Summary
No Man’s Skyis massive.
Arguably, in a sense, the biggest game in existence.
Travelers can finally make their own custom ship in No Man’s Sky: Orbital.
How many planets actually do exist in No Man’s Sky though?
Turns out, No Man’s Sky is trying to emulate that part of space travel too.
You, as a single person, will never explore the entirety of No Man’s Sky.
It already takes long enough to circumvent a single planet, let alone over 18 quintillion of them.
How Long Would It Take To Visit Every Planet?
18,446,744,073,709,551,616, that’s a pretty big number.
Let the table below give you a better impression.
For the sake of this table, we will assume you are visiting one planet every single second.
Impossible in many regards.
So let’s extend that instead to the entire player base of No Man’s Sky.
Supposedly, No Man’s Sky has sold over 10 million units.
Let’s assume for the calculation that every single copy sold is a unique player.
How Does No Man’s Sky Have So Many Planets?
The number 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 is not random, but the limit of 64-bit computing.
It’s surprisingly simple, really.
It’s a mix of theoretically easy but practically complex maths anda whole bunch of procedural generation.
No Man’s Sky doesn’t actually have 18 quintillion planets, but rather the space for them.
Get ready to go on a planetary tour of No Man’s Sky.
