No Man’s Sky climbs 49 spots on Steam Deck charts and gamers are loving it

No Man’s Sky saw a massive surge in player numbers following the arrival of the game’s World’s Part 1 update, and early feedback suggests that the open-world title is performing well on Valve’s portable console.

The epic open-world space survival game has been in the spotlight in gaming news recently, with a new World’s Part 1 update bringing a whole host of exciting changes. Despite the generally positive feedback around the new update, some PC users are experiencing huge framerate drops. However, this doesn’t seem to be affecting the Steam Deck community, with player numbers on the rise.

In fact, the Steam Deck verified title is now in the Top 20 Steam Deck Games Played This Weekmaking an impressive jump of 49 places, making it the fastest-growing title in the Steam Deck top 100.

Regardless of the game’s popularity, we were most interested in seeing how the game performed on the Steam Deck after the World’s Part 1 update – and according to Redditors, it’s been pretty good.

One Reddit user was surprisingly impressed with the game’s performance, saying: “It’s actually surprisingly good – the game looks better after the update, but performance is also slightly better in some scenes and almost equal in all others.” This is great news for Steam Deck users and further reinforces the qualities of this portable console.

No Man’s Sky Receives Positive Performance Feedback After Update

The game is receiving a ton of positive feedback from the Steam Deck community, with many threads explaining how impressive the changes have been – a night and day scenario compared to the PC feedback seen after the game’s update.

One of the reasons for this recent surge in popularity, aside from the new update, is the latest Steam deal that slashes the price by 60%. Right now, you can pick up the game for $23.99, which is $36 off its usual price. Act fast though, as the special promotion will end on July 29, 2024.

It will be interesting to see how the next few weeks play out for the game and if the space sandbox can crack the top 10. It won’t be a surprise to me if it does, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.