No Man’s Skyhas released a fresh update for July, bringing a variety of bug fixes, especially to the Switch 2 version. Since its launch nearly ten years ago,No Man’s Skyhas continued to evolve, and with each patch, the expansive space adventure becomes an even stronger experience.
With the Switch 2’s multiplayer features,No Man’s Skyseemed like a perfect game to add to the new Nintendo console’s roster, but there were some immediate hiccups. At launch, multiplayer forNo Man’s Sky’s Switch 2 port was essentially broken, butJuly’s Patch 5.73has arrived to smooth out a lot of the port’s problems. Now that Patch 5.73 puts all versions of the game on level ground,No Man’s Sky’s future updates can focus on larger updates that benefit all players equally.
Developer Hello Games Can Now Focus on Evolving No Man’s Sky Even Further
Granted, not every bug fix included in Patch 5.73 is centered around the Switch 2, but a decent chunk of the update was focused on bringing the port up to par.The most exciting thing aboutNo Man’s Skyis that Hello Games' love of continuously working on the title means that there is bound to be more major content updates on the horizon, expanding its world to reach even greater heights.
2025 Has Already Been a Big Year for No Man’s Sky Content
Worlds Apart II was one of the biggest updates thatNo Man’s Skyhas seen yet. The update truly tested the limits of the game’s engine, bringing players a fresh treasure trove of incredible content. Beyond the usual quality of life improvements that are expected from updates,No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Apart IIintroduced new star systems, more diverse terrain generation, purple-class star systems, and more dynamic water and swimming mechanics, elevating the game’s exploration.
Relics (Update 5.6) focused on palaeontology, while Beacon (Update 5.7) has focused primarily on settlements.
According to Hello Games, there are plenty more updates planned for the future, too. Back in November 2024, Hello Games dev Martin Griffiths tweeted “we aren’t even close to being finished yet,” when discussinghow farNo Man’s Skyhas comesince its 2016 launch.No Man’s Skyhas one of the most notorious launches in modern gaming, as many of the promised features were missing. Thankfully, over time, the resilience of Hello Games has paid off in a big way, as the team has proven that the space adventure has serious longevity.
Some of the biggest Switch 1 & 2 fixes to come toNo Man’s Sky’s 5.73 update include repairs to UI overlap and clipping, screenshot issues, a bug that rendered the warp tunnel at low resolution, and torch texture rendering problems.
Next Year Marks a Major Milestone for No Man’s Sky
With a ten-year anniversary on the horizon, there’s no telling what Hello Games has in store for the big celebration. Of course, the developer has yet to reveal any plans, but it would be surprising if there wasn’t some kind of update to mark the occasion.No Man’s Sky’s embrace of player creativityhas kept much of its fan base engaged for years, so it will be intriguing to see what the developer has planned to potentially keep the game going for another ten years.
Only time will tell, but now that the Switch 2 has become a better-functioning part of theNo Man’s Skycommunity, it will be fascinating to see what the rest of the year’s updates look like. Nine years later,No Man’s Skycontinues to surprise, and that remains the game’s biggest strength.
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Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man’s Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe’s mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
