No Man’s Sky is hitting double digits with the kind of numbers that make launch-day doubters eat their words—record players logging in and Hello Games dropping a teaser for the next big free ride called COSMOS. Sean Murray’s anniversary letter spills the tea on 40 major updates, tens of millions of Travellers, and hundreds of millions of hours spent in that still-less-than-1%-explored universe, plus a subtle wink that Light No Fire is getting the same post-launch glow-up treatment.

The community didn’t wait for the studio to make the first move; players pushed for concurrent records across platforms while Steam charts showed the game riding its highest peaks since the rocky 2016 debut. Murray kept it classy, thanking the team and players alike for turning a meme into a decade-long love story, with the COSMOS nod promising more of that signature free-evolution magic.

Darlings, this is the kind of long-game flex that keeps us coming back—studios usually ghost after year five, but Hello Games is still serving updates like it’s 2016 and the hype never died. Light No Fire fans, consider this your soft launch signal: the playbook works, and they’re not about to stop cooking.