- Release
TBA
- Platforms
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Mac
- Linux
- +2
Release dates
North America dates- TBACancelled
- Wii U
- PS Vita
About
Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 1,138 players- Main story
- 8 h
- Main + extras
- 12 h
- Completionist
- 27 h
OpenCritic84/10085% recommend · Mighty59 critic reviewsSteam93%Very Positive · 18,207 reviews
Critics (IGDB)89/10011 reviews
IGDB players85/100268 ratings
Game info
- Released
- 2016 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
GameMaker: Studio
Other versions
Expanded editions 1
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTBlood and Gore, Violence
- PEGI12Violence
- GRAC12+Violence
- CLASS IND12No content descriptors
- ACBMNo content descriptors
Languages
7 languagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and 1 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnglishEnglish (US) | – | ||
| FrenchFrançais | – | ||
| GermanDeutsch | – | ||
| ItalianItaliano | – | ||
| Japanese日本語 | – | ||
| RussianРусский | – | – | |
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- 2d
- a.i. companion
- alien languages
- ancient advanced civilization technology
- anime
- bird
- checkpoints
- collectibles
- controller recommendation
- crowd funded
- crowdfunding
- crowdfunding - kickstarter
23 more tags
- cyberpunk
- digital distribution
- humble bundle
- interconnected-world
- invented language
- moving platforms
- original soundtrack release
- pax east 2014
- pax prime 2015
- pixel art
- pixel graphics
- previously on - origin access
- secret area
- steam
- steam achievements
- steam greenlight
- steam trading cards
- the game awards 2016
- the game awards - best action-adventure game - nominee
- the game awards - best independent game - nominee
- the game awards - nominee
- twin stick control
- upgradeable weapons
Story & names
The player controls the Drifter, a character that has access to technology that has long been forgotten by the inhabitants of the game's world, but is forced to search through the ruins of civilization to find the cure for a mysterious illness.
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Also known as
- HyperLightDrifter.exeWindows Executable
Release dates by region
The Hyper Light series
All 2 games- This gameHyper Light Drifter2016
Hyper Light Breaker2025
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.