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Light No Fire

Release date: TBA
Developer: Hello Games
Publisher: Hello Games
Platforms: PC, Console
Genres: Open world exploration, survival

Platform and release matrix

Platform	Availability	Release date
PC	Planned	TBA
Console	Planned	TBA

Confirmed information

Game overview

Light No Fire is Hello Games' next project after No Man's Sky, announced at The Game Awards 2023 by studio founder Sean Murray and still without a confirmed release date as of mid-2026. Unlike No Man's Sky's countless procedural galaxies, Light No Fire focuses on a single Earth-sized fantasy planet — roughly 197 million square miles by some estimates — that every player shares and explores together, combining survival, building, and RPG-style combat with swords, bows, and magic.

Quick answers

When does Light No Fire release?

TBA

What platforms is Light No Fire on?

PC, Console

Who is making Light No Fire?

Hello Games

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Guide coverage

One Shared Planet, Four Pillars

Hello Games has described the project around four design pillars: a multiplayer Earth, a procedural Earth, a fantasy Earth, and an unexplored Earth. The whole planet streams together seamlessly — the studio has said players can sail across an ocean, dock a ship, and climb a mountain without a loading screen — and features persistent player-built settlements and communities.

Learning from No Man's Sky's Launch

After No Man's Sky's rocky 2016 debut following a long, hype-heavy marketing cycle, Hello Games has deliberately kept Light No Fire's public presence quiet, with only a small team confirmed to be working on it alongside the studio's ongoing No Man's Sky support. This makes a firm release window hard to pin down even this deep into development.