Sean Murray pours one out for No Man's Sky permadeath player who stranded himself in bittersweet space purgatory: 'All I can do is sit in my ship, watch the lightning storms, and wait for my oxygen to run out'

An image of an explorer from Hello Games' No Man's Sky, standing over a vast and verdant planet.

If you ask me, No Man's Sky is at its best when it's at its most desolate—when it's just you, your spaceship, and the awe of an indifferent cosmos. By most metrics, No Man's Sky has only improved since its launch in 2016, but all those massive updates and feature additions have made that delightful isolation a bit harder to find.

Unless you're No Man's Sky permadeath player Spirited_Ad3028, that is.