Update Countdown is a fan-made tracker that answers one question for a handful of live-service gacha games: how long until the next update? For each game we show a live countdown to the next patch, the characters or outfits featured on the current and upcoming banners, and a history of past versions.
The goal is to be fast, accurate, and free of clutter — one glance tells you when the next update lands and what's on it, in your own timezone.
The site currently covers 8 games:
Each countdown targets the moment a game actually becomes playable again — that is, when the scheduled maintenance for a new version ends and the servers reopen, not just the calendar date. For HoYoverse titles (Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero) and Wuthering Waves, every server updates at the same global instant, so a single countdown is correct worldwide; you can convert it to your local time with the timezone selector on any page.
Banner end times can differ from the patch time. On HoYoverse games the first banner phase ends per-server (each region at the same local time, a different UTC moment), while the second phase ends at one global time. The site accounts for this, and lets you pick your server so the banner timers match what you see in game.
Nikke is handled a little differently: it has no public version numbers, so its schedule is keyed to in-game events and banner rotations rather than numbered patches.
Confirmed release dates are taken from official announcements — livestreams, special programs, and in-game notices — as soon as they're published. Versions that haven't been officially dated yet are shown as estimates based on each game's regular release cadence, and are clearly labelled so you can tell the two apart.
Patch dates and banner line-ups are refreshed regularly, and banner art is pulled from community wikis. If you ever spot something wrong, every game page has a “Report” button — corrections are welcome.
Anyone who plays these games and wants to plan around updates — saving premium currency for a specific banner, knowing when maintenance starts, or just keeping an eye on what's next. No account, sign-up, or download is required.
Questions, corrections, or suggestions? Reach us at contact@updatecountdown.info.
Update Countdown (updatecountdown.info) is a fan-made site not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any game developer or publisher. All game names, trademarks, and content are the property of their respective owners.