《No Man's Sky》登陆 iPhone 和 iPad 最低 iPhone 11 但不含多人模式

Hello Games is bringing the whole of No Man's Sky to iPhone and iPad, ten years of updates included, in a download of under 4GB that it says runs on hardware as far back as an iPhone 11. Multiplayer is not part of it.

A capture from the touch build, with the rebuilt on-screen controls at the right edge. Image: Hello Games

The studio announced the iPhone and iPad version at 14:27 UTC on October 12, with pre-orders live and a date it writes as "October 28th". Apple's own record for the listing gives October 29 at 07:00 UTC. Both dates come from the companies themselves.

Sean Murray is blunt about the scope. "This is not No Man's Sky Lite," the post says. "It is the full universe to explore, complete with over forty major updates, including, COSMOS, which came out just a few weeks ago." The tally of updates is the studio's own count.

Multiplayer and Settlements are the limits

"Similar to our Switch 1 launch there are some limitations," Hello Games writes. "Planetary Settlements are supported on iPhone 15 Pro and above, and multiplayer is not supported." Everything else is meant to run on an iPhone 11 or a third-generation iPad Air and newer.

Touch controls have been rebuilt "from the ground up", by the studio's description, and the game also takes controllers, casting to a TV, and mouse and keyboard on iPad.

On PC, console and VR the universe is a shared one. On iPhone and iPad it will not be, and Settlements draw a second line by device.

Apple's listing shows a free trial and no price

Pre-orders opened as part of the App Store's Indie Games Week, and Hello Games says the game will be "free to try" at launch. The store description sets out the model: "TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Play the beginning of the game for free. One-time purchase unlocks the full game which includes 10 years of updates." No price is published while the app is a pre-order, so what the unlock costs is not yet a public figure.

The same listing, read on October 13, gives version 7.07, a download of 3.79GB and a minimum of iOS 26.0. That file size is what "under 4GB" means in practice.

Hello Games has pulled this trick before

Murray frames the port as a repeat performance: "A little like when we brought the game to VR or Nintendo Switch players, it started with a seemingly impossible technical challenge we wanted to disprove." That VR work is why the game sits on so many of our readers' drives in the first place, from the improved VR mode that came with the PS VR2 version to the update that added foveated rendering on Sony's headset.

No Man's Sky has been on Steam since August 12, 2016, listed with VR support and tracked controllers. Pre-orders for the touch version are live now, and the mobile build carries all of it except the other players.

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