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Hotline Miami cover art

Hotline Miami

Dennaton Games · Devolver Digital · 2012-10-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

293
playing now
97%
positive of 127k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
86/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (1259 ratings)
5.6h
to beat · rushed 2.9h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

293 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 293 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,792 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,349/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1M–10M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 127,275 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.70-80%
Fanatical$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Gamesplanet$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Humble Store$2.49-75%
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 92 of 142 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek 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: 555 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5381992026-08-06 21:00 — 505 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 289 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 420 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 515 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 339 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 439 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 524 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 294 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 420 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 518 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 201 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 347 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 356 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 211 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 382 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 364 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 199 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 334 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 496 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 242 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 280 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 412 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 276 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 269 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 377 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 241 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 229 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 384 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 293 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7423792026-05-28 — 527 pageviews2026-05-31 — 419 pageviews2026-06-03 — 416 pageviews2026-06-06 — 474 pageviews2026-06-09 — 421 pageviews2026-06-12 — 583 pageviews2026-06-15 — 535 pageviews2026-06-18 — 438 pageviews2026-06-21 — 448 pageviews2026-06-24 — 515 pageviews2026-06-27 — 715 pageviews2026-06-30 — 669 pageviews2026-07-03 — 670 pageviews2026-07-06 — 624 pageviews2026-07-09 — 628 pageviews2026-07-12 — 453 pageviews2026-07-15 — 432 pageviews2026-07-18 — 381 pageviews2026-07-21 — 429 pageviews2026-07-24 — 424 pageviews2026-07-27 — 495 pageviews2026-07-30 — 612 pageviews2026-08-02 — 458 pageviews2026-08-05 — 480 pageviews2026-08-08 — 467 pageviews2026-08-11 — 392 pageviews2026-08-14 — 402 pageviews2026-08-17 — 459 pageviews2026-08-20 — 404 pageviews2026-08-23 — 390 pageviews2026-08-25 — 379 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

18802026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 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

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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