No Man’s Sky comes to iPhone and iPad on 28 October 2026
Hello Games brings No Man’s Sky to iPhone and iPad on 28 October 2026, with all updates, iPhone 11 support and more.
- The iOS version includes more than 40 major updates, including the recent Cosmos update.
- Sean Murray says the mobile port has been in development for almost three years and benefited from technical work on Light No Fire.
What happened
Hello Games has announced No Man’s Sky for iPhone and iPad. The studio lists 28 October 2026 as the release date and has already put the game up on the App Store for pre-order. Based on the information available, this is a full mobile version rather than a cut-down release.
According to Hello Games, the iOS version includes the game’s full update history, with more than 40 major updates and the recent Cosmos update among them. The studio also says the game is set to run on iPhone 11 and newer, as well as third-generation iPad Air models and newer. Touch controls, controllers, and mouse and keyboard are all supported too.
Sean Murray said in a deep-dive video that Hello Games has spent almost three years working on the mobile port. He linked that technical foundation to work the team did on Light No Fire, the studio’s next project. The information provided does not break down exactly which engine or optimisation changes came from that work, but it does say it helped make the port possible.
Hello Games also says the improvements will not only benefit the iPhone and iPad versions, but will also carry over to the existing PC, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox releases. The mobile launch is being presented as part of a broader technical evolution for No Man’s Sky.
Timeline
2026-10-12: Hello Games announces No Man’s Sky for iPhone and iPad and opens pre-orders.
2026-10-12: Sean Murray says in a deep-dive video that the mobile port has been in development for almost three years and was helped by work on Light No Fire.
2026-10-12: Hello Games confirms the iOS version includes more than 40 updates, including Cosmos, and supports touch, controllers, and mouse and keyboard.
2026-10-12: The App Store listing names iPhone 11 and newer, and third-generation iPad Air and newer, as supported devices.
2026-10-28: Planned release date for No Man’s Sky on iPhone and iPad.
Background
No Man’s Sky originally launched as a multiplatform game and has since received a long series of updates. Hello Games now says that full update base is coming to iPhone and iPad too, meaning the mobile release will carry the same content as the existing versions.
The studio points to Light No Fire as an important technical factor behind the port. According to Sean Murray, work on that project helped make No Man’s Sky suitable for Apple hardware. The available sources do not provide a full technical breakdown of that overlap, but they do confirm the mobile version took nearly three years to build.
The HelloGamesTube deep-dive video on YouTube lines up with the announcement and is referenced in the source context as supporting material. Based on the information available, the video mainly confirms that Hello Games has managed to adapt the game for iPhone and iPad, and that Light No Fire played a role in that process.