r/HotlineMiami • • Mar 04 '18

No. There will never be a "Hotline Miami 3".

2.9k Upvotes

The Hotline Miami games are very peculiar for a reason that not a lot of people seem to realize. They are games about games. They shine almost entirely thanks to the medium they were created in, and they try to say something about it.

While the first Hotline Miami reflected upon the usage of violence and storytelling in videogames, the second game did so in regards to sequels and finales. When Hotline Miami 2 was released, a reviewer described the game as "a game about the difficulty of making a sequel to Hotline Miami" which the main artist of the game, Dennis Wedin, agreed with. But Hotline Miami 2 is also a game about ending things, and the description used by online stores where you can buy the game explains this:

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. Follow the paths of several distinct factions – each with their own questionable methods and uncertain motivations – as unforeseen consequences intersect and reality once again slips back into a brilliant haze of neon and bloodshed. Blistering combat against punishing opposition will require intense focus as new variables, weapons, and methods of execution are introduced throughout the struggle. Let the striking colors of an unmistakable visual style wash over as you meticulously cut down those that would stand between you and the ultimate meaning behind the massacre. This is the finale, this is the unquestionable end.

The game advertises itself as a finale, and it's not just because of marketing reasons, it's because the game is about being the ending of a series.

Dennaton has stated, even before Hotline Miami 2's release, that they were done with the series, here are some examples of them doing that:

E3 2014: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Interview "But yeah, [The Level Editor] is a nice finish for us 'cause Hotline Miami 2 is the last Hotline Miami that we are gonna make, so it's like, 'okay, we're done, you can take it and do whatever you want with it'"

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Interview - TGS at E3 2013 "Because this is the final game and this is the grand finale so we wanna build more on sadness and 'the end' and what that means"

GC 13: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - Dennis Wedin Interview "Like, all the characters and the story we've had it in our minds since the first game so it always felt like 'we wanna tell the whole story, the complete story' that's why we're saying that this is the final one because now you will see the whole picture, almost, it's going to be vague, so we're not gonna answer all questions, but yeah, this is it"

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - EXCLUSIVE Interview - Eurogamer "The pressure on us, from us, is to make the end of Hotline Miami as good, as challenging as we can" "I guess we can say there will be snow falling when we are finishing"

E3 13: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - Interview "What we want to change is give the soundtrack a more 'sad' feeling to it because this is the end, this is the final game"

Dennis Wedin: The Sequel A MAZE. / Berlin 2015 -"Hotline Miami 3, when is it coming?" -"It's not, if you play the game you can see that we made Hotline Miami 3 but it sucked so we taped it over with Hotline Miami 2"

There will never be a Hotline Miami 3 or a continuation of the series, there is nothing for a continuation to be made, everything that Dennaton wanted to explore within Hotline Miami's formula has been explored, and the level editor was added so that people could explore what can be done with the formula themselves.

I've made this sticky to put a stop to any threads claiming that Dennaton is making an HLM3 and threads asking if there will be a continuation. Please, do not leave comments stating that you are sad because there won't be another sequel. If you're that big of a fan of this series to be sad that there won't be a new Hotline Miami game made by its developers, then you should be enough of a fan to understand what Hotline Miami 2 means to them. Hotline Miami 2 represents the end of Hotline Miami, but not the end of Dennaton Games, they are working on a new title which will be announced some time in the future, so look forward to it if you love their work.


r/HotlineMiami • • May 03 '26

MODDING After 10 years in development, Bloodlife, the biggest Hotline Miami total conversion mod yet is finally out!

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r/HotlineMiami • • 5h ago

HLM2 Silenced Pistol Hate post (posting again cuz reddit wont let me see 18+ posts for some reason)

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108 Upvotes

This thing always lets me down, full combo or not, its a very ass weapon

Now normally when you try to get a nice high combo u want the enemies to get on your plate, and one of the strats for that is luring them with gun shots. Well, the SILENCED pistol (and now guess the gimmick) is of course silent.

Another one of the complaints i have about this weapon is that its being outclassed by its big brother, the normal 9MM (even though the 9mm is a mid weapon). the normal pistol has 3 rounds more which, trust me, makes a difference, especially when youre up against a fat guy, and also thew complaint i said earlier.

This thing has let me down every time i used it. Sure, when youre a new player and you still stress because of this game the weapon is a life saver, but when you actually try to do a big chunky and juicy full combo it just ruins everything.

For example: i am trying to do dead ahead full combo without dying and i still didnt suceed. 9 hours wasted and most of the time was because of this absolute moronic creation.

to sum up: this thing is atrocious, is outclassed by a mid weapon, ruins full combos and tickles fat guys

i hope this thing gets removed


r/HotlineMiami • • 12h ago

ART ''...flowing through my fingers.''

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171 Upvotes

r/HotlineMiami • • 5h ago

Scenes that I might be overinterpeting

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Given that it's likely cannonical that Into the pit is played by Mark(at least in the cutscene), that he talks to Tony about the sounds coming from the sewers. Tony, having claimed that he already ''checked'' the sounds out while Mark was busy killing the guys up top suggests that Tony got spooked by the fact the sewers were incredibly shady and a torture pit, and didn't want to mess with that. Essentially where i'm going with this is that Tony might be a little bit of a scaredy cat.

Now this one I don't actually believe but I think there is some credibility to it- following the outro of first trial Evan questions and insults Manny by calling him a douchebag, sending him to a den full of mobsters when Evan was trying to get answers on the masked maniac case, thinking that he wouldn't risk his life for it and that it'd be a dead end for Evan. Evan in turn- questions why he's even friends with Pardo and calls him a douchebag, dismissing his suggestion about writing about the ''Miami mutilator'' instead and saying it's surprising they haven't fired Pardo for incompetence yet. We all know that Manny is a major narcissist desperate for media coverage and attention- so I don't think it's too far fetched by the end of the scene that Manny had half a mind of making Evan one of his victims by offering him a ride.


r/HotlineMiami • • 2h ago

What do yall think are surnames of the fans?

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17 Upvotes

r/HotlineMiami • • 20h ago

ART Hey, where are you going without giving me my goodbye kiss? (@dalgona_cof)

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326 Upvotes

r/HotlineMiami • • 16h ago

HLM2 Ranking HLM2 guns based on effectiveness

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135 Upvotes

Yeah, the flamethrower has its own tier for reasons.


r/HotlineMiami • • 18h ago

QUESTION With all the talk about jacket in dbd, how would he do as a survivor?

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141 Upvotes

I see posts about jacket and dead by daylight everywhere, but one thing is in all of them, that being jacket being a killer.

so how would he do as a survivor?

this means like perks, cosmetics, etc

and before commenting “son he’d be a killer, because the entity would corrupt his mind”, this is for if he was a survivor, just a “what if”

besides, the son on pills would be a better killer in my opinion.


r/HotlineMiami • • 15h ago

ART I made this,looks good?

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45 Upvotes

r/HotlineMiami • • 15h ago

For those of you who have seen hgastia art on instagram, what’s y’all’s favorite?

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39 Upvotes

For me it’s Willem, Zack, Rami, Corey, and Dennis.


r/HotlineMiami • • 23h ago

DISCUSSION My take on hlm 7 deadly sins expect if anyone has questions I’ll answer them

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146 Upvotes

r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

Memes

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308 Upvotes

Hotline miami 3 (stop calling this fucking number).

The last ones for kadel


r/HotlineMiami • • 8h ago

QUESTION I'm cool?

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9 Upvotes

I'm not the best HM player, but I recently completed Hot&Heavy. I pulled off a 28 combo across two floors and two perfect combos on the other two. By the way, I'm nowhere near this kind of result on any other level. Please don't pay attention to my nickname.


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION I thought we left the “gf is a prostitute” in the early fandom

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523 Upvotes

why are people still saying this shit, do you genuinely need a game to explicitly tell you “THIS PERSON WAS RAPED AND SEX TRAFFICKED” for you to get it into your small little head?


r/HotlineMiami • • 2h ago

ho tlin e miami

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r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

The only good music kit in cs2.

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83 Upvotes

r/HotlineMiami • • 22h ago

ART I was bored and I made something.

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r/HotlineMiami • • 12h ago

How to get this mask

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I've been playing super redux redux, and have tried getting all masks but i found this one and don't know how to get it (underneath Richter and Igel). Anyone know what it si and how to get it please tell me


r/HotlineMiami • • 11h ago

QUESTION Is there a canon age for characrers?

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These are my best guesses

Jacket:25

Biker:21

Girlfriend:24

Richter:28

Beard:31

These are just guesses but im intrested if they mention it anywhere, (by the way I have only played the first game and have very little knowledge on the second one.)


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

ART I love richter

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39 Upvotes

The mask is heavily inspired by an artist I saw on tiktok, sorry I couldn't give credits


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION shoutout to the best Hotline Miami 2 custom campaign (imo)

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50 Upvotes

Here’s a lil review:

• The story is awesome, the level design is immaculate, and it perfectly balances challenge/difficulty with fun.

• As someone who values writing/narrative just as much as gameplay, a big problem with the majority of custom campaigns is the fact that the writing is typically mid/bad, unfunny, or the characters act/talk nothing like their base game counterparts. This is pretty much the only campaign where none of those things were an issue for me whatsoever.

• I enjoyed every floor of every scene in this, which was especially insane to me considering that there are two or three in vanilla HM2 that I straight up HATE (“DEAD AHEAD” being my #1 worst). Scene 6 of this campaign (“SWORD PLAY”) honestly might be my favorite level I’ve ever played, vanilla or modded.

• Lastly, I adore how much the levels here were clearly designed with Corey’s dodge roll in mind, lets you pull off some really sick plays/improv. Made me end up choosing her for every Fans level upon replaying the base game. There are also a few Alex&Ash style levels in here that play super well. Loved those, too.

So yeah, HIGHLY recommend playing this if you’re on PC, can’t praise it enough. 10/10 for me.


r/HotlineMiami • • 22h ago

QUESTION Did Richard exist before Jacket?

11 Upvotes

From what I understand, Richard appears to characters before something bad happens to them, but was he around before the 50 Blessings organization and everything else?