Hyper Light Drifter is an indie action-adventure RPG developed and published by Heart Machine in 2016. This hard single-player game with a top-down perspective delights its players with beautifully crafted pixel graphics and an unforgettable story waiting to be told!
Become a Drifter
Drifters, mysterious adventurers aiming to discover the untold stories and long-forgotten secrets of the dark post-apocalyptic world, collect and preserve what’s left of the realm they live in. You are one of them and, unfortunately, you’re suffering from an inscrutable disease that cannot be cured by common medicine. Will you do anything and travel everywhere you can to find the cure?
The Drifter is armed with powerful and upgradable weapons allowing him to fight his enemies in close combat as well as from a distance. Be careful though, as winning against your opponents often requires impeccable timing, strategy and perfection in regards to attacking and dodging attacks! Prepare for multiple attempts on your way to victory and never give up!
The Hyper Light Drifter game is a perfect mix of an intriguing story told with minimal dialogue and cutscenes, challenging combat that’s easy to pick up yet hard to master, and exploration combined with many enjoyable environmental puzzles to solve and secrets to find. This difficult and violent RPG will surely be appreciated by fans of challenging combat and adventures filled with exploration alike!
Key features
- Enjoy the breathtakingly beautiful pixel graphics inspired by the best 16-bit retro games in history. Explore the colorful yet gloomy world and hand-animated, detailed environments, while listening to the amazingly atmospheric soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace.
- Discover the true story and all of the secrets of the mysterious world slowly dying around you and help the protagonist regain his health and power. Prove you can be trusted, but trust nobody.
- Face your enemies, including multiple bosses and mini-bosses, in fast-paced and challenging fights that will test your dexterity, timing and strategic thinking. Use both your short- and long-range weapons to defeat them all!
- Upgrade your gear, develop new abilities and, most importantly, do anything you can to survive - with a lot of perseverance and skill your nameless Drifter may become just the true hero this decaying world needs!
