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Hitman: Absolution™

Io-Interactive A/S · 2012-11-19

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Action

Franchise: Hitman · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 30, 2025 (Android), Nov 20, 2012 (Xbox 360), Oct 16, 2025 (iOS), Nov 19, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 20, 2012 (PlayStation 3), May 14, 2014 (Mac)

The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.

Hitman: Absolution™ is an Action game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 63611 reviews).

310
playing now
93%
positive of 64k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (672 ratings)
23
Nexus mods (18k downloads)
14h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 72h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

310 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Hitman: Absolution is a 2012 action stealth game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix Europe. It is the fifth installment in the Hitman series and the sequel to 2006's Hitman: Blood Money. Before release, the developers stated that Absolution would be easier to play and more accessible, while still retaining hardcore aspects of the franchise. The game was released on 20 November 2012 for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. On 15 May 2014, Hitman: Absolution – Elite Edition was released for macOS by Feral Interactive; it contains all previously released downloadable content, including Hitman: Sniper Challenge, a "making of" documentary, and a 72-page artbook. On 11 January 2019, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released enhanced versions of Absolution and Blood Money for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Hitman HD Enhanced Collection.

Trailer

Hitman: Absolution™ trailer thumbnail

Hitman: Absolution - Launch Trailer

≈489 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 310 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,537 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~567/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.6M–5.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64,164 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.47 at GameBillet (2024-09-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 110 of 155 observed days · $18.52 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 981 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,581 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9291862026-09-15 11:00 — 253 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 480 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 290 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 612 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 895 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 370 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 414 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 856 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 378 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 693 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 835 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 412 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 343 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 691 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 570 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 312 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 676 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 464 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 299 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 630 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 604 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 238 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 310 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9.7k150Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 9,671 · peak 26,039Apr 2013 — avg 1,723 · peak 8,266Sep 2013 — avg 1,133 · peak 4,255Feb 2014 — avg 929 · peak 2,465Jul 2014 — avg 847 · peak 1,652Dec 2014 — avg 802 · peak 2,357May 2015 — avg 560 · peak 1,199Oct 2015 — avg 668 · peak 3,227Mar 2016 — avg 1,221 · peak 3,492Aug 2016 — avg 512 · peak 918Jan 2017 — avg 531 · peak 1,220Jun 2017 — avg 423 · peak 1,035Nov 2017 — avg 364 · peak 953Apr 2018 — avg 361 · peak 1,179Sep 2018 — avg 261 · peak 512Feb 2019 — avg 282 · peak 662Jul 2019 — avg 334 · peak 728Dec 2019 — avg 286 · peak 579May 2020 — avg 283 · peak 618Oct 2020 — avg 245 · peak 855Mar 2021 — avg 199 · peak 388Aug 2021 — avg 171 · peak 304Jan 2022 — avg 219 · peak 443Jun 2022 — avg 189 · peak 427Nov 2022 — avg 206 · peak 605Apr 2023 — avg 221 · peak 520Sep 2023 — avg 200 · peak 389Feb 2024 — avg 296 · peak 782Jul 2024 — avg 605 · peak 3,134Dec 2024 — avg 832 · peak 1,767May 2025 — avg 350 · peak 788Oct 2025 — avg 450 · peak 1,041Mar 2026 — avg 730 · peak 1,887Aug 2026 — avg 385 · peak 896
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1011012026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 101 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 27 new positive2026-09-25: 21 new positive2026-09-26: 30 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 20 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 29 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 28 new positive2026-09-30: 19 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 19 new positive2026-10-03: 23 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-06: 12 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 11 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 16 new positive2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 14 new positive2026-10-12: 15 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$1.342015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-03-16 — best price $15.392015-05-23 — best price $22.012015-09-11 — best price $4.992015-12-25 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992017-01-30 — best price $19.992018-01-01 — best price $20.252018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-05-14 — best price $4.992019-11-28 — best price $3.992020-03-16 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-09-13 — best price $19.992020-11-09 — best price $19.992021-01-08 — best price $17.882021-03-10 — best price $17.882021-05-21 — best price $3.972021-09-16 — best price $1.992021-12-23 — best price $1.992022-05-10 — best price $19.992022-08-24 — best price $15.952022-12-21 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-11-13 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $13.492024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-10-15 — best price $13.492025-02-28 — best price $1.992025-06-09 — best price $2.002025-10-01 — best price $2.002026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-23 — best price $19.992026-08-09 — best price $1.992026-09-24 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8762252026-06-01 — 816 pageviews2026-06-05 — 604 pageviews2026-06-09 — 723 pageviews2026-06-13 — 524 pageviews2026-06-17 — 366 pageviews2026-06-21 — 391 pageviews2026-06-25 — 403 pageviews2026-06-29 — 429 pageviews2026-07-03 — 378 pageviews2026-07-07 — 383 pageviews2026-07-11 — 343 pageviews2026-07-15 — 312 pageviews2026-07-19 — 316 pageviews2026-07-23 — 307 pageviews2026-07-27 — 314 pageviews2026-07-31 — 302 pageviews2026-08-04 — 256 pageviews2026-08-08 — 283 pageviews2026-08-12 — 265 pageviews2026-08-16 — 329 pageviews2026-08-20 — 310 pageviews2026-08-24 — 319 pageviews2026-08-28 — 252 pageviews2026-09-01 — 292 pageviews2026-09-05 — 289 pageviews2026-09-09 — 296 pageviews2026-09-13 — 335 pageviews2026-09-17 — 368 pageviews2026-09-21 — 285 pageviews2026-09-25 — 281 pageviews2026-09-29 — 281 pageviews2026-10-03 — 280 pageviews2026-10-07 — 245 pageviews2026-10-10 — 279 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10402026-09-30 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 68 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
84.9%
earned "Heavy Burden "
39.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CrimeActionShooterStealthAssassinTacticalCinematicDifficultStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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