Some impressive numbers coming in from Hoyoverse.
Honkai Star Rail, the turn-based RPG from the same developers behind the widely successful Genshin Impact, just confirmed that their free-to-play title just surpassed 20 million downloads, and that’s all within a day since the game was released.
Check out the tweet below:
Departure Festival
May the stars be with you on this journey. We are grateful for your support in this boundless voyage with Honkai: Star Rail.
Thanks to you, we have achieved fantastic results in topping the charts of many countries and regions.The Express Crew would like to… pic.twitter.com/fp42WaEB8U
— Honkai: Star Rail (@honkaistarrail) April 27, 2023
From Honkai Star Rail’s official Twitter account:
“May the stars be with you on this journey. We are grateful for your support in this boundless voyage with Honkai: Star Rail. Thanks to you, we have achieved fantastic results in topping the charts of many countries and regions. The Express Crew would like to invite you to the Honkai: Star Rail Departure Festival at 19:30 (UTC+8) on 2023/04/30 for a Stellaris Symphony performed solely for you. We will also issue Star Rail Special Pass ×10 to you on the day of the festival. Follow the accounts below to watch the livestream: Official YouTube account: youtube.com/watch?v=BLyOaD Official Twitch account: twitch.com/honkaistarrail Once again, thank you for your continuous support and encouragement. May this journey lead us starward.”
Just to give you an idea on how big the value is, The game has broken records by reaching the number 1 spot on the iOS download chart in more countries than any previous game, even Genshin Impact which got around 17 million downloads. This is truly a commendable record that might be hard to break at the moment.
And this is with saying that the console versions are not even out yet!
Honkai Star Rail is available to download for free now for PC, Android and iOS devices.