Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail - Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars

Version 4.7 of Honkai: Star Rail, which includes: • New character: Aeon ★ Aha • New Trailblaze Mission: "Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars" • New events • ...and more!

11 October 2026

What Honkai: Star Rail - Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars is

Honkai: Star Rail - Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars is an adventure game developed by miHoYo and released in 2026. It was published by HoYoverse. It is available on PlayStation 5, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the maddening silence, a voice said: "Laugh, and let THEM hear your existence." And thus, the stars were silent no more, pouring all their radiance into a single burst of laughter.

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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Honkai series

Honkai: Star Rail - Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars is the 28th of 28 entries we hold in the Honkai series. It arrived a year after Honkai: Star Rail - Before Their Deaths. It is the most recent released entry in the series.

See all 28 Honkai games in release order →

What it launched against

Honkai: Star Rail - Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars launched on 11 October 2026, within three weeks of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Gears of War: E-Day and Star Wars: Galactic Racer. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

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