absolutely amazing soundtrack and atmosphere
combat is pretty fun as well

not that long of a game but it was really good nonetheless

A bit slow to start, but once you get used to the controls, really fun.
Good sound design and effects for the 16 bit game.
Was long enough for me to enjoy it through to the last boss, but there is more to collect for those who want to stay on.

There is a boss rush mode, but I wish there were more bosses. I was sad to see the achievement that I had beaten all of them.

Would recommend to most. :)

its worth it i played it back in 2022 and the game is still amazing

Easily the worst control scheme of any game I've ever played... Whoever thought the dash should move with the cross-hair instead of the direction you are moving should never be allowed to touch a computer again in their life... I keep coming back to this game every so often because I feel like it had so much potential to be good, but it is just awful... That and it forces full screen on an ultrawide monitor, and the cross-hair can go off the screen and disappear...

This is my first review about a game. This game is beyond being a game. it is something else. The creator put his soul to this game. you can feel what is inside the creators heart. absolutelly fantastic and worth anything

Hyper Light Drifter is a beautiful game. The art is intense for a pixel style, and the music has a somber mystery tone to it. The boss designs are also good and engaging, mostly.

Where this game falls short is the controls and the mechanical design choices. Dashing, by default, is in the direction of your crosshairs and not your movement. This is changable in the settings, but I (and many others based on other reviews) did not find that until way too late. Dashing and attacking have strange stun-locks and timings making it frustruatingly difficult to handle small groups of enemies. Even if you have enemy attack patterns and movement well figured, once three or more enemies are present, the chaos quickly becomes silly. It feels as though there is a large portion of damage coming from clunky mechanics even after learning and improving at the combat system.

This game is beautiful. I cannot honestly recommend it. There are so many better games with this type of gameplay out there nowadays.

Its feels so good, so fluid, the speed is good. The boss at the left side is very fun to fight, great footsteps and charge.

Finally writing a review two years later...

When I first finished this game, I had mixed feelings. 'Meh', summed up Hyper Light Drifter. It was difficult, and a bit frustrating at times. But, recently, I've been thinking about this game a lot, and I only remember the good stuff. Maybe the time I spent playing this was more fun than I thought.

I'm excited to play through this game again a few years down the line. I think that says plenty about the game.

Amazing top-down atmospheric beat 'em up with beautiful and awe-inspiring visuals, fantastic gameplay, awesome bosses, and a really interesting world design. My one complaint is that the action of combat wasn't well-integrated with the secret-finding; the game switches rapidly between feeling like Dead Cells and Fez. That said, it's really, really good, and the room/level design makes each fight feel unique. I highly recommend this game. (Really, it's an atmospheric beat 'em up. What even is that?)

love the gameplay, music and art. Very good game