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Hyper Light Breaker cover art

Hyper Light Breaker

Heart Machine · Arc Games · 2025-01-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A brand-new entry in the Hyper Light franchise, Hyper Light Breaker is an open world rogue-like with a unique world fully realized in 3D for the first time.

2
playing now
53%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Hyper Light Breaker is a roguelike video game developed by Heart Machine and published by Arc Games. It serves as the prequel to Hyper Light Drifter (2016). The player controls a "Breaker" who ventures into the Overgrowth to defeat the Abyss King. The game released for early access on January 14, 2025. The full release was scheduled for 2026, though development of the game stopped in October 2025 after Heart Machine had layoffs.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,242 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 80k–179k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,977 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Humble Store (2025-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 54 of 78 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#15)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20252026Week of 2025-01-14: 1,329 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 913 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992025-01-142026-08-132025-01-14 — best price $22.482025-01-20 — best price $26.992025-01-28 — best price $29.992025-02-03 — best price $26.992025-02-19 — best price $25.492025-03-06 — best price $5.992025-03-15 — best price $23.992025-03-28 — best price $29.992025-04-07 — best price $21.492025-04-16 — best price $24.872025-04-23 — best price $24.872025-05-02 — best price $23.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-06-16 — best price $24.872025-06-30 — best price $23.992025-07-17 — best price $19.822025-07-25 — best price $19.992025-08-19 — best price $29.992025-09-01 — best price $29.992025-09-06 — best price $20.992025-09-15 — best price $29.992025-09-24 — best price $24.872025-09-30 — best price $20.992025-10-09 — best price $24.872025-10-21 — best price $29.992025-10-30 — best price $20.992025-11-15 — best price $24.992025-11-23 — best price $20.992025-12-04 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $16.372026-01-08 — best price $24.992026-01-16 — best price $16.372026-02-03 — best price $29.992026-02-13 — best price $20.992026-02-23 — best price $29.992026-05-06 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $27.842026-08-13 — best price $27.84
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

122412026-05-29 — 63 pageviews2026-06-01 — 84 pageviews2026-06-04 — 89 pageviews2026-06-07 — 111 pageviews2026-06-10 — 73 pageviews2026-06-13 — 56 pageviews2026-06-16 — 115 pageviews2026-06-19 — 72 pageviews2026-06-22 — 80 pageviews2026-06-25 — 74 pageviews2026-06-28 — 106 pageviews2026-07-01 — 76 pageviews2026-07-04 — 63 pageviews2026-07-07 — 72 pageviews2026-07-10 — 50 pageviews2026-07-13 — 86 pageviews2026-07-16 — 59 pageviews2026-07-19 — 53 pageviews2026-07-22 — 59 pageviews2026-07-25 — 60 pageviews2026-07-28 — 53 pageviews2026-07-31 — 73 pageviews2026-08-03 — 56 pageviews2026-08-06 — 64 pageviews2026-08-09 — 78 pageviews2026-08-12 — 56 pageviews2026-08-15 — 71 pageviews2026-08-18 — 84 pageviews2026-08-21 — 73 pageviews2026-08-24 — 77 pageviews2026-08-26 — 80 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

3DRPGActionSci-fiFantasyStylizedAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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