Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail
Developer(s)miHoYo
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)David Jiang[1]
Composer(s)
  • Cui Hanpu
  • Cui Wei
  • Lin Yifan
  • Gong Qi
  • Wang Kexin
  • Wang Yujue
  • Wen Chi
SeriesHonkai
EngineUnity[2]
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows, iOS, Android
  • April 26, 2023
  • PS5
  • October 11, 2023
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Honkai: Star Rail (Chinese: 崩坏：星穹铁道; pinyin: Bēnghuài: Xīngqióng Tiědào; lit. 'Collapse: Starry Sky Railway') is a role-playing gacha video game developed by miHoYo, published by miHoYo in mainland China and worldwide by COGNOSPHERE, d/b/a HoYoverse. It is miHoYo's first turn-based game, featuring the main character, who is referred to as the Trailblazer, travelling across worlds through the Astral Express to help and connect the worlds while resolving disasters caused by "Stellarons" and other third-parties. The first closed beta test was launched on October 27, 2021. It was publicly released internationally on April 26, 2023,[3] for Windows and mobile devices. Additionally, the PlayStation 5 port was released on October 11, 2023. The PlayStation 4 version is still yet to be announced, as revealed at the latest Summer Game Fest with a trailer.[4] It is the fourth installment in the Honkai series, utilizing some characters from Honkai Impact 3rd and some gameplay elements from miHoYo's previous action RPG, Genshin Impact.

Partially due to the popularity of Genshin Impact, the game had already received widespread expectations before its launch. It was nominated for the Most Wanted Game Award at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2022,[5] won the Best Popularity Award of World Science Fiction Game Annual Awards in 2023,[6] and Best Mobile Game Award in the Game Awards 2023.

  1. ^ 崩壊：スターレイル [@houkaistarrail] (March 24, 2023). 【プロデューサー対談 近日公開！】 『崩壊：スターレイル』プロデューサー David Jiang とあの名作 RPG のプロデューサーによる対談が実現！ ゲーム開発の裏話と想いを開拓者の皆さまにシェアします！お楽しみに！ (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Saver, Michael; Pung, Julia; Stanton, Devon (January 4, 2024). "Made with Unity: 2023 in review". Unity Technologies. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "Honkai: Star Rail official website | May this journey lead us starward". hsr.hoyoverse.com. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Romano, Sal (March 24, 2023). "Honkai: Star Rail launches April 26 for PC, iOS, and Android, later for PS5 and PS4". Gematsu. Retrieved March 24, 2023. Followed by PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 at a later date.
  5. ^ Loveridge, Sam (November 22, 2022). "Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2022 winners". Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  6. ^ 猛鲨男鱼王 (October 23, 2023). "2023世界科幻游戏年度大奖：《崩坏: 星穹铁道》获最佳人气奖". 游民星空 (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved October 27, 2023.