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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Challenging and skill-based gameplay
  • Deep and complex narrative
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • High replayability with level editor
  • Strong atmospheric and stylistic presentation

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating difficulty spikes and bugs
  • Large levels sometimes cause unfair deaths
  • Limited player freedom in character and weapon choice
  • Confusing story structure for some players
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hotline Miami

  • Jackal

  • The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

  • OTXO

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

  • RAM: Random Access Mayhem

More autonomous

Games that feels like Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number but with more freedom over how you play

  • Retro City Rampage™ DX

  • Bot Vice

  • ZERO Sievert

  • Enter the Gungeon

  • Nuclear Throne

  • Sunblaze

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Autonomy, Relaxation.

Last update: 04/08/2026