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Hyper Light Drifter

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App ID 257850
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Heart Machine
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies GameMaker Engine
Last Changenumber 28970938
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 00:47:38 UTC ()
Release Date 31 March 2016 – 08:55:00 UTC ()
😍 90.87%
17k reviews
21
In-Game

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

Additional Information

Developer Heart Machine
metacritic_name Hyper Light Drifter
controller_support full
metacritic_score 84
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/hyper-light-drifter?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Heart Machine
eulas {}
Store Release Date 31 March 2016 – 08:55:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 31 March 2016 – 08:55:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 8 February 2025 – 01:12:20 UTC () (1738977140)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) GameMaker Engine, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 15 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1978608
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 28 September 2013 – 19:28:30 UTC (), in changelist #293854

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes

Tags

👾 Pixel Graphics 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🌫 Atmospheric 🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 😓 Difficult 💥 Action 🛡️ Hack and Slash 👤 Singleplayer 🗺 Exploration 🎲 RPG 🏽 2D 🎨 Colorful 🗺️ Top-Down ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 💥 Action RPG 💨 Metroidvania 💥 Souls-like 🎭 Fantasy 🚀 Sci-fi

Categories

Single-player Shared/Split Screen PvP Shared/Split Screen Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Co-op

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp11 February 2025 – 01:26:53 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228985 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2013 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
257851 Windows HyperLightDrifter Content Windows 509.72 MiB 421.14 MiB
257852 macOS Hyper Light Drifter Content OSX 882.79 MiB 740.40 MiB
257853 Linux Hyper Light Drifter Content Linux 882.14 MiB 738.93 MiB

Total size on disk is 2.22 GiB and total download size is 1.86 GiB.

Total size on disk is 509.72 MiB and total download size is 421.14 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 10930509 4 April 2023 – 19:48:08 UTC
7-21-2017 This is the original stable release. 3334408 18 October 2022 – 11:51:33 UTC
controller_test Switch to this to test controller fixes 9749831 19 October 2022 – 00:39:43 UTC
last_update Switch to this if you want to use the previous update 3334408 18 October 2022 – 11:49:48 UTC
next_update Upcoming patch 13498051 19 February 2024 – 14:45:29 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
privatebranches 1
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