No Man’s Sky is planning another massive update, Voyagers, with various new features and improvements included. The procedurally generated open-world game has come a long way since launch: the introduction of Voyagers marks its 6.0 update, following the expansive Worlds Part 2 earlier this year.

Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, announced today on X (formerly Twitter) that the next major content update for No Man’s Sky would be called Voyagers. It introduces a wide variety of new features that we’ll dissect below, including a new, fully customizable starship class, a multiplayer crew, spacewalking, skydiving, and more.

The best part? Voyagers launches today as yet another free update for No Man’s Sky.

No Man’s Sky Voyagers Adds A Long Feature List

Everything New In Voyagers

According to Sean Murray and the official No Man’s Sky website, here are all the major new features coming in the Voyagers update. The headline, of course, is the new ship type, the Corvette class. This ship is fully customizable inside and out: you can select and attach individual pieces, building it from scratch in a new, more intuitive build mode.

You can even step inside the Corvette-class ship to customize its interior with a wide variety of habitation ship modules and new interior design options. You can then walk around inside your beautifully-decorated ship, enjoying the comforts of your home away from home – and you don’t have to do it alone.

When piloting a Corvette-class ship, you can fly with your friends. That’s right: for the first time ever in No Man’s Sky history, you can crew up with other players, jetting off to distant worlds together to complete missions or simply explore and enjoy. There’s also a new cooking system, greenhouse module, and an enhanced Corvette-class refiner for you and your friends to employ.

Also introduced by the Corvette-class starship is the ability to go on a spacewalk. You can simply step outside the doors of your ship and float freely in outer space, enjoying the vast reaches and the incredible vistas of the galaxy. You can also skydive from your ship, if you’re so inclined.

As for quality-of-life features, you’ll now be able to rebind the game’s controls on consoles. A mission radar will make it easier to find activities while exploring the open world. Lighting has been localized to the player character, for more realistic and immersive visuals. NVIDIA DLSS4 is lso being introduced in an effort to improve performance and graphics quality on compatible PC GPUs.

Voyagers also introduces a wide variety of customization options, from player suits to ship modules to ship trails, and everything else in between. You can see the full list of customization options via the patch notes on the No Man’s Sky website.

Every No Man’s Sky Update Is Great

The Greatest Redemption Arc

No Man’s Sky has come such a long way from its almost universally panned release. Players rejected the original iteration of No Man’s Sky for its lack of a meaningful endgame and lackluster multiplayer features.

However, No Man’s Sky has seen regular updates since then, and is basically unrecognizable today. It’s addressed basically every point of player criticism, and even added a ton of new content that’s kept the game alive and active for multiple years.

Last year, No Man’s Sky achieved Very Positive all-time reviews on Steam for the first time since launch, signifying how much its hard work has paid off. (It’s currently at a Mostly Positive all-time rating, Very Positive recent rating due to Steam’s review score changes.)

Voyagers looks huge, and meaningfully expansive – I’ll certainly be logging on to pick up my Corvette-class ship as part of the time-limited event. Really, it’s unbelievable just how much free content has been added to No Man’s Sky over the years – this is just the latest innovation in a long-running redemption arc.

No Man’s Sky

Systems

Released

August 9, 2016

ESRB

T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood

Engine

Proprietary

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op

Cross-Platform Play

PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC

Steam Deck Compatibility

Verified