Hyper Light Drifter

31. March 2016

Combined rating

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based on 253 ratings

Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Indie Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Shooter

PlayStation 4 PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox One Mac Linux Wii U PlayStation Vita

Summary

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.

Details

Release date

31. March 2016

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

Adventure

Indie

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Shooter

Platforms

PlayStation 4

PC (Microsoft Windows)