Hyper Light Drifter: iPhone vs Android
Hyper Light Drifter gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Hyper Light Drifter by Fictions is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Hyper Light Drifter at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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App Store
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Google Play
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Hyper Light Drifter downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 50+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 10k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Hyper Light Drifter's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Hyper Light Drifter makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 6.8k |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 979 96 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 7.7k |
What users say about Hyper Light Drifter
From the 105 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and regular updates. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Fun: “It's a very enjoyable game”
- Updates: “update: thank you for the update!”
- Design: “Such beautiful scenery that you don't wanna progress”
- Price & subscription: “very great game can I get a refund, I already finished it, spent 1.96 usd”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Broken controller support”
- Updates: “This might be an android 16 issue and the game hasn't been updated to fix it”
- Ease of use: “fix that one issue and it's an easy 5 star”
- Price & subscription: “when I press B, it goes back to the home screen, making it completely unplayable and a complete waste of money”
About Hyper Light Drifter
► 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 character to subtle background elements, everything is lovingly hand-animated.
● Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and friendly faces remain rare.
● Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and secrets abound.
● Evocative soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace.
● All the content from the original game + more weapons, enemies and areas from the Special edition.
Hyper Light Drifter iPhone
Hyper Light Drifter gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Hyper Light Drifter is #63 in Games › Action Paid in Japan and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Hyper Light Drifter at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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Hyper Light Drifter on the App Store
App details
Hyper Light Drifter downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Hyper Light Drifter's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Hyper Light Drifter before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Hyper Light Drifter makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Games › ActionPaid | #63 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #31 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #33 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #61 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #35 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #58 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #63 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #42 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #75 | |
| GamesPaid | #133 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #89 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #99 | |
| Games › AdventurePaid | #155 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #121 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #178 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #157 |
Apps near Hyper Light Drifter on the chart
Games › Action Paid, around #63.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
About Hyper Light Drifter
► 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 character to subtle background elements, everything is lovingly hand-animated.
● Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and friendly faces remain rare.
● Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and secrets abound.
● Evocative soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace.
● All the content from the original game + more weapons, enemies and areas from the Special edition.
Latest updates
Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. Android
Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. is #17 in Games › Action Paid on Google Play in United States and charting in 11 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. on Google Play
App details
Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Hyper Light Drifter - S.E.'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Games › ActionPaid | #17 | |
| All GamesPaid | #86 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #12 | |
| All GamesPaid | #40 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #13 | |
| All GamesPaid | #33 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #13 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #15 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #21 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #14 | |
| All GamesPaid | #71 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #11 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #19 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #19 | |
| All GamesPaid | #65 | |
| All GamesPaid | #66 | |
| Games › ActionGrossing | #131 | |
| All GamesPaid | #64 | |
| Games › ActionGrossing | #86 | |
| Games › ActionPaid | #16 | |
| Games › ActionGrossing | #111 | |
| All GamesPaid | #61 | |
| Games › ActionGrossing | #188 |
Apps near Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. on the chart
Games › Action Paid, around #17.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Hyper Light Drifter - S.E.
From the 105 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and regular updates. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Fun: “It's a very enjoyable game”
- Updates: “update: thank you for the update!”
- Design: “Such beautiful scenery that you don't wanna progress”
- Price & subscription: “very great game can I get a refund, I already finished it, spent 1.96 usd”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Broken controller support”
- Updates: “This might be an android 16 issue and the game hasn't been updated to fix it”
- Ease of use: “fix that one issue and it's an easy 5 star”
- Price & subscription: “when I press B, it goes back to the home screen, making it completely unplayable and a complete waste of money”
About Hyper Light Drifter - S.E.
► 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:
● Achievements.
● Haptic Vibration.
● From each character to subtle background elements, everything is lovingly hand-animated.
● Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and friendly faces remain rare.
● Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and secrets abound.
● Evocative soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace.
● All the content from the original game + more weapons, enemies and areas from the Special edition.
What's new in 1.1.99
- Support for controllers has been improved. Now the game supports PS4, Xbox and Android controllers.
Thanks for your support!
Store changes
What Hyper Light Drifter - S.E. changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.