Short answer: yes. Honkai: Star Rail has multiplayer on mobile, and it is the reason most couples install it in the first place. Here is what playing together actually looks like, and what to expect before you both download it.
What kind of multiplayer Honkai: Star Rail has
Honkai: Star Rail is a rpg adventure, and it is more fun with a partner than it ever is alone. Honkai: Star Rail is a turn-based RPG from HoYoverse with a rich sci-fi story and stylish, strategic combat. Much of it is single-player, but it is a lovely couple game to play in parallel โ compare teams, plan builds and experience the story together.
The multiplayer is online, so you do not have to be in the same room. One of you can be on the sofa and the other on a train and the session works the same either way.
Playing it as two people
A lot of mobile multiplayer is built for big lobbies and reads as lonely with only two of you. Honkai: Star Rail holds up better than most, for three reasons:
- Explore a massive world together as a party.
- Share the journey, the loot and the story beats.
- A great long-term game to progress through as a couple.
Those are the things worth checking in any multiplayer game before you both commit to it.
Getting into a session together
- Install Honkai: Star Rail on both phones.
- Reach the co-op unlock, then add each other.
- Join the same world or party.
- Agree roughly when you will play โ the games that stick are the ones with a slot, not the ones you both mean to open.
Honkai: Star Rail is on both the App Store and Google Play, so it does not matter which of you is on iPhone and which is on Android.
If Honkai: Star Rail is not the right fit
Multiplayer is not one thing, and a game that suits a full friend group can feel thin with two. If that is where you land, these are the closest alternatives in the same space:
- Sky: Children of the Light โ Sky: Children of the Light, from the makers of Journey, is a serene social adventure about flying through beautiful realms and sharing light with others.
- Genshin Impact โ Genshin Impact is a gorgeous open-world action RPG with a vast world to explore and a huge cast of characters to collect.
- Spaceteam โ Spaceteam is a frantic co-op party game where you shout absurd technobabble instructions at each other to keep your ship from falling apart.
You can browse the whole shortlist on our couple games page.
Where to go next
One more suggestion, unrelated to Honkai: Star Rail: keep something running that neither of you can lose at. Our Flower Garden is ours โ a shared garden, tended a few minutes at a time.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Honkai: Star Rail multiplayer on mobile?
- Yes. Honkai: Star Rail supports multiplayer on phones, so you and your partner can play together from two devices without a console or PC.
- Can two people play Honkai: Star Rail together?
- Yes โ two is a perfectly normal way to play it. Share the journey, the loot and the story beats.
- Is Honkai: Star Rail free?
- Honkai: Star Rail is free to download on mobile, so you can both try it before deciding whether it earns a place in your rotation.
- Do we both need the same phone to play Honkai: Star Rail?
- No. Honkai: Star Rail supports cross-platform play, so one of you on iPhone and the other on Android is fine.
