Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter

Steam Deck Verified

Heart Machine · Pixel Graphics · Mar 31, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.99.

93%
Very Positive
19k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 121 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 19k player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise43% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
There's enough secrets and extra content in this game for a further 10-15 hours past that 10 hour mark, but you can absolutely be satisfied after the 10 hours mark and drop the game with the ending you get.
121 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As for the gameplay, every aspect of this game is really smooth and polished, with a nice mix of action, exploration and platforming and very simple to understand yet difficult to master combat with a satisfying sense of progression, where old abilities remain useful but new ones continue to be added to expand your capabilities.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Overall though, the atmosphere and worldbuilding is one of this game's biggest strengths, with every area being richly atmospheric and packed with set pieces to gaze at in curiosity, aided by the minimalist soundtrack.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is really gorgeous and unique, the controls well thought out.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters121 reviews
Gameplay76 reviews
Audio65 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat119 reviews
85%
Difficulty33 reviews
79%
Controls16 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.99 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
23
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.