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Hyper Light Drifter

Developed by
  1. Heart Machine
Published by
  1. Heart Machine
Peak #188
Current #738
Top 250 41%
Gem Peak #176

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

$19.99
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Dates

Released
2016-03-31 (6 years ago)
First review
2016-03-31 (6 years ago)
Age on Steam
2,498 days (6.8 years)

Reviews

Total reviews verified
15,944 12,746 (80%)
Review breakdown
14,917 (93.6%) 1,027 (6.4%)
Review velocity
6 reviews per day
Days in top 1000
2,496 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Pricing

Release price
$17.99 ($19.99 -10%)
Lowest price (earliest)
$7.99 at 2018-05-06
Average price
$19.36
Average discount
$10.40
Number of discounts
23
Days discounted
169 (6.8%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Pixel Graphics 799
  2. Great Soundtrack 587
  3. Atmospheric 578
  4. Adventure 567
  5. Difficult 536
  6. Indie 532
  7. Action 471
  8. Singleplayer 362
  9. Hack and Slash 361
  10. Exploration 336
  11. RPG 303
  12. 2D 280
  13. Colorful 262
  14. Post-apocalyptic 241
  15. Top-Down 241
  16. Action RPG 228
  17. Metroidvania 209
  18. Souls-like 199
  19. Fantasy 196
  1. Sci-fi 186

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: January 30, 2023 04:37

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