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Games like Hyper Light Drifter
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Hyper Light Drifter” means here
Pixel GraphicsDifficultMetroidvaniaPost-apocalypticSouls-likeGreat Soundtrack
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
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Rain World
Pixel Graphics · Difficult · Metroidvania · Post-apocalyptic
94% of 56,986 reviews positive
82%
match
2
82%
match
3
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Souls-like · Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Difficult
81% of 5,581 reviews positive
81%
match
4
Environmental Station Alpha
Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Difficult · Great Soundtrack
82% of 1,656 reviews positive
81%
match
5
81%
match
6
80%
match
7
79%
match
8
79%
match
9
Hollow Knight
Metroidvania · Souls-like · Difficult · Great Soundtrack
97% of 560,435 reviews positive · 5,022 playing now
79%
match
10
The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story™
Pixel Graphics · Hack and Slash · Top-Down · Action RPG
84% of 2,759 reviews positive
78%
match
11
Axiom Verge
Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Great Soundtrack · Difficult
90% of 6,605 reviews positive
78%
match
13
77%
match
14
77%
match
15
77%
match
16
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania · Difficult · Great Soundtrack
76% of 2,782 reviews positive
77%
match
17
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Metroidvania · Souls-like · Difficult · Great Soundtrack
94% of 45,718 reviews positive
77%
match
18
76%
match
19
Cave Story+
Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Great Soundtrack · Difficult
93% of 8,309 reviews positive
76%
match
20
76%
match
21
Ori and the Blind Forest
Metroidvania · Great Soundtrack · Difficult · Atmospheric
94% of 60,119 reviews positive · 70 playing now
76%
match
22
75%
match
23
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Souls-like · Difficult
92% of 3,269 reviews positive · 4 playing now
75%
match
24
Iconoclasts
Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania · Great Soundtrack · Colorful
86% of 5,020 reviews positive · 5 playing now
75%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Hyper Light Drifter?
The closest matches to Hyper Light Drifter on Steam are Rain World, UNSIGHTED, Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Environmental Station Alpha, Foregone. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Hyper Light Drifter's, and shared tags include Pixel Graphics, Difficult, Metroidvania.
How are games like Hyper Light Drifter chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Pixel Graphics, Difficult, Metroidvania count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Hyper Light Drifter's. Popularity never affects the ranking.
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