Since the game's initial release, Hello Games has continued to improve and expand No Man's Sky to achieve the vision of the experience they wanted to build. The game has received multiple major content updates that have introduced several previously missing features, such as multiplayer components, while adding new features like surface vehicles, base-building, space fleet management, cross-platform play, and virtual reality support, all of which have substantially improved its overall reception.

The first of these updates was the 'Foundation' update, coming on the 26th November, the date HelloGames wanted to release the game originally. This update reset the universe & changed almost everything about the game; turning it into a full-fledged game from what had essentially been a beta-test. This update alone made most players happy, though some still remained unimpressed. The internet was still vocal at this point, with many people who had never played any version of the game, taking to trash-talking it online.

With the first three updates, the game managed to tick off almost all of the features that had been listed as being 'promised' (most of which were never actually mentioned, but purely the hype-train and people's imaginations getting out of hand).

With the release of 'Atlas Rises', the online hate-train did a u-turn, with most people admitting that they could no longer fault the game & that everything that had been 'promised' was now in-game.

All iterations of the game starting with 'NEXT', have been adding features that have been thought up since the foundation update hit and were not mentioned by anyone pre-launch. HelloGames continued to develop this game; through 2016 - 2024, with more content already planned for throughout at least 2025 and 2026.

HelloGames have recieved countless awards for their ongoing work on No Man's Sky & Community Support.