Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition coming to Switch on September 6

Developer Heart Machine has announced that their critically and commercially acclaimed title Hyper Light Drifter will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch platform through the Nintendo eShop on September 6.

The Nintendo Switch version of the game will include the same tight gameplay running at 60FPS, along with an exclusive new outfit and new weapons to weild. Check out the full rundown of the game provided by Nintendo below:

Drift up in a mysterious world to find a cure for a deadly illness… traverse a dark, detailed land with vicious enemies and secrets abound.

The wait is over, the worldwide acclaimed game Hyper Light Drifter is finally here with this impressive Special Edition!

Runs at 60 frames per second, includes new exclusive content and all the previously released remastered for a perfectly immersive gaming experience to play anywhere.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies. Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. 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.

Key Features

  • Maximum quality 60 frames per second
  • Play it anywhere, alone or with a friend!
  • Exclusive Nintendo Switch content:
    • Find secrets with the help of the new outfit
    • Complete the Tower Climb challenge
    • Freeze your enemies with the Crystal Shot
    • Master the deadly Blade Caster

Those who want to pre-order the game can do so on the eShop starting today. Check out the announcement trailer down below: