Hyper Light Drifter

Details

Release Date

March 31, 2016

Type

Main Game

Developer

Heart Machine

Publisher

Heart Machine

Platforms

PlayStation 4LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)MacWii UPlayStation VitaXbox One

Game Modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Engine

GameMaker: Studio

Languages

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish (Spain)JapaneseRussian

Genres

ShooterRole-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureIndie

Themes

ActionFantasyScience fiction

Player Perspectives

Bird view / Isometric

Age Ratings

PEGI12• Violence

CLASS_IND12

GRAC12+• Violence

ESRBT• Blood and Gore · Violence

ACBM

About

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.

Storyline

The player controls the Drifter, a character that has access to technology that has long been forgotten by the inhabitants of the game's world, but is forced to search through the ruins of civilization to find the cure for a mysterious illness.