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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 top-down shooter video game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. It was released in October 2012 for Windows, followed by versions for OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita in 2013, then a PlayStation 4 port in 2014. Hotline Miami is one of the most influential and successful independently developed games and considered both one of the best video games ever made and to have one of the best video game soundtracks. It inspired other developers during the 2010s and contributed to the success of its publisher. By May 2015, it had sold 1.5 million copies.
Set in Miami in 1989, Hotline Miami follows an unnamed silent protagonist—dubbed Jacket by fans—as he commits massacres against the local Russian mafia. He is interrogated about his actions and slowly loses his grip on reality. In each level, the player must defeat every enemy through means ranging from firearms and melee weapons to more specific methods like knocking enemies out with doors. The player chooses one of several masks at the beginning of each level, each with unique abilities. At the end of the level, the player is given a score based on their performance, with higher scores granting new weapons and masks.
Hotline Miami was the first game released by Dennaton Games, composed of Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin. Using a prototype Söderström made years prior, they developed Hotline Miami over nine months. Söderström programmed the game and wrote the narrative, while Wedin designed the graphics. Several artists contributed to the soundtrack. Hotline Miami received generally positive reviews highlighting its gameplay, soundtrack, and atmosphere, though some criticized its controls.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was released in March 2015. Both games were rereleased as part of the localized Hotline Miami: Collected Edition in Japan that year. Another compilation, the Hotline Miami Collection, was released for Nintendo Switch in August 2019, and later for Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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