    2017 · airma.sh · its alternatives →

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    A game of aerospace industry and interplanetary exploration

    2015 · astroneer.space · its alternatives →

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    Rebels in the sky is a P2P multiplayer game about crews of space pirates roaming the galaxy to play basketball against each other. It's basically a basketball managerial game with some pirate-y stuff. It's a P2P game with no central server, built on top of libp2p. Players interaction are limited to playing games against each other and trading pirates. The game runs as a terminal application, meaning that you just need to run it from your terminal. You can try the game over ssh without installing: `ssh frittura.org -p 3788` My server is not very powerful and there is a limit to the number of…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A 2D space trading and combat game

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    A No Man's Sky discoveries database.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Explore the mystery of an unknown world

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    First new release in 14 years, now in real-time 4K 🛩

    2020 · xbox.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9SP

    2014 · stefanom.org · its alternatives →

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    Swipe decision game, explore, and conquer the galaxy

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    AstroGrid▲113

    Explore the entire universe in your browser, in real 3D

    Apr 2026 · velonspace.com · its alternatives →

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    The open world (galaxy?) version of a really great iOS game!

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    An open world starship simulator (Early Access Game)

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    A fan-made mashup of Mario and No Man's Sky

    2016 · asmb.itch.io · its alternatives →

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    A magazine from The Wing, for women with something to say

    2017 · the-wing.com · its alternatives →

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    Core▲81

    Create, explore, & earn from games across Core's multiverse

    2021 · epicgames.com · its alternatives →

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    Craft unlimited 3D items with AI — Browser Game

    2025 · simulogos.com · its alternatives →

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    A first person grappling hook exploration game.

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Starfield▲100

    Next gen role-playing game set amongst the stars by Bethesda

    2021 · bethesda.net · its alternatives →

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    Explore and survive a mysterious alien planet

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Most games have limits. You can only use preset features, need coding for customization & adding mods, require expensive extra devices. We wanted to remove those barriers. That’s why we are building space zero—a browser based 3D world powered by AI. We plan to build players can freely mix items to generate unexpected creations with unique properties and sounds. Also the world itself is dynamically generated, evolving endlessly. I uploaded a demo version I’ve been working on for the past month! I hope to get any feedbacks or comments :)

    2025 · 0.space · its alternatives →

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    No-Loss Arcade Game

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    An open-world text adventure in a transhumanist solar system

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    NMSGen▲65

    A planet name generator for No Man's Sky

    2016 · nmsgen.com · its alternatives →

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