Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami is a 2012 top-down action game developed by Dennaton Games, the duo of Jonatan Soderstrom and Dennis Wedin. It delivers fast, brutal combat wrapped in a hallucinatory, neon-soaked 1980s Miami aesthetic.
Guided by cryptic phone calls, you clear buildings full of enemies in lightning-quick, one-hit-kill bursts, swapping melee weapons and firearms while wearing animal masks that grant different perks like faster movement or lethal doors. Deaths are instant but so are restarts, encouraging aggressive, puzzle-like planning of each violent room, with scores rewarding combos and speed. Its pulsing synthwave soundtrack, lurid visuals, and disorienting, self-questioning narrative about violence made it a striking cult hit and a landmark of stylish indie action.
A darker, more expansive sequel, Wrong Number, followed, and the game remains available across PC, console, and handheld platforms, its style widely imitated in the years since.
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Modern alternatives to Hotline Miami, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
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Katana ZERO Indie
€ 14,99A stylish, one-hit-kill action game with time manipulation.
Katana ZERO runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet. It is Steam Deck Verified.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Indie
€ 14,99The larger, harder sequel to the neon top-down shooter.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Switch. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, Xbox. It is Steam Deck Verified.
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