Genshin Impact by HoYoverse launched on September 28, 2020 on Android, iOS, PS4 and Windows; PS5 on April 28, 2021, Xbox Series X|S on November 20, 2024 and a HarmonyOS NEXT version on September 10, 2025.
Sandrone
Sandrone, the 7th Fatui Harbinger nicknamed Marionette, is a playable Cryo character from version 6.7, not version 7.0.
Version 7.0 “Everwinter Without Mercy”
- Launch: August 12, 2026, opening Snezhnaya, Teyvat’s seventh nation, alongside a Crunchyroll collaboration
- New characters: Odette (5-star Cryo, sword) and Alyosha (4-star Electro, polearm)
- Third-person shooter mode: unlocked with the Goggles, with cover, sliding and vaulting, and switching between three gun types
- Stellar reactions: Stellar-Conduct and Stellar Swirl, with damage increased by 50%
- Cryo Traveler: unlocked by interacting with the Statue of the Seven in Snezhnaya
Version 6.8 was skipped; the game moved straight from 6.7 to 7.0.
Other milestones
- By the fourth anniversary the game had earned about $6.3 billion, with about 57.3 million monthly players in 2025
- In October 2025 the Miliastra Wonderland sandbox feature launched, letting players create their own content
- In 2025 the FTC required miHoYo to pay $20 million over misleading gacha odds disclosures and COPPA violations involving children’s data