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Hyper Light Drifter

by Fictions, Inc.

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Appeye score 89 out of 100, from 379 reviews (moderate confidence)

379 reviews analysed · 24 Jul 2019 – 20 Aug 2026 · scored 17 Sep 2026

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Based on 379 reviews from 24 Jul 2019 - 20 Aug 2026.

Overview

Appeye score
89/100moderate confidence
Category rank
#823 of 18,828Games
Reviews analysed
379Scored reviews from the App Store.
Sentiment trend
FlatIts trend signals are holding steady.
App Store
4.9

6.7K ratings

Review sentiment

81
App nameHyper Light Drifter
SellerFictions, Inc.
GenreGames
Version1.1.7
Content rating12+
Requires iOS13.0
Size813 MB
Released25 Jul 2019
Current version30 Oct 2021
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App description

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

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