Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-29
  • Engaging and deep story
  • Great variety of characters
  • Excellent soundtrack enhances experience
  • Significant difficulty spike present
  • Frustrating level design issues
  • Game-breaking bugs and glitches
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
78,487
Positive
73,92194.2%
Negative
4,5665.8%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
5,887,718
Estimated revenue
$88,256,893
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
790.59%
Estimated copies lost
5,926
Estimated revenue lost
$88,831
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
790.6%
Avg playtime 0.7h
2441.8%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
6865.1%
Avg playtime 28.4h
12,31592.4%
Avg playtime 38h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day3.2 rev/day
Last 30d31.5 rev/day
Quarterly252.9 rev/qtr
Days covered4,129 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
13,324 total
Organic purchasers11,69187.7%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations1,63312.3%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
13,324 total
First impression0-2h5734.30%
Voted up: 83%
Mid game2-10h5,36740.3%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h3,20824.1%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+4,17631.3%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.75% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
84.0%
Global baseline 94.3%
100 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 78,487 total.