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Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail is a free-to-play, turn-based RPG developed by HoYoverse, the makers of Genshin Impact.

Like Genshin, Star Rail is a live-service game which is expanded upon with each major patch. Updates add new areas and missions, as well as new cha…

Honkai: Star Rail is a free-to-play, turn-based RPG developed by HoYoverse, the makers of Genshin Impact.

Like Genshin, Star Rail is a live-service game which is expanded upon with each major patch. Updates add new areas and missions, as well as new characters that players can try their luck to get.

Honkai: Star Rail uses a gacha-based system which offers characters of varying rarity when in-game currency is exchanged.

Platforms

Android
iOS
PC
PS5

Initial releaseApril 26, 2023

Developers

HoYoVerse

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG
Strategy
Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy

Publishers

HoYoVerse

FranchiseHonkai

Honkai: Star Rail Spotlight

Review: Honkai: Star Rail review: a slick, anime-infused RPG bursting with potential
Star Ocean, but if everyone was hotter and you could gamble
Jason Coles
2 years ago
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Honkai: Star Rail version 2.0 has a release date, will add dreamy new realm Penacony to the space RPG
With quality of life changes around relics and reviewing the game’s storyline
Matt Jarvis
1 year ago
11
Honkai Star Rail codes [April 2025]
Gain Stellar Jade and more rewards with these HSR codes before they expire!
Ollie Toms
1 week ago
5
Next Honkai Star Rail Banner [Version 1.2]
Learn all about the 1.2 and 1.3 Banners, including Kafka, Blade, and Imbibitor Lunae!
Ollie Toms
1 year ago

Honkai: Star Rail Feed

Bronya stands next to Fu Xuan in Honkai Star Rail.

Guide

Honkai Star Rail codes [April 2025]

Gain Stellar Jade and more rewards with these HSR codes before they expire!

April 14, 2025Ollie Toms

5 comments

Artwork for Honkai: Star Rail's version 2.0 shows its characters hanging out with a clock person

News

Honkai: Star Rail version 2.0 has a release date, will add dreamy new realm Penacony to the space RPG

With quality of life changes around relics and reviewing the game’s storyline

Jan. 26, 2024Matt Jarvis

11 comments

Withers, the NPC you must find before you can respec your character in Baldur's Gate 3.

Feature

The RPS guides team looks back at 2023

Here are the games and guides that defined 2023 for us

Dec. 29, 2023Ollie Toms

11 comments

Artwork from Shadow Gambit, Resident Evil 4, Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 and World Of Horror

Feature

Our 24 favourite games of 2023

As voted for by the RPS Treehouse

Dec. 26, 2023Katharine Castle

63 comments

A close up of Horace the Endless Bear looking at a big pile of presents with his name on, next to a plate of cookies with a glass of milk. It's the 2023 RPS Advent Calendar!

Feature

The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 9th

This one's a real Trailblazer

Dec. 9, 2023RPS

25 comments

Characters in Honkai: Star Rail's spooky Version 1.5 update

News

Honkai: Star Rail heads to The Crepuscule Zone with three new characters and a spooky event in Version 1.5

Bust ghosts, snap pics and manage social media

Nov. 3, 2023Matt Jarvis

1 comment

Himeko and Stelle look at the camera in the Parlor Car of the Astral Express in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

Next Honkai Star Rail Banner [Version 1.2]

Learn all about the 1.2 and 1.3 Banners, including Kafka, Blade, and Imbibitor Lunae!

Aug. 10, 2023Ollie Toms

Pom-Pom, a cutesy rabbit-like train conductor stands in front of a train door that's about to burst open in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

Honkai Star Rail: Where to go after Jarilo-VI

How to vote during An Invitation Without Proffer

July 12, 2023Rebecca Jones

The Trailblazer reaches towards the handle of a new weapon in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

How to get the Preservation Trailblazer in Honkai: Star Rail

Switching the Trailblazer's element and path in HSR

July 11, 2023Rebecca Jones

Honkai: Star Rail's Imbibator Lunae strokes the chin of a translucent greenish dragon against the backdrop of a night sky featuring a full moon.

Guide

Honkai: Star Rail Imbibitor Lunae character details

When will the 5-star Dan Heng unit debut in HSR?

July 7, 2023Rebecca Jones

Artwork from Resident Evil 4, We Love Katamari Reroll, Company Of Heroes 3 and Hi-Fi Rush

Feature

Our 22 favourite games of 2023 so far

Come and see the current contenders for this year's Advent Calendar

June 29, 2023Katharine Castle

46 comments

March 7th takes a selfie against the backdrop of Herta Space Station Master Control Zone in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

How to use photo mode in Honkai: Star Rail

What you need to do to complete the "Take a photo" Daily Training Activity in HSR

May 30, 2023Rebecca Jones

New 5-star characters Luocha and Silver Wolf strike a dramatic combat pose (alongside a smaller chibi version of Silver Wolf) in the splash art for Honkai: Star Rail Version 1.1 (Galactic Roaming).

Guide

Honkai: Star Rail 1.1 livestream date and time

Everything you need to know ahead of the official announcement of Galactic Roaming (V1.1)

May 26, 2023Rebecca Jones

The female Trailblazer (Stelle) examines her phone against the background of the Herta Space Station Master Control Zone in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

How to open the triple authentication door in Honkai: Star Rail

Steps to open up the locked Monitoring Room in Herta Space Station Base Zone and complete the Emptiness of Locus Silentii sidequest

May 26, 2023Rebecca Jones

A light cone floats above a desk in Herta Space Station in the opening quest of Honkai: Star Rail. Fun fact: this is the only time you see a light cone as it appears in the world in this game!

Guide

How to Superimpose in Honkai: Star Rail

And what to do when you see "Item Locked" on a 4-star or 5-star Light Cone

May 25, 2023Rebecca Jones

The main characters of Honkai: Star Rail, including both the male and female versions of the Trailblazer, superimposed upon a background of planets and spacecraft.

Guide

Honkai: Star Rail pity system explained

Learn how pity affects your likelihood of pulling your desired character from HSR's gacha

May 24, 2023Rebecca Jones

The original crew of the Astral Express — Welt, March 7th, Himeko, and Dan Heng — stand in front of their steaming train inside a station, beckoning the viewer towards adventure in a section of the main cover art for Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

How to raise Trailblaze Level in Honkai: Star Rail

Increase your Trailblaze Level to keep up with the story and unlock upgrades

May 17, 2023Rebecca Jones

Dan Heng, Stelle, March 7th, and Seele encounter Findie for the first time in the mines of Jarilo-VI in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

How to use Findie in Honkai: Star Rail

Beep, beep, beep!

May 17, 2023Rebecca Jones

Pom-Pom, a cutesy rabbit-like train conductor stands in front of a train door that's about to burst open in Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

How to get free characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Details of where, when, and how you can claim every free character in Honkai: Star Rail Version 1.0

May 10, 2023Rebecca Jones

Dan Heng, Himeko, Pom-Pom, Welt, and March 7th gather around a table on the Astral Express with a "2023" New Year's cake at its centre in a promotional image for Honkai: Star Rail.

Guide

Honkai: Star Rail birthdays

What happens on the player's birthday in Honkai: Star Rail?

May 10, 2023Rebecca Jones

1 comment

The main characters of Honkai: Star Rail, including both the male and female versions of the Trailblazer, superimposed upon a background of planets and spacecraft.

Guide

Honkai Star Rail tier list

Our Honkai Star Rail tier list ranks all 22 characters from best to worst in 1.0

May 10, 2023Rebecca Jones

8 comments

March 7th leans in very close to the point-of-view character's face in her introductory scene in Honkai: Star Rail, while Dan Heng looks bemused in the background of the shot.

Guide

How to add friends in Honkai: Star Rail

And, no less importantly, why it's good to have friends in Honkai: Star Rail

May 3, 2023Rebecca Jones

1 comment

Qingque dances through an explosion of scrolls and Mahjong tiles in her Honkai: Star Rail introductory image. An inset picture shows her asleep on a pile of papers.

Guide

The best Honkai: Star Rail Qingque build

Learn how to build Qingque in Honkai: Star Rail

May 2, 2023Rebecca Jones

The main Herta unit sits on a circular bed with two other versions of her robotic self in nightwear propped next to her in her introductory image in Honkai: Star Rail. They are surrounded by books. The main Herta has puppets of both the Trailblazer variants (female and male) on her hands. The Astral Express forms a background to the scene.

Guide

The best Honkai: Star Rail Herta build

Learn how to build Herta in Honkai: Star Rail

May 2, 2023Rebecca Jones

Natasha mixes vials of a bright green concoction in her home medical laboratory in Honkai: Star Rail. A robot shaped like a giant clawed hand sits in the background.

Guide

The best Honkai: Star Rail Natasha build

Learn how to build Natasha in Honkai: Star Rail

May 2, 2023Rebecca Jones

Honkai: Star Rail Gallery

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Attribution

Games from the Honkai franchise

Genshin Impact
2020
Honkai Impact 3rd
2016