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Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami is a 2012top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published byDevolver Digital. Set in Miami in 1989, the game follows an unnamedsilent protagonist—dubbed Jacket by fans—as he commits massacres against the localRussian mafia. Throughout the game, he is interrogated for his actions and slowly loses his grip on reality. In each level, the player must defeat every enemy through any means necessary. Before each level, the player can choose one of several masks that offer unique abilities.

Hotline Miami
The game's protagonist fighting off a horde of Russian mobsters while standing in one of their exploded corpses. He's carrying a baseball bat with one of his hands, and his girlfriend in the other. In the background of the image, three masked figurines watch over the massacre.
Cover art byNiklas Åkerblad
Developer(s)Dennaton Games[a]
Publisher(s)Devolver Digital
Programmer(s)Jonatan Söderström
Artist(s)Dennis Wedin
EngineGameMaker
Platform(s)
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Genre(s)Top-down shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

The game was the first commercial release of Dennaton Games, a duo composed of developersJonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin. Using a scrapped prototype Söderström made years prior, they developedHotline Miami over the course of nine months. Söderström programmed the game and wrote the narrative, while Wedin designed the graphics. Several artists contributed to the soundtrack, which combines many music styles.Hotline Miami was released in October 2012 forWindows, followed by versions forOS X,Linux,PlayStation 3, andPlayStation Vita in 2013, and aPlayStation 4 port in 2014.

Hotline Miami received generally positive reviews from critics, who highlighted its gameplay, soundtrack, and atmosphere, though some criticized its controls. The game's themes and storytelling, which advocate ananti-violence message, were also praised. It was nominated for several awards and was a commercial success, selling 1.5 million copies by May 2015. The game has been considered one of the most influential and successfulindie games ever made, inspiring many developers and contributing to a rise in indie game releases throughout the 2010s; it also contributed to the success of its publisher. It has been frequently considered one of thebest video games ever made, and to have one of thebest video game soundtracks.

A sequel,Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, was released in March 2015. Both games were re-released as part of theHotline Miami: Collected Edition in Japan that same year. Another compilation, theHotline Miami Collection, released forNintendo Switch in August 2019, and was later ported toXbox One,Stadia,PlayStation 5 andXbox Series X/S. The series also spawned acomic book spinoff and several fan games.

Gameplay

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A screenshot of the player engaging in a standoff with the Russian Mafia. The points are visible on the top right of the image.

Hotline Miami is atop-down shooter game. It is set inMiami during the late 1980s,[2] and is divided into nineteen "chapters".[3] At the beginning of each chapter, the player character "Jacket"[b] receives a message on his answering machine, instructing him to travel to a different part of Miami and kill all enemies at that location. The player is able to defeat their opponents through a variety of melee and ranged weapons, like crowbars and firearms.[2] The player can also knock out enemies with a door, use them as a human shield, or kick them against the wall. If an enemy is not immediately killed in an attack, the player can perform a specialized attack to finish them off.[6][7] Later stages have the player take control of a different character, known as the Biker, who can only use knives.[8]

The player and enemies can both be felled by a single attack each.[9] To compensate, the player is able to quickly restart the current stage after death, allowing them to rethink their strategy.[9][10] Different types of enemies appear, such as dogs[10] andboss characters.[6] The enemyAI is inconsistent, with reactions to attacks ranging from responding immediately to doing nothing.[3][9] The player is awarded points for each enemy they kill, with bonus points awarded based on the method of execution or the number of enemies killed in quick succession.[7] The player has the ability to lock onto an enemy and not have to aim. On thePlayStation Vita, the functions of the mouse, including aiming, are shifted over to thetouch screen, with locking onto enemies requiring the player to touch them on-screen.[11]

Before each chapter begins, the player can choose from a variety of animal masks to wear,[4] which grant different abilities.[12] These attributes include the player's finishing moves being sped up and allowing them to see further.[6] At the end of each chapter, the player's total score is tallied and they are given a rating based on their performance.[13][14][6] The player's score is further adjusted based on their play style, which is given a classification like "coward" or "sadist".[13] High scores unlock new masks and weapons for the player to use.[14][6]Achievements are obtained by doing specific challenges such as killing two enemies by throwing one brick at them.[15]

Plot

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In April 1989, Jacket receives a message on his answering machine and a package is delivered to his door containing a rooster mask. The package contains instructions advising Jacket to retrieve a briefcase from the Russian mafia at a metro station. After carrying out the mission, Jacket continues to receive messages instructing him to conduct more massacres. After each mission, Jacket visits a store or a restaurant where a man known as Beard[c] meets him and gives away free items such as pizza, films, and alcoholic beverages. During an assault on the estate of a film producer, Jacket rescues a girl and takes her to his apartment, nursing her back to good health and developing a romantic relationship with her. After this assault, Jacket is visited by three masked personas: Richard, Rasmus, and Don Juan, who question him for his actions. These encounters continue throughout the game. In another assault on a phone company, Jacket finds everybody dead except the Biker, who is attempting to access a computer, and the two fight to the death.[d]

As Jacket continues his massacres, his perception of reality becomes increasingly more surreal. Talking corpses begin appearing at Beard's places of work, and eventually Beard himself abruptly dies, being replaced by a bald man named Richter that offers Jacket nothing. After coming home one night, Jacket discovers his girlfriend murdered by Richter, who shoots Jacket and places him into a coma. In one final encounter, Richard tells Jacket that he will "never see the full picture". Richard then reveals to Jacket that he was reliving the events of the past two months while comatose after being shot. After waking up, Jacket overhears that Richter has been arrested, and escapes the hospital in search of him. He storms Miami police headquarters, killing almost everyone inside and confronts Richter, who he discovered had also been receiving messages. Jacket spares his life[e] and steals the file on the police investigations of the killings before heading to a nightclub to where the calls were tracked, killing everyone there as well. He then goes to the Russian Mafia headquarters and confronts both leaders of the syndicate. After Jacket injures him and kills his personal bodyguard, one of the leaders "spares him the pleasure" and commits suicide. When Jacket confronts the other, he contemplates the things he did and allows Jacket to kill him without resistance. Afterwards, Jacket walks out onto a balcony and lights a cigarette, and throws a photo off of the balcony.

After completing the levels centered around Jacket, the player unlocks an epilogue centered around the Biker. Similarly to Jacket, the Biker has been receiving messages on his answering machine, and is dedicated to find their source. After the encounter with Jacket depicted earlier[d] and various interrogations, he finds the source of the messages to be 50 Blessings, a group operated by two janitors that attempt to undermine an "anti-American" alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States by telling their operatives to massacre Russians. The game features two endings, with the full ending requiring the player to find puzzle pieces scattered throughout the game to crack 50 Blessings' password. If the player cracks the password, the Biker uncovers their secrets and political agenda. Without the password, the Biker is mocked and fails to discover the truth. In both endings, the player has the option to either kill or spare the janitors. After this, the Biker departs from Miami.[8][18]

Development

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Designer and programmerJonatan Söderström at theGame Developers Conference in 2010

Hotline Miami was developed by Dennaton Games, a duo composed of designer and programmerJonatan Söderström and artist Dennis Wedin.[19][20] Söderström had previously developed numerousfreeware indie games, such as the puzzle gameTuning,[21] which won theNuovo Award at theIndependent Games Festival in 2010.[22] Many of his projects developed around this time were never completed. Among these was a top-down shooter game calledSuper Carnage, where the goal was to kill as many people as possible. He began work on the project in 2004 at the age of 18, but later abandoned the project after facing difficulties with developing theAI.[23]

Years later, Söderström met Wedin, a singer and keyboard player forsynthpunk band Fucking Werewolf Asso. The two collaborated in making a promotional game for the band, titledKeyboard Drumset Fucking Werewolf, as well as a separate project namedLife/Death/Island. The latter became too much work for them to handle, and the project was abandoned. The failure of the project led to the duo facing financial difficulties, resulting in them wanting their next project to be a commercial release. Wedin began searching through Söderström's unfinished works, and came acrossSuper Carnage.[23] With Wedin seeing potential in the concept after previously playing similar games likeGauntlet (1985) andChaos Engine (1993),[24] the two began developingHotline Miami.[23][25] The game was originally titledCocaine Cowboy, named after the 2006 documentaryCocaine Cowboys.[23][25] Throughout development, Söderström posted updates on his Twitter account[26] and blog.[26][27]

The first playable version was created within the first week of development after Söderström assembled the basics of the game, including a temporary soundtrack.[28] Although it was initially planned as a smaller project,[29] it expanded after development studioVlambeer shared a demo with Devolver Digital, who offered to publish it.[23][29] It was developed using theGameMaker engine over the course of nine months,[23] with the developers working twelve hours a day, six days a week.[30] Uncertain of whether they would be successful, and working with little to no budget, the team lost and regained motivation repeatedly. In an interview withEdge, Wedin described the development as "fucking hard".[23] At one point, Wedin was hospitalized for two weeks due to depression caused by a breakup.[31] The version of GameMaker the team was using was outdated, causing compatibility issues with newer operating systems. As a result, Dennaton faced numerous problems, including many bizarre bugs reported by playtesters. Among these bugs was one that would cause the game to crash if certain printers were plugged into the player's computer.[23]

Design

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In a 2022 interview with Noclip, Wedin stated that they designedHotline Miami as a game that they wanted to play, initially being unconcerned with what an average consumer or a critic would think of it. According to him and Söderström, this design process allowed the team to determine what would "fit" the game or be liked by other players, based on whether or not they personally found it fun.[32] In the same interview, the team said they designed the game as an "arcade game first, and a reality simulator second".[33] When designing the AI, the team were conflicted about whether to make it more "believable" or to intentionally make it varied in behavior, but eventually chose the latter.[23] Wedin later stated that they "never wanted to do realistic behavior", and Söderström partially attributed the limitations of GameMaker to the varied behavior of enemies.[34] Some of the mechanics, such as the ability to throw weapons at enemies, were initially coding errors that were turned into proper game mechanics.[35] The levels featuring the Biker were created near the end of development.[36]

The plot was inspired by several movies that the team watched before starting development. Among these movies were the works ofDavid Lynch, the superhero comedy filmKick-Ass, theCocaine Cowboys documentary, andDrive.[23][37]Drive inspired the minimal dialogue and critique of violence, leading to the creation of the masked personas and their associated scenes.[23] In a June 2012 post on his personal blog, Söderström said that he wanted the project to have an interesting, but "unintrusive" story that players could skip through if they wanted.[26] Another inspiration wasGordon Freeman, the silent protagonist of theHalf-Life series.[37] Söderström said that Lynch's works were the largest influence.[23] Some of the characters were based on real people, with Beard being based on artistNiklas Åkerblad,[38] a friend of the developers and owner of the apartment in which the two worked,[39] and the janitors being the developers'self-inserts.[40]

The graphics were created by Wedin,[41] usingpixel art[23] with a high-contrast colour palette.[42] The first assets, a player sprite and an enemy sprite, were created by Wedin during a weekend within the first few days of development.[43] While the team felt the violence could cause controversy, they believed the decision to use pixel art would mitigate any problems. Wedin stated that, while he thought games that used realistic 3D graphics were often singled out when a real-world attack took place,Hotline Miami's graphics kept it "out of the spotlight."[23] When looking for artists to design the box art, the team initially looked for artists who had worked on older horror films. When they were unable to agree on who should design it, Åkerblad offered to create the box art himself, and made it in about three days.[39]

Music

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CreatingHotline Miami's soundtrack was a focus of the developers, wanting to create a soundtrack that sounded like a film soundtrack, rather than one from a video game.[25][44] After failing to obtain the licenses for a temporary soundtrack they put together early in development, the team began searchingBandcamp for tracks that were free to download;[25] according to Söderström, the team listened to up to two thousand tracks.[44] Some artists, such as M.O.O.N., were found through this process, while another artist, Scattle, contacted Dennaton themselves after seeing blog posts of the development. Tracks from M.O.O.N. were directly added to the game, while Scattle was tasked with composing original music specifically for the game usingRenoise.[25] Other artists featured in the game include Coconuts,Sun Araw,[45]Perturbator,[46] and Åkerblad.[38] The final soundtrack consists of 22 tracks[47] of several different styles, ranging from those that primarily use bass and drums like "Hydrogen", to more up-beat pop tracks such as "Miami Disco" by Perturbator.[48]

Release

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Hotline Miami was first announced through Söderström's personal blog on 3 July 2012. A teaser trailer was also released at the same time.[27] It was later showcased at theA Maze Indie Connect festival,[30] and again later at aRezzed exposition inBrighton.[23] The reception at A Maze was mixed,[30] but it was later praised by attendees at Rezzed. It was most played game at Rezzed that year, and won the Game Of The Show award; Tom Bramwell ofEurogamer described the game as the "best example of the sort of game we invented the show for."[49] For the game's promotion, Dennaton purchased a phone number in the Miami area that allowed people to leave messages that would later be used in a trailer.[50]Hotline Miami was released onSteam on 23 October 2012.[51] Versions with support forMacOS andLinux were released on 19 March 2013 and 9 September 2013, respectively.[52][53]

In November 2012, an update was released that patched numerous bugs, added support forgamepads, and made minor graphical and gameplay adjustments. This update also added a bonus level, "Highball", which has no relation to any other level.[54] Around this time, Söderström created numerous patches for pirated versions ofHotline Miami after several users ofthe Pirate Bay reported problems. He wanted players to "experience the game the way it's meant to be experienced", regardless of whether or not they obtained it through legitimate means.[55] The soundtrack was released via Steam in January 2013.[56] A physical release, with all of the tracks pressed across threevinyls, was released in 2016 through Laced Records. It was a limited release, with only 5,000 copies made, and was funded by aKickstarter campaign that raised over $75,000.[47]

Versions ofHotline Miami forPlayStation 3 andPlayStation Vita, ported by Abstraction Games, was released on 25 July 2013 in North America, and a day later in Europe. These releases supportedcross-buy, allowing players who purchased the game on one platform to receive it on the other.[1][57] These ports also added a bonus mask and leaderboards.[57] A version forPlayStation 4, also supporting cross-buy, was released on 19 August 2014.[58][59] A Japan-localized compilation, featuringHotline Miami alongside its sequelHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (2015), titledHotline Miami: Collected Edition, was released in June 2015.[60] On 19 August 2019,Hotline Miami andHotline Miami 2 were re-released as part of theHotline Miami Collection forNintendo Switch.[61] TheHotline Miami Collection was later ported toXbox One andStadia on 7 April and 22 September 2020 respectively,[62][63] andPlayStation 5 andXbox Series X/S on 23 October 2023.[64]

Reception

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Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic(PC) 85/100[65]
(PS3) 87/100[65]
(Vita) 85/100[65]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer10/10[15]
Game Informer7.75/10[2]
GameSpot8.5/10[6]
GamesRadar+4/5[3]
IGN8.8/10[14]
PC Gamer (US)86/100[10]
Polygon8.5/10[7]
VideoGamer.com9/10[66]
PopMatters9/10[67]

Hotline Miami received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregatorMetacritic, the game holds an aggregate score of 85 per cent based on 51 reviews for the PC version, 87 per cent based on 19 reviews for the PlayStation 3 version, and 85 per cent based on 27 reviews for the PlayStation Vita version.[65]

Several reviewers praised the gameplay. Many found the game enjoyable, considering it addictive despite frequent death.Polygon's Chris Plante considered it similar to playing a sport, stating that it compensated for being repetitive by allowing the player to restart quickly, and found it addictive.[7] Graham Smith ofPC Gamer wrote that the game was designed to "inspire a fever" and that "once you're hooked, it's easy to get carried away". He also wrote that, even when putting the addictive nature aside, it was still "tight" and "efficient".[10] Phill Cameron ofVideoGamer.com described the game as "five seconds of action that you can lose yourself in for five hours."[66] Danny O'Dwyer ofGameSpot was indifferent, though he wrote that the timesHotline Miami did "get it wrong" were "deeply frustrating". He pointed out the boss fights, which he felt had arbitrary methods on how to defeat them.[6]

Some criticisms were made towardsHotline Miami's controls, with Ben Reeves ofGame Informer writing that the controls inhibited what was otherwise "one of the most creative indie titles of the year."[2] Eric Swain ofPopMatters felt that the PlayStation 3 controls made the game easier, and consequentially made players "miss out" on the intended feel.[67] Giancarlo Saldana ofGamesRadar+ felt that the controls on the PlayStation 3 took some time to get used to, and that playing it on computer was more ideal, but that players could get used to them.[3]

Hotline Miami's narrative was well received, with Reeves describing it as "perfectly [placing] you inside the mind of a serial killer."[2] Saldana described it as an "introspective journey into the violence of video games", and that it had a "daring narrative style" that gained the attention of players.[3] Plante wrote that game had "more to say about our fascination with violence" than other titles, describingHotline Miami as an exceptional game not due to its violence, but because it had a "reason" to be violent.[7] While Smith felt that the narrative was lacking in depth and no justification was given for the violence, he believed that too many other video games offeredclichéd reasons for violence, and described it as a "relief".[10] Cameron wrote that the game missed an "opportunity to make a point" and never properly explained why so many people were being killed, instead allowing the player to reflect on themselves.[66] The visual design was also well received, often being discussed alongsideHotline Miami's narrative and sound design.[6][14][3]

The soundtrack was praised, with several critics highlighting it as one of the best aspects. Reeves described the soundtrack as doing a "phenomenal job",[2] and Saldana felt that it was "executed perfectly".[3] O'Dwyer described it as "outstanding" and fitting well with the visual design, believing that both combined were able to allow the player to look past the flaws.[6] Charles Onyett ofIGN wrote that the soundtrack "[meshes] perfectly" with the rest of the game.[14]Eurogamer's Tom Brawell shared similar thoughts as O'Dwyer and Onyett, feeling that while the soundtrack was less impactful on its own, it tied in well with the other elements.[15]

Sales

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Hotline Miami sold over 130,000 units within the first seven weeks of its initial release.[68] By the time the PlayStation 3 version was announced in February 2013, it had sold 300,000 units. According to Anthony John Agnello ofDigital Trends, the commercial success up to that point was the reason Sony wantedHotline Miami on the platform, helping the company "maintain its reputation" as a "purveyor" of indie titles after the success ofJourney.[69] WhenHotline Miami was released on PlayStation Vita, it became the platform's best selling game of June 2013 within six days, despite releasing near the end of the month.[70] By May 2015,Hotline Miami had sold over 1.5 million units on all platforms.[71]

Awards

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A month before release,Hotline Miami won the "Most Fantastic" award at the 2012Fantastic Arcade festival in Austin.[72] At the end of the year,Hotline Miami was nominated for several awards byIGN.[73][74] These included "Best Overall Game",[75] "Best PC Action Game",[74] "Best PC Story",[76] "Best PC Game",[77] "Best Overall Action Game",[78] and "Best Overall Music".[79] It won the award for "Best PC Sound".[73]PC Gamer gaveHotline Miami its "The Best Music of the Year 2012" award.[80] At the 2012Machinima'sInside Gaming Awards, it received the "Most Original Game" award.[81][82] It was nominated for several awards at theIndependent Games Festival in 2013, including theSeumas McNally Grand Prize, as well as the Excellence in Audio and Excellence in Design awards.[83] Several publications consideredHotline Miami to be one of the best games released in 2012. These publications includeKill Screen,[84]Paste,[85]Ars Technica,[86]Wired,[87]The Guardian,[88] andVentureBeat.[89]

Themes and analysis

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Hotline Miami advocates an anti-violence message throughout, making the player feel guilt for their in-game massacres.[90][46] Some found this to be done through the utilization of upbeat music and its score system to motivate the player. As the game is fast-paced, the player may enter a state where they're focused exclusively on their inputs and become desensitized to their actions.[8][90]Pitchfork's Nina Corcoran said that the upbeat soundtrack contributed to this by ratcheting the player's anxiety and increasing their focus, while also desensitizing them to the glorified violence.[44] At the end of each level, the upbeat music is replaced with ambience while the player exits the building, with the remains of enemies scattered across the floor.[8]NME's Dom Peppiatt comparedHotline Miami's anti-violence commentary to be similar toA Clockwork Orange andAmerican Psycho. He wrote that the game made players think about where the "line between fiction and reality blurs", and made them reconsider the violence present within video games as a whole.[46]

Each of the masked personas serve a specific purpose in their encounters. Richard is often inquisitive, Don Juan is generally passive and friendly, while Rasmus is aggressive. They also each have a unique color assigned to them reflecting their personality, with Richard's being yellow, Don Juan's being blue, and Rasmus' being red. Each interrogates the player uniquely; Don Juan's dialogue includes lines like "knowing oneself means acknowledging one's actions," while Richard is more upfront, asking "do you like hurting other people?"[91] Additionally, the masked figures never reveal any details about the identity of Jacket, instead teasing the player directly.[92] The masked figures also foreshadow events in the narrative, such as hinting at the murder of Jacket's girlfriend.[8][91]

Luca Papale and Lorenzo Fazio suggested that the contrasting behaviors of the masked figures may representdissociative identity disorder in Jacket.[4] Similar thoughts were written by Marco Caracciolo of theUniversity of Groningen, who said that the masked personas could possibly be "projections of Jacket's disturbed psyche." He additionally wrote that the plot is "destined not to make any sense", citing the behavior of the masked figures as well as the contradictions between the perspectives of Jacket and the Biker.[92] Papale and Fazio considered Jacket to be the first example of a "meta-avatar",[93] a type of character with the ability to cause players to rethink their own actions and cause instability within their identity.[94] This type of character was compared by Papale and Fazio toDoomguy from theDOOM series andLara Croft from theTomb Raider series, who were seen as examples of "mask digital prosthesis", referring to the overlapping of identities between a player and a game's protagonist.[4]

Legacy

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Retrospective commentary has consideredHotline Miami to be one of the most influential indie games, as well as one of the most critically and financially successful.[f] Its success inspired many to become video game developers,[95] contributing to a rise in indie game releases throughout the 2010s.[44] Many of these games include similar themes, gameplay mechanics, or music toHotline Miami.[95][44][48] Games influenced byHotline Miami continued to be made over a decade after its release,[97] ranging from indie games to ones made by larger, big-budget studios likeThe Last of Us Part II (2020).[95] The soundtrack was also very influential,[g] helping popularize thesynthwave music genre and leading to the mainstream success of the featured artists.[98][99] The game contributed to the success of Devolver Digital, which has since become one of the most successful indie game publishers.[96][99]

Hotline Miami's narrative and handling of violence have been considered by many journalists to be influential within thevideo game industry,[90][95][100] with an impact lasting into the 2020s.[95] In a 2019 retrospective article fromVice's Cameron Kunzelman, he describedHotline Miami's anti-violence themes as an "emblem of a forgotten regime" alongside other games released at the time likeSpec Ops: The Line. He felt that sinceHotline Miami's release, more video games had started treating violence as a method of demonstrating "seriousness" without a proper justification. He specifically highlighted a trailer forThe Last of Us Part II, as well as how some ofHotline Miami's more serious dialogue had becomeinternet memes. He also said that video games were due for "another shift" in how to treat violence.[90] Chris Tapsell ofEurogamer echoed similar thoughts as Kunzelman in 2024, describingHotline Miami as the video game industry's "coming-of-age moment" and a point of self-reflection.[100]

In 2023,TechRadar's Aleksha McLoughlin describedHotline Miami as the "gold standard" for an indie game. She said it was the best in its sub-genre, with no other games being able to compare to its success.[95] Nina Corcoran ofPitchfork shared similar thoughts, and stated that the game was designed by Dennaton to be "incredibly replayable" several years later.[44] In a 2022 article published byThe Ringer, Lewis Gordon describedHotline Miami as a game that "[stretched] the boundaries" of the video game industry, as one of the more "warmly-regarded" indie games.[96] Christopher Cruz ofRolling Stone describedHotline Miami as a "titan of indie gaming", one with an "impact [that] has reached far and wide".[48] The game has also garnered acult following.[101]

In the years since its release,Hotline Miami has often been considered to be one of thebest video games ever made by the editorial teams of several magazines and media outlets. These include the teams ofGamesRadar+,[102]Slant Magazine,[103][104][105]Hardcore Gaming 101,[106]Stuff.tv,[107]Popular Mechanics,[108]GamesTM,[109][110]USA Today,[111] andSports Illustrated.[112] The game was considered one of the best PC games by the editorial teams ofPC Gamer andRock, Paper, Shotgun,[113][114] and one of the best PlayStation Vita games byDigital Trends andGamesRadar+.[115][116] It was also listed in the book1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.[117] Its soundtrack has received similar praise, with writers fromPaste,GameSpot,PCMag andVG247 consideringHotline Miami's soundtrack to be one of thebest from a video game.[118]

Sequel and franchise

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A group of people cosplaying asHotline Miami characters atNew York Comic Con in 2015

Shortly after the games release, Dennaton began developingdownloadable content to expand upon its story and add alevel editor.[119] When the proposed length of the project surpassed that of the main game, it became its own standalone game. Announced ten days after the release ofHotline Miami,[120]Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was released on 10 March 2015.[121] The game expanded upon the universe of the original, introducing new characters and focusing on the background and aftermath of Jacket's massacres. It also served as the conclusion of the series' story.[5] Due to differences in gameplay and level design,Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was not received as well as the first game.[122] Both games were included in theHotline Miami Collection, which was first released in August 2019.[61] As of 2022, both games in the series have sold over five million units combined across several platforms.[96]

In 2016, an eight-part comic book series based on the series,Hotline Miami: Wildlife, was announced. It was released digitally over the course of several months and follows a protagonist named Chris, depicting events not consideredcanon to the mainHotline Miami story.[123] A parody, "Hotline Milwaukee", is included inDevolver Bootleg, a 2019 compilation of parodies of numerous games published by Devolver Digital.[124] Jacket has appeared as a playable character in other games, such asPayday 2 andDead Cells.[125][126] Severalfan games based on the series have been created, often incorporating elements from other games such asTeam Fortress 2 andHalf-Life.[127][128] Among these wasMidnight Animal, a fan game that would have incorporated elements from thePersona series, but was cancelled by 2019.[129]

Notes

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  1. ^Abstraction Games developed the console ports.[1]
  2. ^Jacket is a fan-assigned name to an otherwise unnamed protagonist.[4] The name was adopted by Dennaton themselves later on.[5]
  3. ^Similarly to Jacket, Beard goes unnamed in the game. InHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, the character is known as The Soldier.[16]
  4. ^abJacket and the Biker fight each other twice at different points in the story, with both times having a different outcome.[8]
  5. ^While the player has the choice to either kill or spare Richter,[17] he is seen alive in the game's sequel.[16]
  6. ^Attributed to several sources[95][96][97][48]
  7. ^Attributed to several sources[98][48][44][99]

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