Hello Games

What Hello Games is

Hello Games describes itself as a video game development studio and publisher based in Guildford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and states that it is proudly independent. The same page names No Man's Sky as one of its titles, describing the game as huge and evolving, and says the success of that game gave the team a larger office and more freedom to expand creatively. The studio's aim, in its own words, is to combine the stability and quality of large-budget development with the freedom and creativity of an independent studio.

Its about page and its game press material both give Guildford in the United Kingdom as the studio's base. The studio's site is deliberately small: a home page, an about page, a games page, a news page, a join-us page and a contact page. The about page states that the team is everything to the studio and that it is always hiring, and the games page lists the studio's titles under its own name.

No Man's Sky

The official press kit for No Man's Sky lists the developer as Hello Games, based in Guildford, and the release date as August 2016. Its platform list covers Steam on personal computer, Steam Deck, GOG, Windows, PC virtual reality, PlayStation 4 and 5, PlayStation VR and PlayStation VR2, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X, Game Pass, and Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. The game's Steam store page, which lists Hello Games as both developer and publisher, gives a specific Steam release date of August 12, 2016. It describes the title as a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe, and lists a regular price of 59.99 US dollars.

How the game has been maintained

Hello Games' press kit states that No Man's Sky, released in 2016, continues to receive regular major updates that add planets, biomes, creatures and stories. The studio publishes those update announcements on its own news page, which documents named releases across several years rather than a single launch period. The Steam store page for the game lists more than fifty awards and nominations, including a BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Evolving Game entry and a The Game Awards 2025 Ongoing Game entry.

Hello Games also operates a separate site for the game itself, nomanssky.com, carrying news, a press kit and a contact page. Hello Games publishes individual update announcements on its own news page. Named posts on that page include the introduction of the game's 5.0 update in July 2024 and a follow-up release in January 2025, each written by the studio and hosted on its own domain rather than distributed through a third party. That page also carries studio announcements that are not tied to a specific update.

Studio size and hiring

Hello Games does not publish an employee count or a founding date on the pages reviewed for this profile. Its about page addresses the team in general terms and states that the studio is always hiring, with a separate join-us page for open roles. What the studio does publish is its independence and its ownership of the No Man's Sky brand. The press kit names Hello Games as the developer and the Steam listing names it as developer and publisher, which means the studio handles both sides of the release for its main title.

Games

• Joe Danger
• Joe Danger 2: The Movie
• No Man's Sky
• The Last Campfire

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