Honkai: Nexus Anima Is Coming in Spring 2027

Honkai: Nexus Anima launches in Spring 2027. HoYoverse announced the window on November 5, 2026 (UTC+8), opened App Store pre-orders the same day, and set the Final Closed Beta for November 25. There is no exact launch day yet.

This is the first time HoYoverse has put any timeframe on launch. For more than a year the honest answer to “when does it come out” was “nobody knows”. Now there is a season, a store page, and a test it is calling final. Here is what each of those actually tells you, and what it does not.

Closed beta caveat. Nexus Anima is unreleased and HoYoverse labels every announcement “subject to change”. Store details below come from our own check of the App Store on November 6, 2026. Where we compare with HoYoverse’s earlier launches, that is our reading of precedent, not an announcement.

Key takeaways

• Launch window: Spring 2027. No month or day has been announced.
• App Store pre-orders are open as of November 5, 2026. The store’s April 1, 2027 date is a placeholder, not a launch date.
• No Google Play or Steam listing as of November 6, 2026. Pre-register on hna.hoyoverse.com for those.
• The Final Closed Beta starts November 25, 2026. Recruitment closes November 22 at 09:59 (UTC+8).
• Europe gets the same listing. The App Store page resolves in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Sweden, with German, French and Spanish text listed.
• Platforms are unchanged: PC, iOS and Android. No console version has been announced.

What HoYoverse announced on November 5

The announcement came in three pieces, all on the same day. The official post read: “A brand-new open-world creature-catching adventure RPG from HoYoverse, Honkai: Nexus Anima, is now available for pre-registration on the App Store! The game is scheduled to launch in Spring 2027!”

The same line, “scheduled to launch in Spring 2027”, closes the Final Closed Beta Gameplay Showcase on YouTube. Its end card adds “Now Available for Pre-order on the App Store”. The “Get Nexergized!” teaser description repeats it a third time.

That consistency matters. HoYoverse used one phrase across every channel, which reads as a planned commitment rather than a slip in one post. It still is not a date, and HoYoverse has moved windows on other games before.

The official App Store pre-registration banner, posted on November 5, 2026.

The App Store listing, checked

We looked the listing up through Apple’s own lookup service on November 6, 2026, against seven storefronts. To make sure an empty result would mean “not listed” rather than “query broken”, we ran Genshin Impact through the same query on each storefront as a control. Every control resolved.

The store description calls the game “the latest installment in the Honkai series” and sums up the premise: you play a traveler who escaped captivity and journeys across the Planes, bonding with creatures. If that is new to you, our world guide and lore primer cover the setting.

Why April 1, 2027 is not the release date

Apple will not take pre-orders without an expected release date on the listing. Developers pick one, can change it, and the store converts it when the real day comes. A placeholder that lands inside the announced season is normal and tells you very little.

So the April 1 date on the store fits “spring”. It is not confirmed, HoYoverse has not mentioned it, and we will not report it as the launch date. If HoYoverse names a day, the release date tracker will change the same day.

The download size and iOS version on the store

The store currently reports a download of about 1.3 GB and a minimum of iOS 14. Treat both as provisional. A pre-order listing usually carries a launcher-sized build rather than the full game, and the Final Closed Beta itself asks for iOS 15.0 and 15 GB of space. Our system requirements guide has the full device list.

How to pre-order Honkai: Nexus Anima on iPhone and iPad

Pre-ordering on iOS takes under a minute:

1. Open the App Store and search for Honkai: Nexus Anima, or use the App Store listing.
2. Check the seller reads COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. Anything else is not HoYoverse.
3. Tap Pre-Order. The game downloads automatically on release day if automatic downloads are on.
4. Also pre-register on the official site with your HoYoverse account. That is the route HoYoverse uses for email news and any sign-up rewards it may announce.

An App Store pre-order and official site pre-registration are separate lists. Doing both costs nothing. HoYoverse has not announced pre-registration rewards for either, so do not pick one over the other for a reward that does not exist yet. Our pre-registration guide covers both routes step by step.

Android, PC and Steam

Android and PC players cannot pre-order through a store yet. As of November 6, 2026:

• Google Play: no listing. Star Rail’s listing resolved as a control on the same check.
• Steam: no page. Wuthering Waves resolved as a control, so the search itself works.
• Epic Games Store: no listing has been reported.
• Official site: pre-registration has been open on hna.hoyoverse.com since September 13, 2025, and covers every platform.

HoYoverse’s own PC launcher has been the main PC route for its recent games, with Epic as a secondary store. Whether Nexus Anima reaches Steam is unannounced. The platforms guide tracks every store and console question.

Habitat building on a beach, from the Final Closed Beta Gameplay Showcase. The build is marked “Work in Progress”.

Why Spring 2027, and not sooner

HoYoverse’s last three launches each followed a test it called final. Genshin Impact launched 88 days after its final test began, Honkai: Star Rail 75 days, and Zenless Zone Zero 77 days. Count the same 75 to 88 days from November 25 and you land in February 2027.

Spring is later than that. Either Nexus Anima gets a longer runway than its siblings, or the launch sits early in spring. Both are possible, and HoYoverse has not explained the choice. Our guess: the gap leaves room for a Lunar New Year patch cycle on its other games, and for feedback from a test that adds systems like the Nexus Arena and RV Habitats. That is speculation, and we label it as such.

What the timing does support is that this test is the last one. HoYoverse never called the Evolution Test final. It used the word this time, and it opened store pre-orders the same day. That is the pattern its previous launches followed.

What European players should know

There is no separate European release date and no announced server regions. The Spring 2027 window is the only timing HoYoverse has given, and it was stated globally.

On November 6, 2026 the App Store listing resolved on the UK, German, French, Dutch and Swedish storefronts, with the same ID as the US listing. That is a dated observation, not a promise about launch day availability. HoYoverse has not stated a regional rollout either way.

The listing names German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian among its text languages. Voice languages have not been announced. The 12+ rating is Apple’s own scale; we have not seen a PEGI or USK rating published for the game yet, so we are not reporting one.

What happens between now and launch

The next fixed date is the Final Closed Beta. Recruitment closes on November 22, 2026 at 09:59 (UTC+8), which is 01:59 UTC and 02:59 CET. The test begins on November 25 on PC, iOS and Android.

• To apply: follow our Final Closed Beta sign-up guide.
• To see what is new in the test: read what the Final Closed Beta adds, from free Anima Companions to a guaranteed first 50/50.
• To get ready for launch: the Anima dex, Eidos database, tier list and formation planner are built from the test builds so far.

Expect store listings on Google Play and PC storefronts, a launch date, and pre-registration rewards to arrive between now and spring. None of those has been announced yet.

Bottom line

Honkai: Nexus Anima is coming in Spring 2027, with no day named. If you are on iPhone or iPad, pre-order on the App Store now and also pre-register on the official site. If you are on Android or PC, the official site is your only option today. Then apply for the Final Closed Beta before November 22, because it is the last chance to play before launch.