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| Hotline Miami | |
|---|---|
 Cover art by Niklas Åkerblad | |
| Developer(s) | Dennaton Games[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Devolver Digital |
| Programmer(s) | Jonatan Söderström |
| Artist(s) | Dennis Wedin |
| Engine | GameMaker |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Top-down shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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. 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.
The game was the first commercial release of Dennaton Games, a duo composed of developers Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin. Using a scrapped prototype Söderström made years prior, they developed Hotline 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. The game was released in October 2012 for Windows, followed by versions for OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita in 2013, and a PlayStation 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 an anti-violence message, were also praised. It was nominated for several awards and was a commercial success, selling 1.5 million copies by May 2015. Hotline Miami has been considered one of the most influential and successful indie games to be released, with its success 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 the best video games ever made, and to have one of the best video game soundtracks.
A sequel, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, was released in March 2015. Both games were re-released as part of the Hotline Miami: Collected Edition in Japan that same year. Another compilation, the Hotline Miami Collection, released for Nintendo Switch in August 2019, and was later ported to Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The series has also spawned a comic book spinoff and several fan games.
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