Hotline Miami

Last updated: 2026-04-13
  • Highly praised gameplay experience
  • Outstanding soundtrack and music
  • Good value for money
  • High game difficulty
  • Technical issues and bugs
  • Inconsistent enemy behavior
Hotline Miami header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
121,429
Positive
117,80897.0%
Negative
3,6213.0%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
9,113,084
Estimated revenue
$91,039,709
Game price
$10
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1870.99%
Estimated copies lost
14,034
Estimated revenue lost
$140,200
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1871%
Avg playtime 0.8h
5072.7%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
5603%
Avg playtime 9.8h
17,66993.4%
Avg playtime 15.2h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day4.1 rev/day
Last 30d46.9 rev/day
Quarterly293.5 rev/qtr
Days covered4,664.6 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
18,923 total
Organic purchasers16,58887.7%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations2,33512.3%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
18,923 total
First impression0-2h1,2836.78%
Voted up: 82%
Mid game2-10h11,18759.1%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h4,48023.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,97310.4%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.98% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
95.1%
Global baseline 96.1%
185 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 121,429 total.