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Confirmed platforms
PC (Steam) is the only officially confirmed platform. Light No Fire has an active Steam page (App ID: 2719590) that has been live since the December 2023 announcement. The page lists English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese as supported languages.
Expected but unconfirmed
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S are widely expected but have not been officially confirmed by Hello Games. No Man's Sky supports PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch, so console versions of Light No Fire seem likely. But "likely" and "confirmed" are different things.
Release date
There is no official release date. The Steam page says "To be announced."
Sean Murray has given indirect timeline signals but nothing concrete. Development has been underway for over seven years (Murray said five years at the December 2023 announcement). In November 2025, he described the development team as "tiny" and working "in the background," which does not suggest an imminent launch.
Press estimates generally point to late 2026 at the earliest, with some speculation extending into 2027. A few outlets have speculated about an August 2026 release to coincide with No Man's Sky's 10th anniversary, but Hello Games has not acknowledged this theory.
Game modes
The Steam page lists single-player, online co-op, and family sharing. There is no mention of competitive multiplayer modes.
Latest development status
In January 2026, Hello Games described themselves as "extremely busy" on the project. In early February 2026, Sean Murray posted cryptic emoji teases on social media, but these turned out to be for a No Man's Sky update, not Light No Fire. No new footage or details have been released since the December 2023 reveal trailer.
Murray has described the team working on Light No Fire as "tiny," operating "in the background" while the main Hello Games team continues updating No Man's Sky. Given this, community expectations for a release before late 2026 are low.