game
2016
Hyper Light Drifter
Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- PS4 · Linux · PC · Mac · WiiU · Vita +1
- Mode
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- None
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- Action
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- anime
- cyberpunk
- 2d
- steam
- bird
- steam trading cards
- pixel art
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 80 / 100 · 254 players
- Critics
- 89 / 100 · 11 critics
- Developer
- Heart Machine
- Publisher
- Heart Machine
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.









