Released Mar 31, 2016 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Hyper Light Drifter

By Heart Machine

Pixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackAtmospheric Indie Adventure Difficult Action Hack and Slash SingleplayerExplorationRPG2D

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Reviews 15,652 Very Positive

Players yesterday 44 at the busiest moment

Owners 1M–2M estimated

Hyper Light Drifter is a game tagged Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and Atmospheric by Heart Machine, released Mar 31, 2016. It has 15,652 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 1M–2M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Toadomination, OUTBUDDIES DX and Dreamdawn.

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

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Toadomination 76% match · Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric
OUTBUDDIES DX 76% match · Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric
Dreamdawn 75% match · Pixel Graphics, Atmospheric, Indie
Astronium 73% match · Pixel Graphics, Indie, Adventure
ADA: Tainted Soil 72% match · Pixel Graphics, Atmospheric, Indie
No Place for Bravery 72% match · Pixel Graphics, Indie, Adventure
Uncanny Valley 71% match · Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric
Liberty Prime 71% match · Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric, Indie
Convoy 70% match · Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric
Magic Frame 70% match · Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Hyper Light Drifter · record updated 1 hour ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID257850

Release dateMar 31, 2016

Last change number40180926

Last record update1 hour ago

App type: Game
Developer: Heart Machine
Publisher: Heart Machine
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 84
Website: heartmachine.com

Language	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/split screen PvPCo-opShared/split screen co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked22 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
13498051	next_update	Feb 19, 2024
10930509	public	Apr 4, 2023
9749831	controller_test	Oct 19, 2022
3334408	7-21-2017	Oct 18, 2022
3334408	last_update	Oct 18, 2022

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
32278	Hyper Light Drifter	1	$19.99
62794 Bundle	Heart Machine Collection	3	$55.97
57889 Bundle	Hyper Light Bundle	2	$44.98

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228985	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
257851	—	Windows	509.7 MB	421.1 MB	1411175085556622330
257852	—	macOS	882.8 MB	740.4 MB	5541547840583884942
257853	—	Linux	882.1 MB	738.9 MB	777887703126145612

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	10930509	Apr 4, 2023	Open
next_update Upcoming patch	13498051	Feb 19, 2024	Open
controller_test Switch to this to test controller fixes	9749831	Oct 19, 2022	Open
7-21-2017 This is the original stable release.	3334408	Oct 18, 2022	Open
last_update Switch to this if you want to use the previous update	3334408	Oct 18, 2022	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/HyperLightDrifter

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
HyperLightDrifter.exe		Windows	Launch
HyperLightDrifter.app		macOS	Launch
run.sh		Linux	Launch
HyperLightDrifter.exe	-output hld-log-output.txt	Windows · 64-bit	with Logging
HyperLightDrifter.exe	-output hld-log-output.txt	Windows · 64-bit	with Logging