The Drifter
Updated v1.1.5 + DLC
Updated June 10, 2026 5:36 pm (1 week ago)
The Drifter is a pulp adventure thriller about a murdered drifter who awakens seconds before his death, trapped in a loop of violence and conspiracy. This fast-paced point-and-click adventure blends gritty pixel art, twin-stick controls, and a dark synth score as you unravel a web of shadowy corporations and obsession.
The Drifter overview
FEATURES:
- A Pulp Adventure Thriller from the minds that brought you Peridium and Crawl.
- An engrossing roller-coaster of a story- Drawing on King, Crichton and Carpenter, with a dash of 70s Aussie grindhouse.
- Point ‘n Click or Controller- Unique twin-stick controls make The Drifter as comfy to play on the couch as at your PC.
- Bursting with raw crunchy pixel art and high-impact animation.
- Professionally voice acted, with a brooding dark-synth cinematic score.
SYPNOSIS:
Mick Carter’s been drifting a while now- moving from job to job, never staying one place long. Jumping a box-car to his old home town, he witnesses a violent murder, is pursued by hi-tech soldiers, thrown in a reservoir and drowned.
And that’s just the start of Mick’s problems.
His consciousness ripped away, thrust back into his own body seconds before his death…
Framed for the killing he witnessed, tormented by his own past, and haunted by the feeling that something followed him back from the other side…
Follow Mick as he’s sucked headfirst into a lunatic web of shadowy corporations, murder, and the thousand-year obsession of a madman.
GAMEPLAY:
The Drifter is our take on a classic 2d point and click adventure, with the brake-lines cut. The focus is on fast-paced storytelling, with puzzle-solving being the glue that ties it together. Mick’s a practical guy, and so puzzles are down-to-earth too, designed to be unobtrusive, and give an investigative feel.
We’re keeping the pacing quick and lean, you’ll never be wandering around lost or confused- Mick is propelled through the story at a good clip, from one situation to another, with barely a moment to catch his breath. One minute you’ll be crafting a Molotov cocktail from a bottle of over-proof rum, the next interrogating a crooked neurosurgeon before swinging from a high-rise window by a fraying extension lead.
Will this game run on your PC?
Minimum
- System: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit versions only
- Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX10, DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Download, Install, and Play
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- Once you’re there, you can either copy the link or open it directly.
- Before you begin, make sure you have a supported client installed.
- Download The Drifter v1.1.5 +DLC (latest). Wait until it is 100% complete, then locate the files.
- Install the game:
- Run or double-click
setup_********.exe. - If a DLC folder is included, run any
.exefiles inside it as well.
- Run or double-click
- After the installation is complete, launch the game and start playing.
- Enjoyed the game? Consider purchasing it from the official store to support the developers.
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