Hyper Light Drifter Review

Hyper Light Drifter has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 93 / 100. This score is calculated from 18,142 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Very Positive rating. These are split between 16,887 positive reviews, 1,255 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback. Additionally, Hyper Light Drifter has earned a metascore of 84 on Metacritic.

Track historical reviews and overall rating trends for Hyper Light Drifter using the chart below.

Hyper Light Drifter Price

Hyper Light Drifter costs $7.99 in the Steam store as of 8/20/2025 which is a 60% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standalone game or through a bundle like Hyper Light Bundle or Heart Machine Bundle which offers a discount off the game's base price.

Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Hyper Light Drifter.

Hyper Light Drifter DLC

Hyper Light Drifter has 1 related app available for download from the Steam store.

Image	Name	Type	Release Date	Actions
	Hyper Light Drifter Original Soundtrack	Music	4/12/2016	View

About Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter is an Indie, Action, RPG, and Adventure game developed by Heart Machine. On 3/31/2016, it was released on the Steam Store by Heart Machine.

It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

It also supports 6 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.

According to Steam’s category system, Hyper Light Drifter supports the following features:

• PvP
• Full controller support
• Single-player
• Steam Achievements
• Remote Play on Phone
• Co-op
• Shared/Split Screen PvP
• Multi-player
• Remote Play on Tablet
• Family Sharing
• Steam Trading Cards
• Remote Play Together
• Shared/Split Screen Co-op
• Remote Play on TV

From the Steam community, Hyper Light Drifter has been tagged with the following user tags:

• Souls-like
• Difficult
• Great Soundtrack
• Hack and Slash
• Fantasy
• Atmospheric
• Pixel Graphics
• Metroidvania
• RPG
• Action RPG
• Sci-fi
• Top-Down
• Post-apocalyptic
• Indie
• Colorful
• Adventure
• Action
• Singleplayer
• 2D
• Exploration

Media & Sceenshots

Watch the featured video for Hyper Light Drifter and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.

Related Bundles

Hyper Light Drifter is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store.

Image	Name	Apps	Packages	Price	Actions
	Hyper Light Bundle	2	2	$26.08	View
	Heart Machine Bundle	2	2	$32.38	View

Related Packages

Hyper Light Drifter is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.

Supported Languages

Hyper Light Drifter is available in 6 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.

Soures & References

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Hyper Light Drifter data has been sourced from:

• Valve Corporation. (2025, August 20). Hyper Light Drifter on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/257850
• Valve Corporation. (2025, August 20). Hyper Light Drifter. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/257850
• Metacritic. (2025, August 20). Hyper Light Drifter for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/hyper-light-drifter
• Heart Machine. (2023, July 7). Hyper Light Drifter. Hyper Light Drifter. http://heartmachine.com