Free-to-play space RPG ‘Honkai Star Rail’ officially available now

Genshin Impact put studio MiHoYo (now known as Hoyoverse) on the map, with the open-world free-to-play Zelda-like title raking in over $4 Billion since its release in late 2020. The team’s next game following Genshin Impact is the turn-based RPG ‘Honkai: Star Rail. Following its pre-registration period (in which more than 10 million fans signed up), Honkai Star Rail is now officially available.

Announced back in 2021, Honkai Star Rail is the latest game from Genshin Impact studio Hoyoverse and takes you on an “epic intergalactic adventure, with various worlds to explore, refreshing gameplay to experience, and distinctive characters.”

Available right now across PC, the Epic Games Store, iOS, and Android (with a PlayStation version promised to come at some point in the future), the story of Honkai Star Rail is as follows:

“Implanted with a [Stellaron], the protagonist bravely set sail for the galaxy to drill down to the truth revolving around the so-called Cancer of All Worlds. Players will be able to experience a vast universe abundant in distinctive cultures, landscapes, and scenery.”

It continues, “From the Herta Space Station where the knowledge reserve of the universe and the forthcoming journey has been granted, to Jarilo-VI where numerous dangers and conflicts are frozen beneath the snow, to Xianzhou Luofu, the silkpunk flagship infused with eastern fantasy where development and dispute are focusing on the topic of immortality”

Hoyoverse proved with Genshin Impact that they are capable of making an impressive free-to-play game which ultimately does not require you to invest any real money into the title in order to enjoy it. Hopefully Honkai Star Rail was developed with a similar mentality in mind. It will be interesting to see whether this new title manages to stand toe-to-toe with its older sibling Genshin Impact.

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