Pulp Thriller ‘The Drifter’ Launches July 17 [Trailer]

It’s been a long road for Powerhoof’s pulp thriller The Drifter ever since it was announced back in 2019, but the wait is almost over. Accompanied by a brand-new trailer, The Drifter will be launching on July 17 for PC via Steam, with a Nintendo Switch version also in development for launch later this year.

If you haven’t played the demo, or need a refresher, it’s available again as part of the upcoming Steam Next Fest. Any progress made in the demo, which features the game’s full first chapter, will carry across to the full game when it launches.

Inspired by the works of Stephen King, John Carpenter and Michael Crichton, The Drifter is described as a “classic 2D point and click adventure with the brake-lines cut.” The story centres around the aforementioned drifter, Mick Carter. Moving from job to job, never staying one place long, Mick jumps a box-car to his old home town, where he witnesses a violent murder, and is pursued by hi-tech soldiers, thrown in a reservoir and drowned.

Just before his consciousness is ripped away, it is thrust back into his body. Alive again, seconds before his death. Mick is 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.

Taking its cues from the modern revival of the adventure genre, Powerhoof aims to focus on serving up a tight, razor-sharp narrative with The Drifter, propelling the player through the story. To compliment this, the game employs grounded, unobtrusive and satisfying investigative puzzles to act as the “sinew” between punchy narrative beats.

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