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Hyper Light Breaker
Developer Heart Machine
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. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 130 · most liked firstHey folks, I know a lot is happening right now, and it feels inconsiderate to talk about it... But the game I spent the last 2.5 years of my life on, Hyper Light Breaker, is out today as early access. If you could check it out, it would mean a lot to me. store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/...
unlabelledView post →Hi Bluesky! Meet our game Hyper Light Breaker! Coming soon💜✨️
unlabelledView post →I feel so bad for the Hyper Light Breaker devs. They've been working on their game for 2.5 years, launch into Early Access pretty rough and it turns out it's just the new Elden Ring game. They're going to get smashed.
unlabelledView post →Hyper Light Breaker is out today in Early Access! Got to okay to share a small sample of the art I did that you can find in-game. #hyperlightbreaker
unlabelledView post →The award for "Most Upsetting/Disappointing Sunset Game" goes to... HYPER LIGHT BREAKER
unlabelledView post →Ravona, crow base player skin for Hyper Light Breaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social. Art direction Alx Preston, concept @iramos.bsky.social, weapon Cameron Hughes, rig @wuffles.bsky.social, environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d
unlabelledView post →Jump into the Buried Below update, the first major Early Access content update for Hyper Light Breaker, next Tuesday April 29! Check out this new trailer to find out how the update will be a game changer (literally). youtu.be/qyqU8OL8Xm8
unlabelledView post →We're on the front page ahh! Yesterday 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖 20𝙢𝙞𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 about how we solved an 'Impossible Problem' in game design for Hyper Light Breaker! Go check it!! 💙✨
unlabelledView post →The games industry exists at the nexus between artists and players. We started a Patreon to ask for support. To help carry Hyper Light Breaker into 1.0, to be the best game it can be, and to help us prototype and build new projects when the state of the industry has made it so much harder to exist.
unlabelledView post →✨KEY GIVEAWAY! ✨ Giving away 2 Steam Keys for Hyper Light Breaker for best screenshot. If you own the game, here's how you get 2 friends to join you in the Overgrowth 1. Follow this account 2. Repost this post 3. Share your screenshot w/ #HLBesties Submit by Sunday midnight, winner announced Monday!
unlabelledView post →Some internal @heartmachine.bsky.social Hyper Light Breaker Fanart for yall because Goro is one of my favorites. (not official artwork for the game, characters owned by heartmachine)
unlabelledView post →I’ve heard literally nothing online about Hyper Light Breaker since it went into early access. Makes me wonder if my gut feeling about it after the initial reveal it would be a procedurally generated infinite whatever game was right. Anyone here play it at all?
unlabelledView post →Got laid off back in November; 3D character rigger for hire full time or freelance! 12+ years experience in game dev, worked on The Order:1886, Spider-Man (PS4), Hyper Light Breaker & more. Given talks at GDC & Gnomon - nominated for a VES award, etc... www.linkedin.com/in/solbrennan
unlabelledView post →✨12 Days until our game Hyper Light Breaker Releases in EAL 💚
unlabelledView post →We're teaming up with the Pop-up Playtest community who are hosting a Tabletop Game Jam to celebrate the launch of Hyper Light Breaker !! The jam has already started and will run til February 13th. Winners get keys for Hyper Light Breaker! More details and join up here: discord.gg/ZmDZ3tEu
unlabelledView post →Hyper Light Breaker doesn't fit the "Black led dev team" theme but I'm excited about everything @dpandaheart.bsky.social has got going on! Her art is amazing, and making the game that much better. store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/...
unlabelledView post →Hyper Light Breaker is out on Early Access today! Check it out! I had a blast working on the sound design, and there's still plenty more game for us to create! store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/...
unlabelledView post →The studio behind Hyper Light Breaker is ending development on the game and has confirmed it will be laying off some staff as a result. The game entered Steam Early Access in January. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/develop...
unlabelledView post →good morning! i'll be going live on STEAM to play the Hyper Light Breaker, the newest entry in the Hyper Light series 🙏 feel free to come join and hang out if you can! see you all in ~5 min! steamcommunity.com/broadcast/wa...
unlabelledView post →Kinda Funny Games is LIVE🔴 right now playing our game, Hyper Light Breaker!! ✨ www.youtube.com/live/oVOgdrX...
unlabelledView post →Update: In an additional statement sent to Game Developer, Heart Machine sought to clarify the future of early access title Hyper Light Breaker. "We're doing our best to refine what we can, complete key systems, and have the game culminate in a satisfying punctuation point."
unlabelledView post →Enter the Overgrowth with HYPER LIGHT BREAKER! Tune in to Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition for a special look at the action-RPG 👀👀👀
unlabelledView post →New Hyper Light Breaker dev update. To bring the game to its full potential, we need a bit more time. We're delaying Steam Early Access to 2024. More info (and some cool new shots) in this video with Alx: youtu.be/InuOjewX_-s TY for being patient with us <3
unlabelledView post →Starting a brand new adventure with #HeartMachine newest 🎮game Hyper Light Breaker. Can't wait to sink hours into it! #HLBesties
unlabelledView post →The more I play Hyper Light Breaker is the more I can see myself falling for it. It starts out extremely difficult, but once you come to understand how the game works, it gets more manageable with each run. This game is gonna be DOPE! Great job @heartmachine.bsky.social!!
unlabelledView post →Double Down was our biggest Hyper Light Breaker update to date. Join Alx + Michael tomorrow for a Q+A session tomorrow on all the game changes / improvements, and hear what's to come...
unlabelledView post →Hyper Light Breaker in Early Access TODAY OMG OMG OMG I CANNOT FREAKING WAIT TO PLAY THIS YOU GUYS Co-op action game with rogue-like elements. Elden Ring meets Diablo. LETS GO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wB2...
unlabelledView post →Struggling with Crown fights in Hyper Light Breaker? NuvaAspect123 very helpfully wrote up some Parrying tips for each Crown. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
unlabelledView post →Today marks the Early Access release of Hyper Light Breaker! The folks over at @heartmachine.bsky.social have put so much work into this game, I wanted to spread the news!! store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/... #hyperlightbreaker #earlyaccess #steam #indiegames #indiedev
unlabelledView post →Our launch trailer for Hyper Light Breaker is here! The game drops in early access TOMORROW. It's pretty surreal that we've reached this point. Needless to say, I'm incredibly excited! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJa...
unlabelledView post →trying to find my indie game people out here 👀🎮 Wanderstop 🚶♂️ Tenjutsu 🥷 Hyper Light Breaker 🌌 Tails of Iron 2 🐀 Morsels 🍴 the future of gaming is indie. prove me wrong. #indiedev
unlabelledView post →Heart Machine is laying off another round of unknown numbers, with Hyper Light Breaker development ending after a difficult Early Access launch. (Read more: Game Developer)
unlabelledView post →I had so much fun with Hyper Light Breaker today, cannot WAIT to play more!! I can already tell this game is going to become a fixation :)))))
unlabelledView post →Saw the early access release trailer for Hyper Light Breaker! Was cool to see an update, although to be honest I don't know what it is, but the EA trailer sort of is giving me mixed thoughts on the game right now. Some of the core elements just really don't interest me play wise.
unlabelledView post →@caseyexplosion.bsky.social hey Casey, just dropping by to let you know about Indie Game Works, my new book showcasing 50 amazing indie games like Tunic, Abzu, Shadows of Doubt, Sable, Hyper Light Breaker, SCHiM, and 1000xRESIST. It features exclusive artwork and developer interviews.
unlabelledView post →The negative reviews of Hyper Light Breaker are... Kinda funny. They are all some variation of "I play for a couple seconds and die. Then I upgrade myself a bit and play a little bit further and die. Bad game." And I'm like... Dude... You know this game is a roguelite... Right?
unlabelledView post →Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash) is ending development on its early access game Hyper Light Breaker after more layoffs. www.endlessmode.com/article/hype...
unlabelledView post →With #HyperLightBreaker launch into early access this week I'm able to start sharing some of the work I’ve done with this amazing team. Some lab concepts, my job here was to make sure this was going to be clear for the 3d team. You might also recognise these from the launch trailer! #GameDev #ConceptArt #HumanArtist #GameArt
unlabelledView post →#NSFW Lapis from Hyper Light Breaker! Shame the game had a rough release from what I've seen, hopefully it'll improve later down the line. #nsfwart #furry
unlabelledView post →Picked up Hyper Light Breaker and will check it out later today - reviews be damned. Early Access can (and should) be messy, video game development is hard, and I think this is a team worth betting on.
unlabelledView post →THIS GAME GOOD! More Hyper Light Breaker as we hunt more crowns and DIE HORRIDLY! And we have a FLOOFY TAIL! MAYBE MULTIPLAYER LATER! Live NOW! twitch.tv/mika_taillover #furrylive
unlabelledView post →Today's indie game is Hyper Light Breaker! This is a 3rd person co-op extraction roguelike! Explore the Overgrowth with hoverboards & gliders, fight enemies, collect loot, & bring resources back to your settlement! Released today! Dev: @heartmachine.bsky.social Link below!
unlabelledView post →Bought and played the early access for Hyper Light Breaker, since it finally came out! Holy hell, time flew by super fast. I had a GREAT time. Sorry work, I'm playing video game tomorrow, don't need me.
unlabelledView post →Hey folks, will be live at 7:30 PM ET, checking out @heartmachine.bsky.social's new game that just hit Early Access, HYPER LIGHT BREAKER! Been looking forward to this one for a while so come through then! Twitch.tv/danfinity
unlabelledView post →New schedule for the week! The Minecraft phase is back in full force... Plus there's been a new update to Hyper Light Breaker, and still gotta finish Echoes of Wisdom! There's a couple of games in my redeem queue for Saturday as well~ #vtuber #ENVtuber #streamschedule
unlabelledView post →Playing the new BURIED BELOW update for HLB! YEEEE!✨ #twitch #stream #pngtuber #vtuber #hyperlightbreaker #heartmachine www.twitch.tv/lynspire
unlabelledView post →I'm gettin better at playing Hyper Light Breaker. It's really good and I'm starting to get the flow of the game.
unlabelledView post →Going live with a brand new game! Hyper Light Breaker with @justmaki.bsky.social starting in 15 minutes! Be there :D #vtuber #envtuber www.twitch.tv/r0nanc
unlabelledView post →Evolution of Heart Machine (2016 -2025) Which ones are your favourite? Hyper Light Breaker (2025) Possessor(s) (2025) #game #indiegames #gaming #games
unlabelledView post →This game added LIZARD WITH TAIL. Hyper Light Breaker! Can we unlock them today? Fresh Save File checking out the new update - let's see if this game got any better! LIVE NOW #furrylive twitch.tv/mika_taillover
unlabelledView post →"Hyper Light Drifter" I recall this being a pretty popular game like ten years ago. I wonder what that team is doing now. *sees Hyper Light Breaker in the Steam store* oh
unlabelledView post →Just found out late that Heart Machine's abandoning Hyper Light Breaker. I know their eyes were bigger than their stomachs, but they shouldn't be allowed to leave the game up on Steam.
unlabelledView post →Indie studio Heart Machine confirmed it is making layoffs. In a statement to Game Developer, the company said it is wrapping work on Hyper Light Breaker—which only launched into early access in January—and cutting jobs. The studio will continue making games as a "smaller core team."
unlabelledView post →I enjoy Hyper Light Breaker but its pretty hard and a bit of like, a souls-like game. Did you mean to say Hyper Light Drifter?
unlabelledView post →Hyper Light Breaker & Solar Ash are part of the Steam Summer Sale! Go get yourself or a friend a @heartmachine.bsky.social game for a discounted price! 💙 HLB: store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/... SA: store.steampowered.com/app/1867530/...
unlabelledView post →Wanted to practice drawing again and have been playing @heartmachine.bsky.social 's new game Hyper Light Breaker, so I figured I'd practice with Vermillion's Sycom.
unlabelledView post →Spent around 7 Hours with Hyper Light Breaker! I really like the idea and what this game can possibly be in 1.0. Here is my review on Early Access current state. 🎮 #indiegames youtu.be/f9KIVrZVS-s
unlabelledView post →Got the thumbs up to share some early visDev work I did for #HyperLightBreaker. Also, did you know it's out into early access? Because it is!! #ConceptArt #GameDev #VisDev #HumanArtist
unlabelledView post →It'd be real funny if I came back home and bought hyper light breaker only to find out that 16GB ram requirement was dead serious and the game won't run decently on my desktop I hope this post is not a sign of things to come #driftiniplays #hyperlightbreaker
unlabelledView post →Hyper Light Breaker is another game confirmed for Steam Early Access in January. www.thesixthaxis.com/2024/12/11/h... #gaming #gamenews #videogames
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