At a glance
No Man's Sky has a Mac version: Steam sells it for macOS. The Mac requirements list only Intel: on Apple Silicon Rosetta 2 runs it, and old Mac versions sometimes do not start on current macOS. Try it in Steam for Mac first.
No Man's Sky came out on Steam on 12 August 2016, made by Hello Games.
What your Mac needs
The Mac requirements list only Intel.
Minimum macOS in the Steam requirements: 12.3.
Steam requirements list at least 8 GB of memory for No Man's Sky.
Allow about 15 GB of disk space for the Mac version.
How to play
Open Steam for Mac and install No Man's Sky as usual.
If the Mac version will not start, you can install the Windows version through Uncork: download Uncork, sign in to Steam and install No Man's Sky from there (15 GB). We have not tested it ourselves.
The Windows version through Uncork needs a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).