Hyper Light Drifter

2016 · Heart Machine · Action / Adventure

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Hyper Light Drifter is a Kickstarter-funded 2D game with a high focus on resource-management and nostalgic vibes. It is the only game of its sort — no Hyper Light Drifter series exists. The title has been initially released for PCs, after half a year it has been ported to the consoles and in 2018 th…

Metacritic · Criticsmetascore via RAWG

84/100

GameRankings · Critics47 reviews · archived Dec 2019

open ↗83.4/100

Steam · PlayersVery Positive · 18,937 reviews

open ↗93%

RAWG · Players596 ratings

open ↗4.1/5

WEIGHTED BLEND — CRITIC AGGREGATORS ×1.25 · STEAM ×1 · USER SCORES ×0.75. THE STRIP ON THE TILE SHOWS EACH SOURCE AT ITS WEIGHT. RESULTS CACHED UP TO 6H.

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