Hotline Miami
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How do players who really played Hotline Miami rate it? TrueGG Rating 96.8%

Release date: Oct 23, 2012 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours
  • Players who care about visuals and music
  • Players who want a good story and characters

Think twice if you are

  • Players particular about controls and UI

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
96.8%
± 0.0 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 5+ hours (last 180 days) · 5,549 reviews

TrueGG, all time
98.5%
Steam overall
96.8%
Japanese, all time
96.9%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 9.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 87.2%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (5h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 5 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h67%4651–2 h81%3892–5 h94%2,8595–10 h96%2,76310–20 h97%1,95620–50 h98%75250–100 h100%64100–200 h100%8200+ h50%6Positive share by playtime0–1 h46567%1–2 h38981%2–5 h2,85994%5–10 h2,76396%10–20 h1,95697%20–50 h75298%50–100 h64100%100–200 h8100%200+ h650%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h66.9%100.0%465
1–2 h80.7%—389
2–5 h94.1%50.0%2,859
5–10 h96.2%100.0%2,763
10–20 h97.1%100.0%1,956
20–50 h98.1%100.0%752
50–100 h100.0%—64
100–200 h100.0%—8
200+ h50.0%—6

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 5+ hours. 9% had 20+ hours and 0% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Hotline Miami has a TrueGG Rating of 96.8%: the positive share among 5,549 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 5+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.8%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 98.5%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 9% of the total, with 87% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs, controls and UI, and boredom. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels, graphics and music, and the story.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 96.9%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (97.0% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Controls, UI & camera, Boring / repetitive). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs10% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Controls, UI & camera9% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among under 2h players
  • Boring / repetitive9% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel26% of positive reviews (18% of negative)
  • Graphics & music21% of positive reviews (10% of negative)
  • Story20% of positive reviews (13% of negative)
  • World & atmosphere8% of positive reviews (4% of negative)
＋ 何度＋ 武器＋ セール＋ ロシアンマフィア＋ 非常＋ リスタート＋ 攻略＋ 日本語化− sucks− tried− overrated− might− hit− screen− inconsistent− controls

Counted from 331 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating96.8%All time, all languages · 129,205 reviews
Adjusted rating97.0%Weighted by trust (95% range 96.9%–97.1%), +0.2pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews92.7%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−4.2pt vs overall) · 422 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review7%38%
Very short text39%22%
Key activated outside Steam10%12%
Received for free1%2%
Owns very few games13%4%
Over 100 reviews written3%5%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.770.72

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 5.6 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 2012-10: +154 / −0 2012-11: +246 / −0 2012-12: +490 / −2 2013-01: +333 / −1 2013-02: +98 / −0 2013-03: +144 / −1 2013-04: +101 / −0 2013-05: +75 / −1 2013-06: +96 / −0 2013-07: +658 / −4 2013-08: +148 / −1 2013-09: +151 / −2 2013-10: +90 / −1 2013-11: +357 / −4 2013-12: +1,587 / −16 2014-01: +1,171 / −21 2014-02: +451 / −10 2014-03: +383 / −5 2014-04: +232 / −2 2014-05: +176 / −4 2014-06: +1,963 / −39 2014-07: +473 / −9 2014-08: +258 / −6 2014-09: +405 / −9 2014-10: +325 / −7 2014-11: +573 / −14 2014-12: +698 / −23 2015-01: +618 / −19 2015-02: +338 / −7 2015-03: +673 / −27 2015-04: +327 / −6 2015-05: +210 / −2 2015-06: +829 / −23 2015-07: +341 / −10 2015-08: +418 / −16 2015-09: +221 / −5 2015-10: +246 / −9 2015-11: +627 / −25 2015-12: +503 / −15 2016-01: +442 / −15 2016-02: +355 / −11 2016-03: +418 / −17 2016-04: +262 / −8 2016-05: +604 / −15 2016-06: +409 / −17 2016-07: +415 / −15 2016-08: +223 / −6 2016-09: +199 / −3 2016-10: +211 / −10 2016-11: +2,169 / −14 2016-12: +398 / −15 2017-01: +408 / −15 2017-02: +239 / −5 2017-03: +496 / −11 2017-04: +190 / −6 2017-05: +439 / −13 2017-06: +588 / −21 2017-07: +583 / −28 2017-08: +274 / −6 2017-09: +245 / −4 2017-10: +260 / −10 2017-11: +1,496 / −18 2017-12: +576 / −18 2018-01: +695 / −39 2018-02: +379 / −10 2018-03: +256 / −13 2018-04: +223 / −10 2018-05: +467 / −26 2018-06: +342 / −10 2018-07: +335 / −8 2018-08: +213 / −8 2018-09: +143 / −4 2018-10: +155 / −9 2018-11: +1,028 / −19 2018-12: +305 / −22 2019-01: +409 / −21 2019-02: +258 / −8 2019-03: +193 / −6 2019-04: +135 / −9 2019-05: +168 / −9 2019-06: +1,149 / −33 2019-07: +1,075 / −17 2019-08: +190 / −13 2019-09: +225 / −9 2019-10: +316 / −22 2019-11: +811 / −12 2019-12: +630 / −13 2020-01: +707 / −19 2020-02: +388 / −11 2020-03: +382 / −12 2020-04: +794 / −27 2020-05: +531 / −20 2020-06: +598 / −16 2020-07: +829 / −34 2020-08: +495 / −19 2020-09: +426 / −6 2020-10: +736 / −24 2020-11: +1,103 / −17 2020-12: +845 / −22 2021-01: +1,011 / −30 2021-02: +679 / −22 2021-03: +487 / −13 2021-04: +414 / −8 2021-05: +1,223 / −39 2021-06: +1,241 / −55 2021-07: +1,118 / −24 2021-08: +619 / −19 2021-09: +485 / −16 2021-10: +544 / −19 2021-11: +1,516 / −37 2021-12: +1,266 / −47 2022-01: +1,181 / −38 2022-02: +831 / −26 2022-03: +603 / −22 2022-04: +827 / −30 2022-05: +1,311 / −49 2022-06: +845 / −36 2022-07: +1,091 / −36 2022-08: +567 / −21 2022-09: +498 / −16 2022-10: +430 / −8 2022-11: +1,001 / −23 2022-12: +799 / −25 2023-01: +833 / −25 2023-02: +448 / −18 2023-03: +782 / −33 2023-04: +841 / −35 2023-05: +1,305 / −56 2023-06: +1,080 / −45 2023-07: +1,369 / −43 2023-08: +1,047 / −47 2023-09: +655 / −27 2023-10: +1,150 / −50 2023-11: +1,061 / −34 2023-12: +1,042 / −41 2024-01: +1,126 / −44 2024-02: +1,005 / −39 2024-03: +1,006 / −34 2024-04: +647 / −30 2024-05: +1,074 / −56 2024-06: +739 / −35 2024-07: +1,196 / −55 2024-08: +1,040 / −49 2024-09: +497 / −24 2024-10: +627 / −34 2024-11: +879 / −26 2024-12: +1,184 / −45 2025-01: +1,081 / −42 2025-02: +981 / −45 2025-03: +1,770 / −85 2025-04: +838 / −33 2025-05: +733 / −48 2025-06: +1,104 / −61 2025-07: +1,120 / −54 2025-08: +976 / −54 2025-09: +3,225 / −148 2025-10: +2,933 / −127 2025-11: +1,214 / −51 2025-12: +1,309 / −61 2026-01: +1,243 / −57 2026-02: +681 / −40 2026-03: +1,112 / −58 2026-04: +740 / −40 2026-05: +677 / −55 2026-06: +1,882 / −152 2026-07: +2,500 / −185 2026-08: +1,199 / −58 2026-09: +762 / −46 2026-10: +761 / −38 2012/102013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 96.5% 2026-08: update 2012-10: 100.0%2012-11: 100.0%2012-12: 99.6%2013-01: 99.7%2013-02: 100.0%2013-03: 99.3%2013-04: 100.0%2013-05: 98.7%2013-06: 100.0%2013-07: 99.4%2013-08: 99.3%2013-09: 98.7%2013-10: 98.9%2013-11: 98.9%2013-12: 99.0%2014-01: 98.2%2014-02: 97.8%2014-03: 98.7%2014-04: 99.1%2014-05: 97.8%2014-06: 98.1%2014-07: 98.1%2014-08: 97.7%2014-09: 97.8%2014-10: 97.9%2014-11: 97.6%2014-12: 96.8%2015-01: 97.0%2015-02: 98.0%2015-03: 96.1%2015-04: 98.2%2015-05: 99.1%2015-06: 97.3%2015-07: 97.2%2015-08: 96.3%2015-09: 97.8%2015-10: 96.5%2015-11: 96.2%2015-12: 97.1%2016-01: 96.7%2016-02: 97.0%2016-03: 96.1%2016-04: 97.0%2016-05: 97.6%2016-06: 96.0%2016-07: 96.5%2016-08: 97.4%2016-09: 98.5%2016-10: 95.5%2016-11: 99.4%2016-12: 96.4%2017-01: 96.5%2017-02: 98.0%2017-03: 97.8%2017-04: 96.9%2017-05: 97.1%2017-06: 96.6%2017-07: 95.4%2017-08: 97.9%2017-09: 98.4%2017-10: 96.3%2017-11: 98.8%2017-12: 97.0%2018-01: 94.7%2018-02: 97.4%2018-03: 95.2%2018-04: 95.7%2018-05: 94.7%2018-06: 97.2%2018-07: 97.7%2018-08: 96.4%2018-09: 97.3%2018-10: 94.5%2018-11: 98.2%2018-12: 93.3%2019-01: 95.1%2019-02: 97.0%2019-03: 97.0%2019-04: 93.8%2019-05: 94.9%2019-06: 97.2%2019-07: 98.4%2019-08: 93.6%2019-09: 96.2%2019-10: 93.5%2019-11: 98.5%2019-12: 98.0%2020-01: 97.4%2020-02: 97.2%2020-03: 97.0%2020-04: 96.7%2020-05: 96.4%2020-06: 97.4%2020-07: 96.1%2020-08: 96.3%2020-09: 98.6%2020-10: 96.8%2020-11: 98.5%2020-12: 97.5%2021-01: 97.1%2021-02: 96.9%2021-03: 97.4%2021-04: 98.1%2021-05: 96.9%2021-06: 95.8%2021-07: 97.9%2021-08: 97.0%2021-09: 96.8%2021-10: 96.6%2021-11: 97.6%2021-12: 96.4%2022-01: 96.9%2022-02: 97.0%2022-03: 96.5%2022-04: 96.5%2022-05: 96.4%2022-06: 95.9%2022-07: 96.8%2022-08: 96.4%2022-09: 96.9%2022-10: 98.2%2022-11: 97.8%2022-12: 97.0%2023-01: 97.1%2023-02: 96.1%2023-03: 96.0%2023-04: 96.0%2023-05: 95.9%2023-06: 96.0%2023-07: 97.0%2023-08: 95.7%2023-09: 96.0%2023-10: 95.8%2023-11: 96.9%2023-12: 96.2%2024-01: 96.2%2024-02: 96.3%2024-03: 96.7%2024-04: 95.6%2024-05: 95.0%2024-06: 95.5%2024-07: 95.6%2024-08: 95.5%2024-09: 95.4%2024-10: 94.9%2024-11: 97.1%2024-12: 96.3%2025-01: 96.3%2025-02: 95.6%2025-03: 95.4%2025-04: 96.2%2025-05: 93.9%2025-06: 94.8%2025-07: 95.4%2025-08: 94.8%2025-09: 95.6%2025-10: 95.8%2025-11: 96.0%2025-12: 95.5%2026-01: 95.6%2026-02: 94.5%2026-03: 95.0%2026-04: 94.9%2026-05: 92.5%2026-06: 92.5%2026-07: 93.1%2026-08: 95.4%2026-09: 94.3%2026-10: 95.2% 2012/102013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2026-08-05 Out Now! Hotline Miami and Kusan: City of Wolves Steam bundle —

Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 20 40 60 2026-09-19: +31 / −1 2026-09-20: +30 / −3 2026-09-21: +16 / −1 2026-09-22: +26 / −0 2026-09-23: +19 / −1 2026-09-24: +15 / −3 2026-09-25: +34 / −1 2026-09-26: +37 / −3 2026-09-27: +30 / −2 2026-09-28: +21 / −2 2026-09-29: +24 / −1 2026-09-30: +14 / −0 2026-10-01: +20 / −3 2026-10-02: +32 / −0 2026-10-03: +42 / −1 2026-10-04: +50 / −4 2026-10-05: +38 / −1 2026-10-06: +38 / −1 2026-10-07: +54 / −4 2026-10-08: +32 / −2 2026-10-09: +41 / −3 2026-10-10: +52 / −3 2026-10-11: +54 / −4 2026-10-12: +38 / −1 2026-10-13: +46 / −2 2026-10-14: +31 / −3 2026-10-15: +43 / −1 2026-10-16: +41 / −1 2026-10-17: +56 / −2 2026-10-18: +53 / −2 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2012-101540100.0%
2012-112460100.0%
2012-12490299.6%
2013-01333199.7%
2013-02980100.0%
2013-03144199.3%
2013-041010100.0%
2013-0575198.7%
2013-06960100.0%
2013-07658499.4%
2013-08148199.3%
2013-09151298.7%
2013-1090198.9%
2013-11357498.9%
2013-121,5871699.0%
2014-011,1712198.2%
2014-024511097.8%
2014-03383598.7%
2014-04232299.1%
2014-05176497.8%
2014-061,9633998.1%
2014-07473998.1%
2014-08258697.7%
2014-09405997.8%
2014-10325797.9%
2014-115731497.6%
2014-126982396.8%
2015-016181997.0%
2015-02338798.0%
2015-036732796.1%
2015-04327698.2%
2015-05210299.1%
2015-068292397.3%
2015-073411097.2%
2015-084181696.3%
2015-09221597.8%
2015-10246996.5%
2015-116272596.2%
2015-125031597.1%
2016-014421596.7%
2016-023551197.0%
2016-034181796.1%
2016-04262897.0%
2016-056041597.6%
2016-064091796.0%
2016-074151596.5%
2016-08223697.4%
2016-09199398.5%
2016-102111095.5%
2016-112,1691499.4%
2016-123981596.4%
2017-014081596.5%
2017-02239598.0%
2017-034961197.8%
2017-04190696.9%
2017-054391397.1%
2017-065882196.6%
2017-075832895.4%
2017-08274697.9%
2017-09245498.4%
2017-102601096.3%
2017-111,4961898.8%
2017-125761897.0%
2018-016953994.7%
2018-023791097.4%
2018-032561395.2%
2018-042231095.7%
2018-054672694.7%
2018-063421097.2%
2018-07335897.7%
2018-08213896.4%
2018-09143497.3%
2018-10155994.5%
2018-111,0281998.2%
2018-123052293.3%
2019-014092195.1%
2019-02258897.0%
2019-03193697.0%
2019-04135993.8%
2019-05168994.9%
2019-061,1493397.2%
2019-071,0751798.4%
2019-081901393.6%
2019-09225996.2%
2019-103162293.5%
2019-118111298.5%
2019-126301398.0%
2020-017071997.4%
2020-023881197.2%
2020-033821297.0%
2020-047942796.7%
2020-055312096.4%
2020-065981697.4%
2020-078293496.1%
2020-084951996.3%
2020-09426698.6%
2020-107362496.8%
2020-111,1031798.5%
2020-128452297.5%
2021-011,0113097.1%
2021-026792296.9%
2021-034871397.4%
2021-04414898.1%
2021-051,2233996.9%
2021-061,2415595.8%
2021-071,1182497.9%
2021-086191997.0%
2021-094851696.8%
2021-105441996.6%
2021-111,5163797.6%
2021-121,2664796.4%
2022-011,1813896.9%
2022-028312697.0%
2022-036032296.5%
2022-048273096.5%
2022-051,3114996.4%
2022-068453695.9%
2022-071,0913696.8%
2022-085672196.4%
2022-094981696.9%
2022-10430898.2%
2022-111,0012397.8%
2022-127992597.0%
2023-018332597.1%
2023-024481896.1%
2023-037823396.0%
2023-048413596.0%
2023-051,3055695.9%
2023-061,0804596.0%
2023-071,3694397.0%
2023-081,0474795.7%
2023-096552796.0%
2023-101,1505095.8%
2023-111,0613496.9%
2023-121,0424196.2%
2024-011,1264496.2%
2024-021,0053996.3%
2024-031,0063496.7%
2024-046473095.6%
2024-051,0745695.0%
2024-067393595.5%
2024-071,1965595.6%
2024-081,0404995.5%
2024-094972495.4%
2024-106273494.9%
2024-118792697.1%
2024-121,1844596.3%
2025-011,0814296.3%
2025-029814595.6%
2025-031,7708595.4%
2025-048383396.2%
2025-057334893.9%
2025-061,1046194.8%
2025-071,1205495.4%
2025-089765494.8%
2025-093,22514895.6%
2025-102,93312795.8%
2025-111,2145196.0%
2025-121,3096195.5%
2026-011,2435795.6%
2026-026814094.5%
2026-031,1125895.0%
2026-047404094.9%
2026-056775592.5%
2026-061,88215292.5%
2026-072,50018593.1%
2026-081,1995895.4%
2026-097624694.3%
2026-107613895.2%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19311
2026-09-20303
2026-09-21161
2026-09-22260
2026-09-23191
2026-09-24153
2026-09-25341
2026-09-26373
2026-09-27302
2026-09-28212
2026-09-29241
2026-09-30140
2026-10-01203
2026-10-02320
2026-10-03421
2026-10-04504
2026-10-05381
2026-10-06381
2026-10-07544
2026-10-08322
2026-10-09413
2026-10-10523
2026-10-11544
2026-10-12381
2026-10-13462
2026-10-14313
2026-10-15431
2026-10-16411
2026-10-17562
2026-10-18532
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days94.7%1,232
Last 180 days93.8%9,221
All time96.8%129,205
Japanese, last 180 days92.9%14
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