No Man's Sky — Steam Launch Options

15 community-verified launch options for No Man's Sky on Steam ↗.

DeveloperHello Games

PublisherHello Games

Released2016-08-12

EngineUnity Engine (heuristic)

-threads 4

Specify number of CPU threads to use

manual_curation
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-force-low-power-device

Uses integrated GPU for battery life (macOS).

Unity Documentation
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-windowed

Run the game in windowed mode instead of fullscreen

manual_curation
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-high

Set process priority to high

manual_curation
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-popupwindow

Creates borderless popup window in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-force-opengl

Forces OpenGL rendering (legacy) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-screen-height

Set vertical screen resolution (e.g., -screen-height 1080)

Unity Engine
-dx11

Force DirectX 11 rendering

manual_curation
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-force-vulkan

Forces Vulkan rendering API in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-fullscreen

Force fullscreen mode on startup

manual_curation
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PROTON_NO_FSYNC=true

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
-force-d3d11

Forces DirectX 11 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-screen-width

Set horizontal screen resolution (e.g., -screen-width 1920)

Unity Engine
-window-mode

Set window mode: exclusive, windowed, or borderless

Unity Engine
-force-d3d12

Forces DirectX 12 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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