Hyper Light Drifter — store performance and reviews

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About

Finally, Heart Machine's award winning slash-'em-up arrives to iOS in the most polished and refined version yet, the Special Edition.

► Winner of the Audience Award and Excellence in Visual Art awards of the prestigious Independent Games Festival.

► 14 + nominations among the Best Visual Design, Best Audio and Best original Game categories.

► 9/10 Destructoid - A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage.

► 9.5/10 Game Informer - The combination of soundtrack, art, and combat creates a rabbit hole worth your full exploration.

► Eurogamer Recommended - Heart Machine's slash-'em-up is punishing and precise - and incredibly beautiful.

► 9/10 GameSpot - It is more than simply pretty; Hyper Light Drifter uses its visuals to both guide and relax you. The grandest vistas calm your pulse between difficult, breathless combat sequences.

► 8.5 Polygon - Hyper Light Drifter deftly mixes contemplative moments with breakneck action.

► 5 Stars Darkstation - The top-down action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter is an amazing game: gorgeous, a fascinating world to explore, tight controls, beautiful music, and the faith in the player for you to figure things out on your own.

Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Drifters of this world are the collectors of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and broken histories. Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable illness, traveling further into the lands of Buried Time, hoping to discover a way to quiet the vicious disease.

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

Features:

● 120 fps gameplay on iPad Pro / 60 fps on iPhone and iPad.
● Compatible with MFi controllers.
● Game Center achievements.
● Haptic Vibration.
● From each character to subtle background elements, everything is lovingly hand-animated.
● Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and friendly faces remain rare.
● Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and secrets abound.
● Evocative soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace.
● All the content from the original game + more weapons, enemies and areas from the Special edition.

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Store presence

As of Jul 4, 2026stale (74d)

Rating 4.87

Ratings 6,696

Price $4.99

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Released Jul 25, 2019

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Version history

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v1.1.7Oct 30, 2021

Improved compatibility with 120 hz screen refresh rate on the new iPhone and iPad models.

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Player reviews

Recent store reviews · rule-based labels

Sampled 150

Positive 121 (81%)

Negative 22 (15%)

Mentions pricing 17 (11%)

5★112 (75%)

4★9 (6%)

3★7 (5%)

2★11 (7%)

1★11 (7%)

★★★★★positiveDw3ll3r · 2026-06-12 · v1.1.7

Addicting

Everything is perfect. From the soundtrack, to the smooth controls, storyline, & upgrades. Definitely a must have in your library. I revisit this game atleast twice a year.

★★★★★positiveKingReDead · 2026-05-22 · v1.1.7

Beautiful

Love love LOVE this game. Beautiful music, surreal vibe, great gameplay.
Justin overall W.

★★★★★positiveFox.jpg · 2026-05-19 · v1.1.7

Perfect

I cannot describe how amazing this game is.
Everything from the combat to the visual storytelling is perfect.
By far the best game I’ve played.

★★★★★positiveVenlowel · 2026-01-25 · v1.1.7

Awesome

Really cool

★★★★★positivedrd-dev · 2025-12-24 · v1.1.7

One of the best games ever created.

Been playing it for years and have no plans of stopping.

★★★★★positivebcvxxhdh · 2025-11-09 · v1.1.7

HLD

Amazing 10/10 would recommend found this due to Indie Cross episode 2 also amazing they should made Alan Becker in Indie Cross 3

★★★★★positiveYassine mej · 2025-10-11 · v1.1.7

Artistic Masterpiece

Hyper light Drifter is critically acclaimed masterpiece that is entertaining for all ages and backgrounds. The game uses a unique means of communicating to the player in game through pictographic depictions of in world lore leaving the player to reflect deeply on the hidden meanings behind the characters in the game. You begin your adventure as the “Drifter” a character with a mysterious background that is facing a declining health. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the Drifter is set on a arduous adventure to restore peace to the world while dealing with a terminal illness. The game covers themes of loss, death, grievance, hope, and acceptance all without a single word being said in the game. The games use of imagery is that of artistic masterpiece as the pictures in game convey these explored themes. The game uses unique but retro pixelated graphics to its pinnacle as it actively creates its own color aesthetic which players will find themselves appreciating every time there is a scenic view. The landscapes in the game are beautiful with many emotions to be conveyed to the player. Enjoy the game and happy drifting!

★★★★★positiveMontzer360 · 2025-09-18 · v1.1.7

العراق

العب جيدة وممتعة رخم اني اعاني قليلاً بضبط التصوي بالسلحة ولكن مع ذالك فلعبة تستحق العب او ويضاً للسف لا يتوفر لغة عربية

★★★★★positiveHegdhdnd · 2025-05-06 · v1.1.7

The west boss is impossible

It is impossible to complete and can’t focus on the mane boss because all of the other enemies attacking me so fix the west boss

★★★★★neutralHazzerdg · 2025-04-12 · v1.1.7

Awesome game but annoying map

The map and navigation it’s so confusing that I’m distracted from the actually fun aspects of the games. You’re always doubting where you are on the map and constantly having to check it to make sure you’re understanding it correctly. Makes it a chore to play the game.

★★★★★positiveMentions pricingLincolnnnnnnnnnnnnnn · 2025-04-06 · v1.1.7

Worth the purchase

This game is absolutely amazing, the sound track is beautiful, the game controls are smooth and feels smooth, the graphics and cutscenes are amazing and you can really tell they put a lot of passion and time into this game. The bosses and maps are creative and very detailed. If you’re bored at home and have the extra cash on you, buy it. you 100% won’t regret it. 10/10 game

★★★★★negativePhil Ess · 2025-03-21 · v1.1.7

controller

This game might be good but it needs controller support

★★★★★positiveMentions pricingJettyduke · 2025-03-06 · v1.1.7

Great game

Just got this game yesterday and I’ve had so much fun with it. Definitely worth the price. It can be a little tough with touch controls. It would be great to have the ability to remap the buttons and change the size of them. 

Lots of hidden rooms that can be easily missed. Had to watch a walk through video to complete the north and I still missed some items and keys. 

The map can be hard to understand but starting to get the hang of it I think. 

Overall a 5/5 game easily.

★★★★★negativeI_dont_,care · 2024-11-18 · v1.1.7

Reminds me too much of something else

It was hard to enjoy. I hope I’ll like the game more down the line, but currently I don’t like it.

★★★★★positiveOmikun · 2024-10-09 · v1.1.7

Really polished

Great feel and gameplay. Just started but I feel I finally found a game I can sink a good amount of time in with a controller

★★★★★positiveOriginal SnowX · 2024-09-17 · v1.1.7

Amazing

I'm loving it so far

★★★★★positiveCoSmlc4Duckie · 2024-08-07 · v1.1.7

Great game for mobile

For a this normally console/pc game I'm impressed how well it translates to mobile. 
stunning gameplay and graphics 
this game is beautiful

★★★★★positiveBreedlove Design · 2024-07-06 · v1.1.7

Charming and replayable

I keep coming back. Graphics are delightful . The game is challenging and fun even if you don’t have the required patience to find all the secrets yourself. I resorted to watching a walkthrough or two. The game unfolds gradually and the story emerges without any text.

★★★★★positiveNick-dued · 2024-06-15 · v1.1.7

AMAZING!

This game is really the coolest. I love the atmosphere so much and the gameplay manages to be both simple and engaging. 

The art is absolutely beautiful with vivid colors and creative environments. You can really see the inspiration from older classic games in the retro style, yet it also feels new and innovative. 

It's just a joy to play. Whether it's progressing the plot, wandering around admiring the scenery, or searching for secret passageways  (which there are many to be found), it is a very enjoyable experience.

★★★★★positiveMentions pricinghyffhjdtyfjnfdrt · 2024-05-11 · v1.1.7

One of the best games ever made

Got this game on Switch a few years back and it became an instant favorite. For only $5 this port is an actual steal. Buy it immediately.

★★★★★positiveToorkild · 2024-05-04 · v1.1.7

Best game ever

Best game ever

★★★★★positiveSebastian8864 · 2024-04-24 · v1.1.7

stunning.

Absolutely beautiful. Takes “a picture is worth a thousand words” to the next level.

★★★★★positivebashy galaxy · 2024-04-16 · v1.1.7

the most atmospheric game i've played

this game does a good job showing but not telling. In fact there is no dialogue to this game. Through visuals and music cues you move about the game. I haven't gotten far into the game as of yet but so far it's very good!

★★★★★neutralQuantumRoy · 2024-04-15 · v1.1.7

Issues on newer devices.

Please hide the home bar on newer devices. Until Apple gives users the option to do it ourselves, it’s up to app developers to do it, so please get on it, Abylight.  It never goes away while playing the game and is extremely distracting. Also despite having ‘improved compatibility’ with 120hz screens, the game still runs in slow-mo if you don’t limit your device’s fps to 60 in Settings. Game itself is great, i’ve played it many times and have all the achievements on steam, this version is more than serviceable aside from the minor issues.

★★★★★negativeCareless6256 · 2024-02-13 · v1.1.7

Didn’t think through the controls for mobile devices

Great game but unfortunately I can’t give it a better rating because the controls for shooting your blaster weren’t thought out enough for them to be fully functional. For example if you try shooting an enemy, you can only fire in the direction the character is moving and can’t really aim if u need to move to the left and shoot straight. I wish I could give it a better rating but unfortunately for me until this gets fixed I’m afraid it’s a one star rating especially because it’s a paid game. You’d think you wouldn’t have to deal with this type of problem if your paying for something.