No Man's Sky gets alien Death Stars for players to defeat together

The Swarm update to No Man's Sky is bringing a new Expedition campaign, letting players battle a massive laser-firing threat.

No Man's Sky updates in 2026 have been adding very creative features to the sci-fi sandbox, including a Pokemon-style battling system and even a physics-enabled gravity gun. Now, it's time for another fresh addition. Today's new The Swarm update brings a new kind of enemy that has players fighting an alien mothership and its swarms of drones with other squadrons.

Jumping into the game, players will find a new Expedition they can go on. This time-limited campaign will have them splitting into the teams Royal, Sage, and Weaver to battle the new threat in the sky, which has been dubbed The Hive of Glass.

This monstrous construction will be found just outside the atmospheres of planets, taking out any space travelers in the vicinity with the largest laser cannon in the universe. Nearby it, players will find swarms of battle drones dubbed Swarmers that will give plenty of dogfighting action as they attempt to protect the mothership. The studio says players will need to band together with their best ships to accomplish the missions for taking down these new threats.

"Through the ages, epic space battles have been the absolute mainstay of sci-fi across films, tv shows, books and games and we’re always looking for ways to amp up the space-borne combat," says Hello Games founder Sean Murray.

It's not all about space battles either. Players can also contribute to the war effort by exploring planets that have swarm-related corrupted debris. Ground enemies will come out to meet these explorers. There are new rewards like exclusive armors, weapons, and cosmetic options to earn by participating in this new Expedition as well.

No Man's Sky The Swarm update is now available across PC (Steam and Xbox app), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 systems. Find the full patch notes here.

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Posted Thursday 28 May 2026 at 7:56 am AEST (my time).

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