Scan all the things

The first-personNo Man’s Skycomes with a scanner that’ll makeMetroid Primeheads feel at home. Given that the functionally infinite amount of planets all have unique animal and plant life, there’s a lot of crap to scan and discover.

Last night Hello Games’ Sean Murray noted that players discovered 1 million new species in the first hour of release and over 10 million overnight; or, “more than has been discovered on earth,” as Murray framed it.

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For instance over night we hit 10 million species discovered in NMS… that’s more than has been discovered on earth.WHAT IS GOING ON!!!

— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky)June 20, 2025

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