Honkai: Nexus Anima Final Closed Beta and Release Window Dates Set

HoYoVerse announced the Honkai: Nexus Anima Final Closed Beta start date ahead of the Spring 2027 release window for the free-to-play creature collector RPG. Recruitment for the new trial is now live on the official site for PCs and Android and iOS mobile devices ahead of it starting on November 25, 2026. We don’t know how long it will last. However, there are two new trailers and some details about what we can expect from this next experience. 

A lot of the new additions in this upcoming Final Closed Beta are pretty obvious. As you can expect, we’ll see more characters, Anima, Event Bond encounters, places to go, and quests. The Event Bonds gacha system will feature a free Anima if you get a limited Eidos character, with an example being the five-star Reality unit Bai Mei and her five-star Reality Anima Seroplumanth. More gameplay elements will appear. Some will be tied to Challenge Stages. However, the more notable element seems to be the competitive Nexus Arena. 

The Honkai: Nexus Anima “Final Closed Beta Gameplay Showcase” trailer that highlights some of the additions can be seen below.

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Meanwhile, the “Get Nexergized” teaser trailer for this beta test is more of a cinematic affair showing off characters with what seems to be a song from the in-game Fleming Collective character Ms. Louis Fleming Y. 

This is one of multiple new HoYoVerse games in development. The next title is the Animal Crossingstyle life sim Petit Planet, which launches in December 2026 on the PC and mobile devices and in 2027 on the Switch 2. After that will be this title. That will then be followed by Nodusfall and Varsapura. 

The new Honkai: Nexus Anima Final Closed Beta test start date is November 25, 2026 ahead of the game’s Spring 2027 release window. So far, the only platforms confirmed are the PC and Android and iOS mobile devices.