No Man’s Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

No Man’s Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

A decade later, and the No Man’s Sky updates just keep coming.

A decade later, and the No Man’s Sky updates just keep coming.

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Andrew Webster

Oct 12, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC

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Andrew Webster

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

TheNo Man’s Skyuniverse is about to get a little bit smaller — but in a good way. Hello Games announced that its long-running sci-fi exploration game will be coming to iOS, with versions for both the iPhone and iPad available starting on October 28th.

According to Hello’s Sean Murray, the mobile version of the game is essentially the fullNo Man’s Skyexperience. “I guess I should say this is notNo Man’s SkyLite,” he wrote in a blog post. It includes all of the game’s many, many updates that have come out since launch — likethe gigantic Voyagers expansionfrom last year — and the only major features missing will be multiplayer and the planetary settlements. Murray likens the iOS version towhen the game initially launched on the original Switch. “On Switch we have listened to players and built from there, including witha much expanded version on Switch 2,” he says. “Based on feedback and player numbers we will support iOS in a similar way.”

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The game will be playable on the iPhone 11 and 3rd generation iPad Air and above, and the studio says that the download comes in at a surprisingly scant 5GB. It also has newly-designed touch controls, as well as support for controllers, screen casting, and mouse-and-keyboard on the iPad. Murray also notes that “Perhaps most importantly we’ve put tons of work into battery life and thermodynamics, and we’re super proud thatNo Man’s Skycan be enjoyed for really long comfortable play sessions.” It’ll be “free to try” at launch, though it’s not clear how much the full version will cost.

It’s now been a decade sinceNo Man’s Skyfirst launched, and the game has changed dramatically since its debut. iOS will be joining a huge list of supported platforms, including Mac, PC, and essentially every modern console, and there’s alsoa VR version available. Just as significant, Hello has continued to keep the game vibrant with a constant stream of free expansions,including the recent Cosmos update in September, which fleshed out the vast expanse of space with more things to explore.

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