Is Hyper Light Drifter multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — co-op and PvP, plus local/split-screen. Hyper Light Drifter is an action-adventure game released in 2016, 93% positive on Steam (17,843 reviews), with 44 playing right now. $19.99 on Steam.
Co-opPvPLocal / split-screenSingle-player tooAction-adventure · Action-adventure
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
How Hyper Light Drifter plays with friends, according to Steam
- Online co-op
- Not listed on Steam
- Local / split-screen co-op
- Yes
- Online PvP
- Not listed on Steam
- Local / split-screen PvP
- Yes
- LAN play
- Not listed on Steam
- Remote Play Together (one copy, streamed to friends)
- Yes
- Single-player mode
- Yes
- Controller
- Full controller support
Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.
Steam tags: Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, Atmospheric, Adventure, Indie, Difficult, Action, Hack and Slash
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Quick answers
- Is Hyper Light Drifter co-op?
- Yes, Hyper Light Drifter supports co-op.
- Does Hyper Light Drifter have PvP?
- Yes, Hyper Light Drifter has player-versus-player modes.
- Do we both need to own Hyper Light Drifter to play together?
- Not always. Hyper Light Drifter supports Steam Remote Play Together: one person who owns it hosts and streams a local session to friends who don't (Steam quotes up to four players, more on a fast connection). For online co-op or PvP, every player needs their own copy.
- How many people play Hyper Light Drifter?
- About 44 players were in-game when this page's data was last refreshed (2026-09-09).
- Does Hyper Light Drifter have split-screen or local multiplayer?
- Yes. Steam lists Hyper Light Drifter with shared/split-screen co-op and shared/split-screen PvP on one PC — and it supports Remote Play Together, so a friend can join that local session over the internet.