It has since been considered to be one of the greatest games of all time, along with being cited as a highly influential independent video game and as a notable cult video game. Upon release, Hotline Miami received critical acclaim, with praise particularly focused on its narrative, themes, soundtrack, color palette, and gameplay. In 2013, the game was ported to OS X and Linux on 18 March and 9 September, respectively, while Abstraction Games ported the game to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on 25 June 2013 and PlayStation 4 on 19 August 2014. The game was developed within a nine month span and released on 23 October 2012 for Windows. The game was developed as a spiritual successor to a cancelled game from 2004 referred to as Super Carnage, where the goal was to kill as many people as possible. The gameplay blends a top-down perspective with stealth, and the story features extreme violence and surreal storytelling, along with a soundtrack and visuals inspired by 1980s culture.
The game is set in 1989 Miami, and revolves primarily around an unnamed silent protagonist-dubbed 'Jacket' by fans-receiving coded messages on his answering machine instructing him to commit massacres against the local Russian mafia. Hotline Miami is a 2012 top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital for Windows.
