No Man's Sky can technically be played online, but it won't require a PlayStation Plus subscription on PS4 in order to do so.
Sony confirmed this with Game Informer, with a spokesperson saying, "PS Plus won't be a requirement to play online, however you will need to connected to the internet for your discoveries to register with the universal atlas."
The atlas referred to is a sort of compendium that all players contribute to by being the first to discover planets, lifeforms, and so on, which...