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

Hotline Miami is a great soundtrack, violent and action game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on October 23rd 2012 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Polish.

It has received 109,698 reviews of which 105,310 were positive and 4,388 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.79€ on Instant Gaming.


The Steam community has classified Hotline Miami into these genres:


Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Hotline Miami:

UI Subtitle Audio
English
German
French
Spanish - Spain
Russian
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *:Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7
  • Processor:1.2GHz processor
  • Memory:512 MB RAM
  • Graphics:DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
  • DirectX®:9.0c
  • Hard Drive:250 MB HD space
  • Additional:Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller, OpenGL 2.x or better highly recommended.
MacOS
  • OS:Mac OS 10.6+
  • Processor:2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better
  • Memory:1 GB RAM
  • Hard Drive:130 MB HD space
Linux
  • Processor:1.8 GHz Dual-Core
  • Memory:512 MB
  • Hard Drive:130 MB HD space
  • Note: 32-bit only [/list]

User reviews & Ratings

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74 hours played
Aug. 2026
After the game, I stopped rejecting calls from other people's numbers
1 hours played
June 2026
After playing this I learnt I don't like top down shooters, but the music is a 10/10
3 hours played
June 2026
---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Free Fire ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ All ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulty}--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Really short ( 0 - 2 hours) ☑ Short ( 2 - 8 hours) ☐ Few hours ( 8 - 12 hours) ☐ Not bad duration ( 12 - 20 hours) ☐ Long ( 20 - 50 hours) ☐ Too long ( 50 - 100 hours) ☐ Endless ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{Bugs}--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{70/100}---
7 hours played
June 2026
The sleazy neon haze, garish colors, and hypnotic soundtrack pull me into a trance. Wearing an animal mask and leaving humanity behind, I lose myself in a fever dream of neon, violence, and blood.
4 hours played
June 2026
I put off playing Hotline Miami for far too long. Despite knowing of its impact and legacy in the indie scene and being a fan of top-down action, I always passed up the game in my mind as being just a gore fest. While it's a very violent game, it also serves as a deconstruction of violence in video games as a whole, which ended up really earning my respect. Do you like hurting other people? Who are leaving messages on your answering machine? Where are you right now? And the final question: Why are we having this conversation? These are questions posed early on in the game and it only outright gives one answer through dialogue by the end of the game. This leaves a lot of room for player interpretation, there's a real question of why the player and the character are both so willing to commit so much violence for seemingly mundane reasons. It's fantastic storytelling done through gameplay as much as it's done through dialogue. The gameplay itself does stand out as well, the graphics are constantly disorienting with wavy camera movement and neon colors leads to intense yet surreal action moments. You usually die in one shot and so do enemies, so every level has a puzzle element as it's never as simple as charging through the whole level, especially when different enemies must be killed in different ways. Easily one of the highlights of the game was the decision to use many different artists being used for individual missions. It gives each level a unique feel while still being cohesive in identity, and is a great way to be exposed to new artists. Hotline Miami is a very important piece of art that also survives the test of time, as its very blunt and bleak view on violence in the world only becomes more relevant as time goes on, this game and its sequel are must plays.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hotline Miami is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

No, Hotline Miami is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Yes, Hotline Miami received 105,310 positive votes out of a total of 109,698 achieving an impressive rating of 9.46.
😍

Hotline Miami was developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital.

Yes, Hotline Miami is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, Hotline Miami is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, Hotline Miami is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Yes, Hotline Miami is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.

Yes, Hotline Miami is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.

No, Hotline Miami does not support VR.

Hotline Miami is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Hotline Miami. Explore additional content available for Hotline Miami on Steam.

No, Hotline Miami does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Hotline Miami does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Hotline Miami is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Hotline Miami.

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Hotline Miami PEGI 16
Rating
9.5
105,310
4,388
Game modes
Features
Online players
404
Developer
Dennaton Games
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Release 23 Oct 2012
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