Honkai: Star Rail is HoYoverse's turn-based space-fantasy RPG, developed and published under the HoYoverse brand by Cognosphere Pte. Ltd. We have no live-stats API for this game the way we do for Roblox titles, so this hub is built entirely from HoYoverse's own update-details pages and press releases rather than a tracker's paraphrase. Per HoYoverse's own Version 4.4 update page, the current build has run since July 15, 2026 and stays live until 06:00 UTC+8 on August 26, 2026, when Version 4.5 replaces it.
What Is Live Right Now
The following comes from HoYoverse's own Version 4.5 press release, published August 14, 2026 through HoYoverse's official press channel, and its Version 4.4 update-details page on the official site — not from a tracker's summary.
- Version 4.5, "To Roll the Stars in Astropolis," launches August 26, 2026. Per HoYoverse, the Voracity plunges Planarcadia back into crisis after the Express Crew's earlier victory over Lord Ravager Asat Pramad, and the Trailblazer departs for Astropolis, which HoYoverse describes as "a key Interastral Peace Corporation stronghold" and the headquarters of the Interastral Peace Entertainment.
- Two new 5-star characters. Robin • Summeretto, a Wind character on the Path of Remembrance, debuts in the update's first half with a boosted drop rate alongside a rerun of the character Hyacine. Aventurine • Waveflair, a Quantum character on the Path of Elation, debuts in the second half starting September 12, 2026, alongside a rerun of the character Ashveil — both per HoYoverse's own character descriptions.
- Named events. HoYoverse's release names the racing event "Overdrive: Whirlwind Grand Prix," where the Trailblazer leads a crew as "team principal," the "Minuscule Great Adventure" stage-challenge event, and a Divergent Universe update carrying the "Planar Fissure" and "Realm of the Strange" double-drop events.
- Other confirmed details. HoYoverse states story dialogue can be sped up starting in Version 4.5, and separately confirms a collaboration with the audio brand MOONDROP tied to the character Sparxie.
- Current build. Per HoYoverse's own update-details page, Version 4.4, "In Ravages Does the Whistle Sound," has been live since its July 15, 2026 update and runs until 06:00 UTC+8 on August 26, 2026, when Version 4.5 takes over.
Background
Honkai: Star Rail launched on April 26, 2023 for PC, Epic Games Store, iOS and Android, per HoYoverse's own March 24, 2023 press release; that same release states the PlayStation version was "under development" at launch and followed later. HoYoverse describes the game as a space-fantasy RPG built around turn-based combat and maze-style map exploration, with a story that begins at Herta Space Station before continuing to Jarilo-VI and the "silkpunk" region of Xianzhou Luofu.
Update cadence, per HoYoverse's own dated update-details pages read this session: Version 4.0 posted February 13, 2026, 4.1 on March 25, 4.2 on April 22, 4.3 on June 1, and 4.4 on July 15, with 4.5 confirmed for August 26. That spans 194 days across five update cycles — an average of about 39 days, roughly five and a half weeks, between major versions.
How the Game Works
Per HoYoverse's own descriptions, Honkai: Star Rail is a turn-based RPG: characters act in a queued order, use Skills and Ultimates built around elemental types, and are grouped into "Path" archetypes that HoYoverse's own pages name directly — Erudition, Destruction, Elation and Remembrance among them. Exploration takes place across large, maze-style maps, and the story follows a protagonist implanted with a "Stellaron" who travels aboard the Astral Express. That is the limit of what we are stating first-party. We have not played Honkai: Star Rail and we are not going to describe gacha pull rates, tier picks, or which team composition is strongest this version from other sites' summaries — if we cannot trace it to an official HoYoverse page ourselves, it does not go on this page.
Official Channels
Where to go for first-party information. We link these without nofollow because we have checked them and stand behind them, unlike the third-party code trackers cited on the codes page.
- Honkai: Star Rail official site — HoYoverse's own news, update-details, and character pages, the source for most of this hub.
- HoYoverse official site — the publisher's corporate page.
- Honkai: Star Rail on HoYoLAB — HoYoverse's official community account for maintenance and event notices.
Honkai: Star Rail Guides
Honkai: Star Rail Beginner Tips
Trailblaze Power, pulls, teams, relics, and early upgrade priorities.
Teams and Builds Priority
Simple team roles and resource spending rules for new accounts.
Codes
Honkai: Star Rail runs a redeemable-code system, and trackers frequently disagree on which strings are still active. Our Codes page was most recently checked August 16, 2026 and records each code as a dated, source-listed signal rather than a confirmed-working claim, including three Version 4.5 livestream codes whose published redemption window has already closed.
Honkai: Star Rail Codes
Checked public code signals, official redeem path, and expiry warnings.
Update Rule
We do not repeat a livestream code as active past its stated expiry, and we do not quote a version number without HoYoverse's own dated page behind it. This page records what HoYoverse's official pages stated, and when we read them.