Hyper Light Drifter (Steam Game) 
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
- Pixel Graphics (817)
- Great Soundtrack (601)
- Atmospheric (594)
- Adventure (579)
- Difficult (551)
- Indie (546)
- Action (479)
- Hack and Slash (371)
- Singleplayer (370)
- Exploration (342)
- RPG (307)
- 2D (285)
- Colorful (267)
- Post-apocalyptic (248)
- Top-Down (247)
- Action RPG (233)
- Metroidvania (215)
- Souls-like (204)
- Fantasy (200)
- Sci-fi (190)
| Release Date | Mar 31, 2016 |
| Price | $ 19.99 Top 10% |
| Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 94% (very positive) Top 15% / 93.4% Top 15% |
| Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 91.5% Top 2% / 91.1% Top 2% |
| Reviews (Steam Purchases / All) | 13.4K Top 2% / 16.7K Top 2% |
| Curators | 364 reviews Top 1% |
| Median Play Time | 15.6 hours Top 10% |
| Play Time per Dollar | 47 minutes Top 30% |
| Followers | 108.3K Top 1% |
| Owners | ± 1.1M Top 3% |
| Copies Sold | ± 711.4K Top 3% |
| Gross Revenue ($) | ± 8.4M Top 2% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
This chart shows Hyper Light Drifter's Steam rating and reviews from March 2016 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a very narrow range going from 95.1% (February 2017) to 93.4% (December 2023).
With its 16.7K reviews Top 2%, Hyper Light Drifter is indisputably a major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.
Review Languages
This donut graph displays the languages of Hyper Light Drifter's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (72%), followed by Russian (5%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 languages represented. The game is translated in 6 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.
Time Played
This chart displays the number of hours played in Hyper Light Drifter, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is very good, reaching 32 hours in the 80th percentile.
The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.6 times less than the median for positive reviews.
Players' Feedback
| Game's Strengths | Game's Weaknesses |
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It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 94% rating Top 15% should be factored in during their evaluation.
Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Hyper Light Drifter's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.
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