Hyper Light Drifter overview

Overview

Hyper Light Drifter comes from Heart Machine and is published by Heart Machine. It arrived on Steam on Mar 31, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Steam Achievements, and Full controller support. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Hyper Light Drifter's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 38 players at 7 October 2026 - 10:05:00 UTC, with a tracked peak near 4,929. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 19,230 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Hyper Light Drifter is available in 6 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Hyper Light Drifter has sold up to 1,004,657 units and has 15,588 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $14,138,571. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Hyper Light Drifter overview details

Hyper Light Drifter combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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 16­bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale. Drifters of this world are the collectors of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and broken histories. Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable illness, traveling further into the lands of Buried Time, hoping to discover a way to quiet the vicious disease. • From each character to subtle background elements, everything is lovingly hand-animated. • Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and friendly faces remain rare. • Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and secrets abound.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Hyper Light Drifter is listed as a game with $4.99 (75% off from $19.99). It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Steam Achievements, and Full controller support, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 38 players at 7 October 2026 - 10:05:00 UTC, a tracked peak of 4,929, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Pixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericAdventureIndieDifficultActionHack and SlashSingleplayerExplorationRPG2DColorfulTop-DownPost-apocalyptic

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Support and legal notes

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