Hotline Miami
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2012
Genres
- action game
- shooter game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- PlayStation Vita*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · PlayStation Vita*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Engines
- GameMaker
- PhyreEngine
Localized titles
- Hotline Miami
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Polish*
Community tags · historical
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 2,617*
- Violent*
- Votes · historical
- 2,070*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 1,958*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 1,645*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Votes · historical
- 1,551*
- Top-Down*
- Votes · historical
- 1,544*
- Gore*
- Votes · historical
- 1,494*
- 1980s*
- Votes · historical
- 1,477*
- Fast-Paced*
- Votes · historical
- 1,447*
- Retro*
- Votes · historical
- 1,194*
- Psychedelic*
- Votes · historical
- 1,175*
- Difficult*
- Votes · historical
- 1,026*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 892*
- Surreal*
- Votes · historical
- 708*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 637*
- Shooter*
- Votes · historical
- 630*
- Top-Down Shooter*
- Votes · historical
- 622*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 564*
- Addictive*
- Votes · historical
- 561*
- Music*
- Votes · historical
- 476*
System requirements
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Mac OS 10.6+*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Storage
- 130 MB HD space*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.2GHz processor*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory DirectX®: 9.0c*
- Storage
- 250 MB HD space Additional: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller, OpenGL 2.x or better highly recommended.*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz Dual-Core*
- Memory
- 512 MB*
- Storage
- 130 MB HD space Note: 32-bit only [/list]*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.4GHz processor or faster*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Full*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 72*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27*
- Community-reported frame rate
- 60 fps*
- Reports
- 1*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Dennaton Games
- Abstraction Games*
Publishers
- Devolver Digital
Release history
- 2012-10-23
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2013-06-25 · PlayStation Vita*
- Release date
- 2013-06-25*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita*
- 2012-10-22 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2012-10-22*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Oct 23, 2012*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Verified*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Specifications 2 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 1.2GHz processor*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- Hotline Miami*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- 1.4GHz processor or faster*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Release year
- 2,012*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 1.2GHz processor*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- 1.4GHz processor or faster*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Specifications 3 · 14 fields
- Developers · PlayStation Vita
- Abstraction Games
- Abstraction Games*
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Dennaton Games
- Dennaton Games*
- ESRB classification · PlayStation Vita
- ESRB · PlayStation Vita
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- shooter game
- shooter game*
- Genres · PlayStation Vita
- action game
- action game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation Vita
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation Vita*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Devolver Digital
- Devolver Digital*
- Publishers · PlayStation Vita
- Devolver Digital
- Devolver Digital*
- Release date · PlayStation Vita
- 2013-06-25 · PlayStation Vita
- Release date
- 2013-06-25*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2012-10-22 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2012-10-22*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 4 · 34 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 35*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 118* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 496* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Dennaton Games*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2000000 - 5000000*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 122* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 234* min
- Metacritic score
- 85*
- Name
- Hotline Miami*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 3,058*
- Peak ccu
- 404*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 103,599*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 1.99*
- Publishers
- Devolver Digital*
- Recommendations
- 100,459*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 23, 2012*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- Game website · historical
- https://www.hotlinemiami.com/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Dennaton Games
- Dennaton Games*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Devolver Digital
- Devolver Digital*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 23, 2012*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 43* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 610* min
- Ccu
- 404*
- Developer
- Dennaton Games*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Historical US original list price
- 999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 26* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 254* min
- Name
- Hotline Miami*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 3,058*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 103,599*
- Historical US price
- 999* US cents
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital*
- Community tags · historical
- Great Soundtrack*
- Violent*
- Action*
- Indie*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Top-Down*
- Gore*
- 1980s*
- Fast-Paced*
- Retro*
- Psychedelic*
- Difficult*
- Singleplayer*
- Surreal*
- 2D*
- Shooter*
- Top-Down Shooter*
- Atmospheric*
- Addictive*
- Music*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- Community tags · historical
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Violent
- Violent*
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Pixel Graphics
- Pixel Graphics*
- Top-Down
- Top-Down*
- Gore
- Gore*
- 1980s
- 1980s*
- Fast-Paced
- Fast-Paced*
- Retro
- Retro*
- Psychedelic
- Psychedelic*
- Difficult
- Difficult*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Surreal
- Surreal*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Shooter
- Shooter*
- Top-Down Shooter
- Top-Down Shooter*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Addictive
- Addictive*
- Music
- Music*
- Tags votes
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 2,617*
- Violent
- Votes · historical
- 2,070*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 1,958*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 1,645*
- Pixel Graphics
- Votes · historical
- 1,551*
- Top-Down
- Votes · historical
- 1,544*
- Gore
- Votes · historical
- 1,494*
- 1980s
- Votes · historical
- 1,477*
- Fast-Paced
- Votes · historical
- 1,447*
- Retro
- Votes · historical
- 1,194*
- Psychedelic
- Votes · historical
- 1,175*
- Difficult
- Votes · historical
- 1,026*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 892*
- Surreal
- Votes · historical
- 708*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 637*
- Shooter
- Votes · historical
- 630*
- Top-Down Shooter
- Votes · historical
- 622*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 564*
- Addictive
- Votes · historical
- 561*
- Music
- Votes · historical
- 476*
Specifications 6 · 30 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Dennaton Games*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: Processor:1.8 GHz Dual-Core Memory:512 MB Hard Drive:130 MB HD space Note: 32-bit only [/list] *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: 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 *
- Metacritic score
- 85*
- Name
- Hotline Miami*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: 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. *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $9.99*
- Publishers
- Devolver Digital*
- Recommendations total
- 99,276*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 23, 2012*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Dennaton Games
- Dennaton Games*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz Dual-Core*
- Memory
- 512 MB*
- Storage
- 130 MB HD space Note: 32-bit only [/list]*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- Mac OS 10.6+*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Storage
- 130 MB HD space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.2GHz processor*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory DirectX®: 9.0c*
- Storage
- 250 MB HD space Additional: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller, OpenGL 2.x or better highly recommended.*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Devolver Digital
- Devolver Digital*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 23, 2012*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Polish*
Specifications 7 · 22 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- full*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- 60* fps
- Steam Deck performance reports · 2026-06-27
- 1*
- Store genres
- Action|Indie*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 225*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 72*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 1* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,012*
- Title
- Hotline Miami*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27
- Community-reported frame rate
- 60* fps
- Reports
- 1*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 72*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 1 GB*
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