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• How To Play Hyper Light Breaker With Friends

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Hyper Light Breaker, the highly anticipated sequel to the indie hit Hyper Light Drifter, significantly departs from its predecessor's formula. Trading its 2D pixel art for a stunning 3D world (without sacrificing its unique visual style), it blends rogue-lite gameplay with extraction mechanics, and importantly, adds multiplayer.

Cooperative play is a central feature, making the challenges and rewards much more enjoyable with a fellow Breaker by your side. This guide details how to play with friends and how to use online matchmaking to join random public groups.

How To Play Hyper Light Breaker With Friends

To play Hyper Light Breaker cooperatively with friends, you'll need to create a private multiplayer room. Once you've spawned into the Cursed Outpost, the game's hub area, approach the counter to the left of your commander, Pherus Bit.

Press the interact button (usually R1 or RB) at the counter to access the Multiplayer menu. Here, you can create or join teams, and check for invitations. To play with friends, select "Create Breaker Team."

In the following menu, enable "Password Required" and set a password. After creating your private team, invite up to two friends using your platform's social features (PSN, Xbox, and Steam are supported). The game supports groups of three.

If your friends are online, invitations will appear in the "Invitations" tab of the Multiplayer menu. Otherwise, they can join using the invitation link.

Your team might also appear in the "Join Breaker Team" menu's general listing. If other methods fail, your friends can search this list to join directly.

Once your friends accept the invite (remember to share the password!), you're ready for cooperative action.

Random Online Matchmaking In Hyper Light Breaker

If you lack friends playing Hyper Light Breaker but still want to experience multiplayer, the game offers public groups. You can create your own public group (without a password) or join a random one.

In the Cursed Outpost's Multiplayer menu, select "Join Breaker Team," then scroll down and choose "Join Random Public Breaker Team."

The game will search for available public groups and automatically place you in one (if available). After a brief load screen, you'll join the host's world.

To leave a multiplayer session, return to the counter in the Cursed Outpost, open the Multiplayer menu, and select the "Disconnect" option (which appears only while in a session). Alternatively, simply quitting the game will also end the session.