Hyper Light Drifter - Special Edition

Released: 9/6/2018

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies. 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 16bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.

Critics

Steam

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

86.9

Critic Average

20 reviews

Steam User Score

18,478 reviews

Metacritic User Score

502 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-6.1

Metacritic Disparity

+5.9

Combined Disparity

-0.1

Average of both sources

Review Timing

5 early (25%)13 launch window (65%)2 late (10%)

Review summary

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 20)

Connor NicholsviaSeafoam Gaming
Apr 26, 2021Late review
80/100View review
Steam 93.0/100 · -13.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · -1.0 pts
Justin SharpviaPure Nintendo
Nov 15, 2018Late review
95/100View review
Steam 93.0/100 · +2.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +14.0 pts
Simon BurrviaNintendo Insider
Oct 21, 2018Launch window
90/100View review
Steam 93.0/100 · -3.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +9.0 pts
Miguel MoranviaTheSixthAxis
Oct 8, 2018Launch window
90/100View review
Steam 93.0/100 · -3.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +9.0 pts
Adam MartinezviaNintendo Times
Oct 1, 2018Launch window
90/100View review
Steam 93.0/100 · -3.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +9.0 pts