September 2025: Would you believe it, we actually have some new information about Light No Fire, thanks to a No Man's Sky update. Sean Murray confirmed that NMS's new ship building system is used in Light No Fire for boats and crews while exploring the ocean. We've updated the 'Features' section below with Murray's full quote.
It may seem strange for a developer that created a galaxy filled with trillions of planets to follow it up with a game where there's only one. But No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is doing just that: Light No Fire, its next open world survival adventure, will be contained to a single planet. Thing is, that planet is big. Real big.
Interested? Yeah, we are too. Here's everything we know about Light No Fire, including its announcement trailer, gameplay details, and a few quotes from Hello Games founder Sean Murray.
Is there a Light No Fire release date?
The release date of Light No Fire has yet to be announced, and at this stage we don't even have a release window locked down. The game was announced at The Game Awards in 2023, where Sean Murray said Light No Fire had been in development for "the last five years."
With now seven years of development time, we hope it won't be too much longer to wait, but if Light No Fire is coming out in 2026 or beyond, we simply don't know yet.
Light No Fire trailer
The announcement trailer from The Game Awards is, so far, the only real look we've gotten at Light No Fire. The Steam store page doesn't give us much else: all the screenshots are taken right from the trailer. There have been no other teasers or art, so drink in that trailer: it's really all we've got right now.
Luckily it shows us a lot, and what's there looks pretty interesting.
Light No Fire setting and genre
What's Light No Fire all about?
Light No Fire features
What features will Light No Fire have?
about the same ship building system being used for Light No Fire: "Much of the technology we’re introducing with Voyagers is shared with our next game, Light No Fire, which is a truly open world, a shared Earth-sized planet, with real oceans to traverse, needing large boats and crews," Sean Murray said. So yay, boats with crews officially confirmed!As for the rest? Speculation, sorry. Based on the official website, we know that "Light No Fire is a game about adventure, building, survival and exploration together. Set on a fantasy planet the size of Earth, it brings the depth of a roleplaying game to the freedom of a survival sandbox."
In the trailer we see players building houses, using mounts which they presumably have tamed, and doing a lot of exploring. "Meet players from across the globe, build a life, explore and survive together. Construct persistent buildings and communities, or strike out alone to discover the world for others," the official site says.
One player appears to be near an obelisk, there are also ruins, and some other large structures to find in the world. These were all features in No Man's Sky, too, and monoliths could provide players with rewards for solving puzzles. It's unknown how these similar structures work in Light No Fire, however.
Hello Games keeps updating No Man's Sky, so is it even working on Light No Fire?
. "Each time we push our engine to new places though we have this urge to share it with the community, with No Man’s Sky." That includes new engine updates, lighting systems, and water physics.Light No Fire multiplayer
How many players will Light No Fire support at once?
Another unknown. We can see up to 10 players in the trailer, and No Man's Sky supports up to 32 players in the same instance. But again, we can't confirm that yet for Light No Fire. Stay tuned.