No Man's Sky: 13 Little-Known Facts You Need To See

13. Most Planets Do Not Have Life

Though gameplay footage released so far has primarily focused on the player exploring planets teeming with life, this may arguably be a little misleading, as it's been confirmed that the majority of the game's planets do not in fact have any life.

It's been said that around 90% of the game's jaw-dropping 18446744073709551 planets (let that sink in for a moment) won't have any life, indicating that the game will be focused much more on exploration rather than listlessly slaughtering the local wildlife, even when you do find it.

This may disappoint some and is probably why the game's marketing hasn't made much mention of it, but it's in the service of preventing No Man's Sky from being another RPG-like grind-fest.