8 years after its controversial launch, it seems No Man's Sky's comeback tour is finally complete. The game has just reached 80% positive reviews on Steam, bringing the overall rating to "Very Positive." No Man's Sky has been receiving far more positive Steam reviews than negative since about 2017, when the game's chain of major, free content updates really got going in earnest.
But those positive reviews had not been enough to counterbalance the tens of thousands of negative reviews that piled on at its mediocre launch.
Earlier this year, Hello Games founder Sean Murray celebrated on social media when No Man's Sky reached 78% positive reviews.
Murray said at the time that he "never thought it possible, but guys we might hit Very Positive one day." That day, it turns out, was not so far in the future. "Holy shit you guys - it happened," Hello Game founder Sean Murray said on Twitter today in a message of gratitude to fans. "You have no idea what this means to us." Holy shit you guys - it happened