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Hotline Miami cover art

Hotline Miami

Dennaton Games · Devolver Digital · 2012-10-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 25, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 20, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2012 (Linux), Oct 23, 2012 (Mac), Mar 30, 2015 (Android), Oct 23, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Hotline Miami is an Action, Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 128230 reviews).

281
playing now
97%
positive of 129k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
twitch viewers (latest)
9.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (1259 ratings)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (5,921 ratings)
5.6h
to beat · rushed 2.9h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Hotline Miami is a 2012 top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. Set in Miami in 1989, the game follows an unnamed silent protagonist—dubbed Jacket by fans—as he commits massacres against the local Russian mafia. In each level, the player must defeat every enemy through any means necessary, with wearable animal masks providing the player with unique abilities. The plot follows Jacket as he slowly loses his grip on reality and is interrogated for his actions. It advocates a pacifist message by making the player feel regret for their in-game actions.

Trailer

Hotline Miami trailer thumbnail

Hotline Miami - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 281 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,187 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,273/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2M–10M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 129,001 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Gamesplanet$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at Nuuvem (2014-12-21) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 126 of 166 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,103 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,241 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,118 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 619 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,516 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,181 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,311 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,305 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,005 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,006 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,074 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,184 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 981 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,770 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3,225 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,933 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,309 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,243 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,882 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,500 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,199 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 26 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6291252026-09-15 11:00 — 236 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 305 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 182 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 332 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 405 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 199 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 137 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 324 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 254 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 191 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 287 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 203 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 137 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 482 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 521 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 231 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 426 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 489 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 250 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 507 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 524 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 308 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 281 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k89Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 487 · peak 958Mar 2013 — avg 194 · peak 824Aug 2013 — avg 211 · peak 1,021Jan 2014 — avg 393 · peak 1,443Jun 2014 — avg 600 · peak 2,845Nov 2014 — avg 297 · peak 1,227Apr 2015 — avg 256 · peak 644Sep 2015 — avg 152 · peak 304Feb 2016 — avg 216 · peak 535Jul 2016 — avg 236 · peak 738Dec 2016 — avg 184 · peak 604May 2017 — avg 217 · peak 1,076Oct 2017 — avg 144 · peak 532Mar 2018 — avg 126 · peak 245Aug 2018 — avg 103 · peak 254Jan 2019 — avg 189 · peak 846Jun 2019 — avg 191 · peak 457Nov 2019 — avg 113 · peak 259Apr 2020 — avg 218 · peak 897Sep 2020 — avg 116 · peak 204Feb 2021 — avg 145 · peak 342Jul 2021 — avg 200 · peak 465Dec 2021 — avg 226 · peak 612May 2022 — avg 302 · peak 1,006Oct 2022 — avg 104 · peak 202Mar 2023 — avg 175 · peak 496Aug 2023 — avg 236 · peak 689Jan 2024 — avg 234 · peak 609Jun 2024 — avg 186 · peak 492Nov 2024 — avg 221 · peak 628Apr 2025 — avg 218 · peak 466Sep 2025 — avg 1,033 · peak 3,595Feb 2026 — avg 199 · peak 371Jul 2026 — avg 807 · peak 2,258Aug 2026 — avg 348 · peak 706
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
99992026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 99 new positive2026-09-22: 6 new negative2026-09-24: 37 new positive2026-09-26: 42 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 26 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 26 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 24 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 32 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 42 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 40 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 24 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 45 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 40 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 37 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 36 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 51 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-14: 39 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-06-12 — best price $2.492015-08-12 — best price $5.562015-12-12 — best price $1.492016-03-14 — best price $2.492016-08-25 — best price $9.952017-03-03 — best price $9.992017-09-25 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-08-14 — best price $9.992019-03-02 — best price $9.992019-08-28 — best price $9.992020-01-13 — best price $2.492020-04-08 — best price $2.492020-08-03 — best price $2.492020-12-16 — best price $2.492021-05-21 — best price $2.492021-09-02 — best price $2.492022-01-08 — best price $9.992022-04-08 — best price $9.992022-07-09 — best price $9.992022-11-11 — best price $1.992023-02-02 — best price $1.992023-05-01 — best price $8.272023-07-21 — best price $2.252023-10-26 — best price $9.992024-02-06 — best price $9.992024-05-10 — best price $9.992024-07-29 — best price $1.992024-11-01 — best price $1.992025-01-25 — best price $1.992025-04-10 — best price $1.992025-07-12 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $1.992026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-04-24 — best price $2.222026-06-16 — best price $1.992026-08-26 — best price $1.992026-09-25 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7233622026-05-28 — 527 pageviews2026-06-01 — 475 pageviews2026-06-05 — 468 pageviews2026-06-09 — 421 pageviews2026-06-13 — 510 pageviews2026-06-17 — 490 pageviews2026-06-21 — 448 pageviews2026-06-25 — 631 pageviews2026-06-29 — 723 pageviews2026-07-03 — 670 pageviews2026-07-07 — 682 pageviews2026-07-11 — 502 pageviews2026-07-15 — 432 pageviews2026-07-19 — 429 pageviews2026-07-23 — 452 pageviews2026-07-27 — 495 pageviews2026-07-31 — 513 pageviews2026-08-04 — 493 pageviews2026-08-08 — 467 pageviews2026-08-12 — 387 pageviews2026-08-16 — 400 pageviews2026-08-20 — 404 pageviews2026-08-24 — 396 pageviews2026-08-28 — 430 pageviews2026-09-01 — 443 pageviews2026-09-05 — 423 pageviews2026-09-09 — 457 pageviews2026-09-13 — 491 pageviews2026-09-17 — 446 pageviews2026-09-21 — 439 pageviews2026-09-25 — 487 pageviews2026-09-29 — 385 pageviews2026-10-03 — 428 pageviews2026-10-06 — 402 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

60202026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 578 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 566 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 9 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
80%
earned "Combo Beginner"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-01-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)117,4927%35
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)79,72017%35
PS5 (PlayStation)13,25912%35
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,4287%35

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DGore1980sIndieRetroActionSurrealViolentTop-DownDifficult

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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