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24 alternatives to Hyper Light Drifter

A vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost tech.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hyper Light Drifter launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hyper Light Drifter▲12

   Diablo meets Zelda Remastered: fast hard nostalgic

   2014 · heart-machine.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hyperburner▲69

   High-speed space flier

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Duskers▲73

   A tactical, roguelike, sci-fi, survival horror game.

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Breakneck▲64

   High speed action across a world ravaged by aliens

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Transistor▲137

   Sci-Fi themed RPG masterpiece from the makers of Bastion

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hyper Swiper▲75

   Idle RPG game where you save the galaxy from alien invaders.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Turok▲62

   A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pursuit of Light▲52

   An action adventure game set in a mysterious dream world.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Shadowrun: Dragonfall▲66

   Great RPG where high tech meets high fantasy.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Parallel World▲58

    A rage-inducing minimalistic puzzle platformer.

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Telepath Tactics▲66

    A deep Strategy RPG with destructible environments

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Overland▲108

    Post-apocalyptic survival game

    2016 · overland-game.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    RESISTOR_▲80

    Hacking on the brink of nuclear destruction

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Gauntlet Slayer Edition▲71

    The original dungeon crawler! Just don't shoot the food…

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Lamper: Firefly Rescue▲52

    Play as Little Lamper, a brave lightning bug in a big world.

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MegaSphere▲80

    A sci-fi themed action platformer with a big shiny gun

    2015 · antonkudin.me · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Red Solstice▲67

    A tactical, squad-based survival game set in the future

    2015 · theredsolstice.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Crashlands▲58

    Story-driven crafting ARPG set in an outlandish world.

    2016 · bscotch.net · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Dungelot▲56

    Minesweeper meets Roguelike. Death is Guaranteed.

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Splash Damage: Survive if you Can▲56

    Difficult arcade platformer with insane liquid physics!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Candlelight▲68

    A lone candle must journey through a dangerous land

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    RUINER▲7

    Brutal cyberpunk action shooter set in 2091.

    2017 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Long Dark▲73

    How far would you go to survive?

    2015 · intothelongdark.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Galak-Z▲70

    Space Shooter with a twist.

    2015 · 17-bit.com · its alternatives →

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