‘No Man’s Sky’ Refunds And Which Retailers Are Offering Special Exemptions

The long awaited, possible most hyped game of the first half of the decade from Hello Games, "No Man's Sky," has swiftly gone under fire just barely a month after its release with many clamoring for refunds over the recent weekend after the game failed to live up to players' expectations.

After years of waiting, which got extended just a bit more due to a sudden delay, Hello Games founder Sean Murray's pet project "No Man's Sky" finally dropped onto the laps of heavily excited fans everywhere. Many believed that after all of the hype and build up, they would finally be able to explore the game's procedurally generated universe comprising of "18 quintillion unique planets" and explore the game to their heart's content until the end of time.

Unfortunately, when the game did hit the reality also hit those who have been waiting long for it that "No Man's Sky" was not all it was built up to be. For one, the procedural generation of 18 quintillion "unique" planets did not actually mean each and every one would actually offer something unique to do, as some reviews have pointed out. Another is that despite being an exploration game, exploring the game's universe is not actually very rewarding.

As such, many players have turned up feeling quite cheated with their anticipation and purchase and have actually begun looking to get their money back. This is despite the usual limitations imposed on purchases by the various retailers that offered then game, though many alleged that people can actually circumvent these limitations through various means.

Users at Reddit and NeoGAF have shared alleged tips on how to turn their games in for refunds at digital retailers like Amazon, GOG, Humble Bundle, the PlayStation Network, and Steam. The users posting the tips go on to claim that the retailers are actually offering special exemptions solely for "No Man's Sky;" with an example being Valve letting players who bought the game from the company's Steam platform despite the 14-day limit already passing and owners having played their game for more than two hours.

Simply put however, this is not the case, at least for Steam. The platform has gone on to even update the "No Man's Sky" page on its website, with the message "the standard Steam refund policy applies to No Man's Sky. There are no special exemptions available. Click here for more detail on the Steam refund policy" framed in Valve's "serious" orange color.

There is no new information yet for other retailers, but it is highly doubtful that sellers would feel justified accepting refunds for a game the buyer has already extensively played.