That Hyper Light Drifter is one of the best indies ever made is no secret. Heart Machine’s 2015 gem is one of several games that found success on Kickstarter only to experience massive success and critical acclaim upon launch,

After a hands-on preview with Hyper Light Breaker in late 2024, we walked away liking Heart Machine's neon-splashed Drifter follow-up quite a bit. Our Ted Litchfield called it "a great action game that nails the look and feel of Hyper Light Drifter in a 3D open world,

But after just a day with Hyper Light Breaker – a follow-up (though not a proper sequel) to one of my all-time favorite indie games, Hyper Light Drifter – I feel like Vito Corleone telling y’all to look at how they massacred my boy.

At last, Hyper Light Breaker is finally here, bringing its striking visuals and multiplayer roguelike action to Steam Early Access.

Getting your character leveled up in Hyper Light Breaker requires several different materials and different trees, including the SyCom abilities.

Hyper Light Breaker plops you into a world that will exist for four cycles, where each cycle is one life for your chosen Breaker. Breakers are characters in this game and act a bit like classes, though the three available at this point all feel fairly similar,

Vermillion is Hyper Light Breaker's gun-toting Breaker, and with his Gunslinger SyCom and the right Holobyte loadout, his ranged damage is excellent.