No Man's Sky is coming to iPhone and iPad on October 28.

The space-exploration game is planned as a nearly full mobile port, free to try, with touch controls and controller support; multiplayer and settlements are the big omissions.

Hello Games has announced October 28 for the iPhone and iPad version of No Man's Sky. The studio says it is not a stripped-down mini-game: major updates, including Voyagers, are included. Multiplayer and planetary settlements are the principal missing features.

The port is reported to support iPhone 11 and third-generation iPad Air or later, with controller support and mouse-and-keyboard options on iPad. A roughly 5GB download is surprisingly compact for such a large procedural universe. It will be free to try, while the full purchase price has not been announced.

Action: put October 28 on the games radar. For a powerful iPad with a keyboard, it could be an appealing way to explore a vast sci-fi world without carrying a console.