Platforms
- PCOct 23, 20128.8playscore8.627 Critics9.652.5K Players
- PlayStation 5Oct 23, 2023NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.01.77K Players
- Xbox Series X|SOct 23, 2023NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.473 Players
- PlayStation 4Aug 19, 2014NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.439.5K Players
- AndroidNAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.4116 Players
- PlayStation 3Jun 25, 20138.6playscore8.77 Critics9.14.52K Players
- PS VitaJun 25, 20138.7playscore8.619 Critics9.35.28K Players
43 critic reviews · 28 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- It’s no secret that video games have a tendency to be overly violent. Whether it’s ripping out spines in Mortal Kombat, beating up hookers in Grand Theft Auto, or gunning down innocent civilians in Call of Duty, there’s a wide variety of bloody carnage to be seen, resulting in a multitude of critics, both in and out of the industry. But it’s Hotline Miami, a PSN game by Dennation Games, which takes things one step further.
JohnPaul Keith · Nov 07, 2013 Reviewed on PS3, VitaRead full review - Hotline Miami admirably does its best to provide an answer. You'll find it buried deep beneath the game's surface â figuratively and literally. It has more to say about our fascination with violence in games than the lion's share of its competition. That the killing is fun made me feel all the worse. Which was the point. Hotline Miami is exceptional not because it's violent, but because it's violent for a reason.
Chris Plante · Jul 17, 2013 Reviewed on PC, VitaRead full review - The atmosphere of Hotline Miami is great. While the retro 2D top-down environments aren’t much different than an old school RPG or adventure game, the visual filters, soundtrack and ultra violence really make you feel less like an adventuring hero and more like you’re slowly becoming a murderer-for-hire with a tenuous grip on sanity.
Ryan · Jul 03, 2013 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Hotline Miami’s intense challenge, deep narrative, and penchant for extreme violence mix together to create an intoxicating cocktail which once again brings up that age-old argument of whether or not games should truly be considered art. We’ll leave you to wrestle with that particular quandary, but Hotline Miami is arguably as subversive and shocking as anything the mediums of film, music, or literature can produce — and it’s bloody good fun at the same time, too.
Damien McFerran · Jul 02, 2013 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Genre-wise this game can be termed an action puzzler because of the shortness of the levels and while the game is all about killing, it has you constantly planning the most efficient way to do them like a puzzle. Each stage has a grading score which helps give the game replayability, as well as puzzle pieces to collect for some secret content. However, once the game is done there is nothing left but trying to maximize your score.
Dane Smith · Jul 02, 2013 Reviewed on PS3Read full review - Wrap it up with a bizarre story and a cool 80s vibe, and Hotline Miami is one of PlayStation Vita's guiltiest pleasures, a blood-soaked, retro-inspired homage to the most difficult video games ever conceived. So long as you're of age, it comes highly recommended.
Chris Buffa · Jun 28, 2013 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Hotline Miami is the same great game you've probably already played, but it's portable now! The new control scheme is vastly superior to the keyboard and mouse, and purchasing the game on PSN gets you the Vita and PS3 versions. Win, win, win. Pick it up.
Mike Williams · Jun 28, 2013 Reviewed on Vita - Hotline Miami's vague and unsatisfying ending may irritate some, but it shouldn't stop you from enjoying this wonderful barrage of the senses. Hotline Miami is a discotheque of death that's very hard to walk away from, and a fantastic twitch shooter with a confident sense of style. Many games attempt to use story to explain away the massacre of outrageous numbers of victims. Hotline Miami bathes in the thrill of murder, and cares little about justifying its actions.
Danny O'Dwyer · Jun 26, 2013 Reviewed on PC, PS3, VitaRead full review - If you're new to Hotline Miami, and you want to play on handheld, you should definitely check the game out on Vita. If you have a PC, though, that remains the best way to play the game on a big screen, as the controls work better with a mouse and keyboard.
Giancarlo Saldana · Jun 26, 2013 Reviewed on PC, VitaRead full review - The beauty of such a statement, however, is how good people often are at proving them wrong: after a while there's every chance new ways of approaching each miniature hub come to light. Either way, Hotline Miami remains ridiculously moreish and opening up how many individuals have access to it - much like Minecraft on the 360 - can only be a good thing.
Simon Miller · Jun 24, 2013 Reviewed on VitaRead full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will assume the role of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against the shady underworld at the behest of voices on your answering machine. Soon you'll find yourself struggling to get a grip of what is going on and why you are prone to these acts of violence.
Developer: Abstraction Games