No Man's Sky — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2016 · Adventure, Action, RPG, Simulation, Indie · Hello Games · ESRB Teen · Metacritic 75
Optimize No Man's Sky for your hardware
Pick your GPU, CPU, resolution and target refresh rate, then generate a printable settings card with per-preset expectations and upscaler guidance.
Optimize No Man's Sky for your PC
This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.
My No Man's Sky Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 3/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | — |
| Processor | OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions) | — |
| Memory | Processor: Intel Core i3 | — |
| Graphics | Memory: 8 GB RAM | — |
| Storage | Graphics: nVidia GTX 480, AMD Radeon 7870 | — |
| DirectX | Storage: 10 GB available space | — |
About No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is a space action-adventure survival game developed by Hello Games.
The overall visual style of the game is inspired by various science fiction books. Demoscene also served as a source of inspiration for the developers.
The main feature that the game revolves around is the procedural generation. Each planet you visit is generated from scratch. The information about the planets and their inhabitants is dynamically updated so every player can discover a new species or planet and give it a name.
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Tune settings →Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the No Man's Sky optimization card is computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.