No Mans Sky coming to iPhone and iPad on October 28

Developer Hello Games and Apple have announced that space exploration and survival game No Mans Sky will launch on iPhone and iPad on October 28. Ars Technica and The Verge both reported the announcement. The Verge and Gematsu both confirm the October 28 release date for the iOS platform. [1][2][7]

The mobile release provides the full game experience rather than a scaled back version, according to Hello Games co founder Sean Murray, as reported by The Verge. According to Engadget and Ars Technica, the release includes all content updates released over the past decade. Ars Technica reported that the game will run on devices as old as the iPhone 11 and the third generation iPad Air. [1][2][4]

The project began after Hello Games released a Mac version in 2023 and a team member claimed the game could run on an iPhone, according to Engadget. The game uses a single seed to procedurally generate massive galaxies directly on the device, Ars Technica reported. Engadget noted that the launch is part of an Indie Games Week event on the Apple App Store. [1][4]

No Mans Sky originally launched in August 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Windows. Over the following years, the game expanded to Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, and macOS, before adding a Nintendo Switch 2 release in June 2025. [9][10]