Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail - For the Sun is Set to Die

Version 3.4 of Honkai: Star Rail, which includes: • New characters: Phainon, Saber, and Archer • New Trailblaze Mission: "For the Sun is Set to Die" • New areas: Aedes Elysiae • New collaboration-themed event…

2 July 2025

What Honkai: Star Rail - For the Sun is Set to Die is

Honkai: Star Rail - For the Sun is Set to Die is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Cognosphere and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Let me tell a tale of a swarm of nymphs that chase the scorching dawn. The Paean of Era Nova... For they rose from the gate and reached the throne, for they walked through the petals in the land of repose, yet fell finally at dawn's rise...

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Honkai series

Honkai: Star Rail - For the Sun is Set to Die is the 26th of 27 entries we hold in the Honkai series. The next entry was Honkai: Star Rail - Before Their Deaths in 2025.

See all 27 Honkai games in release order →

What it launched against

Honkai: Star Rail - For the Sun is Set to Die launched on 2 July 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza and Mecha Break. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza, Mecha Break.

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