Released Jul 17, 2025 $19.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Drifter

By Powerhoof

Point & Click Pixel Graphics Story Rich Investigation Mystery Thriller Sci-fi Horror ModernNoir1990'sSupernatural

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The Drifter is a game tagged Point & Click, Pixel Graphics and Story Rich by Powerhoof, released Jul 17, 2025. It has 4,829 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Football Game, Fragmented Memories - Arc One and As The Leaves Fall.

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

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Football Game 71% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Fragmented Memories - Arc One 71% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
As The Leaves Fall 68% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Don't Escape Trilogy 68% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
The Corruption Within 68% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi 66% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Sol 705 66% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Two Realms: Whispers from the Rift 66% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus 65% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Midnight Saturn 64% match · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich

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Everything Steam lists for The Drifter · record updated 13 hours ago

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Overview

App ID1170570

Release dateJul 17, 2025

Last change number37879861

Last record update13 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Powerhoof, Dave Lloyd
Publisher: Powerhoof
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Powerhoof
Metacritic: 84
Website: thedriftergame.com

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportSteam AchievementsSteam CloudPlayStation controllersPlayStation controller BluetoothFamily Sharing

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
22758595	public	Apr 13, 2026
19407538	v1.0.4	Aug 25, 2025
19242867	v1.0	Aug 25, 2025

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
1170571	—	Windows	1.16 GB	575.2 MB	9157791965194182650
1170572	—	macOS	1.18 GB	582.9 MB	4359048483106282539
1170573	—	Linux	1.20 GB	576.2 MB	4609207423110939652

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	22758595	Apr 13, 2026	Open
v1.0.4 The Drifter v1.0.4 - Before fixing a 3 second skip glitch that speedrunners found useful.	19407538	Aug 25, 2025	Open
v1.0 The original 1.0.0 release of The Drifter. Bugs and all!	19242867	Aug 25, 2025	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Drifter

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
TheDrifter.exe		Windows · 64-bit
TheDrifter.x64		Linux · 64-bit
TheDrifter.app		macOS

Space per player9.5 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall		*.sav	All

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