No Man's Sky: The Swarm
A new danger has appeared in the No Man's Sky universe. Something terrible hangs in the sky: a huge, foreboding Hive-like ship, unlike anything we've seen before. It has nigh-on impenetrable defences, not…
No Man's Sky: The Swarm is a video game developed by Hello Games, released 27 May 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What No Man's Sky: The Swarm is
No Man's Sky: The Swarm was developed by Hello Games and released in 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
A new danger has appeared in the No Man's Sky universe. Something terrible hangs in the sky: a huge, foreboding Hive-like ship, unlike anything we've seen before. It has nigh-on impenetrable defences, not least a swarm of smaller and nimbler battle drones which must be neutralised to get close enough to target its primary weapon systems, notably the biggest laser cannon our universe has ever witnessed.
What it launched against
No Man's Sky: The Swarm launched on 27 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Directive 8020. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Directive 8020.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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