Citizens of the New World

Light No Fire's reveal trailer at The Game Awards 2023 introduced a roster of humanoid creature designs that go well beyond the standard human protagonist most survival games default to. Hello Games describes the world as one where you're not the hero, and the cast on screen reflects that. Foxes carry spears. Bears swing axes. Rabbits build houses. The trailer reads more like a Wind in the Willows storybook with teeth than a sci-fi survival sandbox.

What Has Been Shown

The two-minute reveal trailer is the only public footage of in-engine characters as of May 2026. Hello Games has not released a character-creation showcase, a UI demo, or a roster announcement. Everything in this article is what is visible in the trailer or what Hello Games has said in passing about the cast, with no guesswork about playable rosters, stat blocks, or unlock systems.

Species Identified in the Reveal Trailer

The reveal trailer shows clothed, upright bipedal characters of multiple species. The set most commonly cited by community frame analysis includes:

• Humans: recognizable human characters, both lighter- and darker-skinned, appearing in group shots and on dragonback.

• Rabbits: long-eared characters, identifiable by ear shape and posture, shown in combat and around camps.

• Foxes: pointed snouts, brushy tails, appearing both in combat and as travellers.

• Badgers: squat builds with distinctive face stripes, shown carrying weapons.

• Bears: large frames, broad shoulders, visible in combat with melee weapons.

• Wolves: leaner canid silhouettes, distinct from foxes in build.

• Otters: sleek aquatic frames, appearing in water-adjacent and underwater sequences.

Frame-by-frame analysis from community creators has identified additional silhouettes that may include deer-like, frog-like, raccoon-like, and pig-like characters. These are less clearly distinguishable than the seven species above and have not been individually named by Hello Games. Treat any list longer than the seven trailer-confirmed species as community interpretation rather than confirmed roster.

Playable Or NPCs?

This is the open question. Hello Games has not stated which species are playable in a character creator versus which appear only as NPCs in the world. The press kit refers to a wide range of species and the official site emphasises that you can build a life and explore together with other players, but there has been no character-creation walkthrough, no UI footage, and no roster confirmation. A few possibilities, all unconfirmed:

• Every visible species is selectable in a creator at start of game.

• A subset of species are selectable, with others appearing as NPC populations across the planet.

• The character creator works on a more abstract template (height, build, fur, ears) rather than a discrete species dropdown, so what looks like a rabbit in the trailer is the result of sliders rather than a preset.

Until Hello Games publishes a character-creation showcase or confirms a roster, this article tracks what is visible in the trailer, not what is selectable in the game.

Customisation

The trailer shows variation within species. Different fur patterns, different clothing, different accessories, and different equipment loadouts appear on characters of the same species in different shots. The procedural generation technology that drives the planet's terrain may also drive cosmetic variation, but Hello Games has not described the system in detail.

Confirmed visible variation in the trailer:

• Clothing styles ranging from light tunics to layered armour.

• Weapons carried in hand or sheathed on the body (swords, bows, staves, spears, clubs).

• Headwear, capes, and decorative accessories.

• Body proportions that differ between species (a bear character is visibly larger than a rabbit character in the same shot).

Group Identity and Factions

Multiple species share screen time in the trailer, often in the same group. There is no visible faction conflict between species: a fox and a bear stand at the same campfire, a rabbit and a human ride dragons in formation. The lore and setting leans on the press-kit framing of an ancient earth full of mystery, with no chosen-one narrative. That suggests species coexist as travellers in the world rather than as warring factions, but this is not a confirmed lore statement from Hello Games.

Stats, Classes, and RPG Systems

Hello Games has described Light No Fire as bringing the depth of a role playing game to the freedom of a survival sandbox. That framing implies progression of some kind, but the specifics have not been disclosed:

• Whether species choice affects starting stats, abilities, or movement traits.

• Whether there is a class or path system separate from species.

• Whether progression is level-based, skill-based, or item-based.

• Whether species choice is purely cosmetic.

Nothing about the RPG depth pillar should be read as confirming a discrete stat block per species until Hello Games shows it.

Naming and Identity

The trailer does not name individual characters. Whether the game lets you set a name, a title, or a faction affiliation for your character has not been shown. Player-to-player social systems (guilds, parties, friends lists) likewise have not been documented in detail; what is known about cooperative play lives in the multiplayer article.

Open Questions

Related Reading

For broader context on the cast, see lore and setting for how species fit into the world's mythology, combat and creatures for what the characters fight, and multiplayer for how groups of players interact with each other. The overview article provides the high-level summary of what Light No Fire is shaping up to be.