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Hyper Light Drifter

93% positive of 15,621 Steam reviews

To finish: 5 h
To 100%: 35 h
Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Heart Machine.

About the game

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Tagged by players

Difficult
Pixel Graphics
Hack and Slash
Atmospheric
Metroidvania
Souls-like
Post-apocalyptic
Adventure
Action RPG
Exploration
Top-Down
Action

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
Slight warning, this game has a native linux client, this version is scuffed and crashes after about an hour of play. Run the game through proton to resolve this issue. Unfortuneatly, saves are not compatible between windows and linux version, so if you played a bit, got annoyed with the crashes and want to swap over. you need to restart. Fortunately Its not a very long game, At 10 hours i finished the game, i…
12 h played when written. 7 found it helpful.
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Recommended
i normally dont really write any serious reviews on games that i played and that i heavily enjoyed just like to put things in short and keep it funny, but seriously i have played so many games in my life and i dont think i have ever experienced something like hyper light drifter everything about it is just chef's kiss. the music the artwork the characters the bosses me dying numerous times again and again on a boss…
37 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Honestly? It's just really kind of mid It's such a beautiful game and the soundtrack really gives a lot of personality to Hyper Light Drifter but it's just not that great of a game. I was very excited about getting this one since I heard so much good stuff about it but I'm straight up not having a good time. - I had a lot of soft-lock bugs/glitches forcing me to exit and re-enter rooms or straight up have to quit…
6.6 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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