Hotline Miami (2012)

A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and massacre those within, as he stumbles through unreal visions and inconsistencies without any answers to how, why or who.

Shooter Indie Arcade Action serial killer 16-bit fast paced old school compilation steam crime pixel art digital distribution xbox controller support for pc throwing weapons 60 fps on consolesGoogle Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android

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Bleak, relentless, grave and plot-driven.

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Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Developer: Dennaton Games
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Released: October 23, 2012
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Engine: GameMaker: Studio
Time to beat: 3 h rushed · 5.5 h main story · 12 h completionist

IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 1273 ratings.

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