Games like Hotline Miami
If Hotline Miami is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, Deathopolis and METROPOCRE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its adrenaline inducing gameplay, soundtrack shapes music taste and writing quality is exceptional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Hotline Miami is a 2012 action indie game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. The gameplay involves level-puzzles, mask-strategy, and tactical-shooting, presented from a top-down perspective with pixel graphics and a retro 1980s setting. Players describe the experience as challenging, dark, and hypnotic, with adrenaline-inducing gameplay that some say can reshape their music taste. The soundtrack receives particular praise, with reviewers noting its strong appeal. The game is verified to run on Steam Deck and holds a 97% positive rating from over 40,000 Steam reviews, priced at $9.99 USD.
About Hotline Miami: Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Players who liked Hotline Miami also play
Steam players who put hours into Hotline Miami also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Hotline Miami.
Top pick for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
Deathopolis
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Deathopolis is an arcade style fast paced shooter. Take on a series of rooms collecting prizes and clearing out waves of enemies using guns and power-up abilities.
METROPOCRE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
METROPOCRE! A violent, bloody and animalistic adventure. Follow Felix, a mentally unstable rabbit, in his path to acquire his dreamed pair of wings.
One Hundred Times Me
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Dive into abstract atmospheric world where your every move is recorded. Destroy your inner demons while your past selves try to stop you, but hurry up you only have 30 seconds. One Hundred Times Me is a game where you are your own greatest enemy.
GOST of Time
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hotline Miami.
42 and more ways of using your own dead body in time travel. GOST of Time is an absurdist top-down action and puzzle game with time-traveling mechanics.
Murder Inc
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hotline Miami.
Murder Inc is a top-down adrenaline-fueled shooter where time moves only when you do. Use this to dodge bullets, plan your attacks, and craft action scenes worthy of a blockbuster.
Post Void
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Hotline Miami.
Ranked #7 for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Phantasma Hotel
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hotline Miami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
A cursed hotel that kills you, revives you in the bathroom, and rolls the dice on your fate with every step, every fight, and every terrible choice you make.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Hotline Miami
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ULTRAKILL
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Shares a hypnotic mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Midnight Fight Express
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.
APE OUT
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
SUPERHOT
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Ghostrunner
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hotline Miami.
Reviewers of Hotline Miami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hotline Miami.
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hotline Miami at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hotline Miami.
Priced ~50% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hotline Miami.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hotline Miami on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hotline Miami.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hotline Miami.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hotline Miami.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hotline Miami.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Hotline Miami
- Is Hotline Miami verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Hotline Miami is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Hotline Miami cost?
- Hotline Miami is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hotline Miami?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hotline Miami are Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, Deathopolis, METROPOCRE.
- Who developed Hotline Miami?
- Hotline Miami was developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital.
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