Hotline Miami
Fast-paced top-down action with lethal combat and rapid retries
Dennaton Games · Published by Devolver Digital · Released Oct 23, 2012
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 128K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 911 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 144
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 10 years ago
- Oct 5, 2015
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is Hotline Miami?
A single-player, top-down action game set in an alternate 1989 Miami. You fight through levels with guns and close-range attacks as a masked antihero follows violent instructions left on his answering machine.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning fast room-clearing attacks
- +you like psychedelic pixel art and 1980s settings
- +you prefer single-player action without online modes
Not for you if...
- −you dislike graphic gore and repeated violent imagery
- −you want multiplayer competition or cooperative play
- −you prefer open worlds to level-based action
What players say
97% of 128,319 reviews are positive · 93% of 911 in the last 30 days
Players especially praise the soundtrack and neon visual style. Common complaints focus on punishing deaths, awkward mouse controls, and enemy reactions or hit detection that can feel inconsistent. Some recent players also report launch failures and crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Hotline Miami system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7
- Processor
- 1.2GHz processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB HD space
- Notes
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller, OpenGL 2.x or better highly recommended.
Recommended
- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7
- Processor
- 1.4GHz processor or faster
- Graphics
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB HD space
- Notes
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish.
Tags
- Great Soundtrack
- Violent
- Action
- Indie
- Pixel Graphics
- Top-Down
- Gore
- 1980s
- Fast-Paced
- Retro
- Psychedelic
- Difficult
- Singleplayer
- Surreal
- Top-Down Shooter
- 2D
Recent updates
- Oct 5, 2015 · Game Update Patch Notes - October 5th - 2015
- Oct 5, 2015 · Game Update Patch Notes - October 5th - 2015
- Sep 9, 2013 · Update Patch Notes - September 9, 2013
1 DLC available.
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