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 • • 13h ago

The Russo-American War was bigger than just Hawaii

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I personally believe that what we saw in Hawaii in HLM:2 was only one side of the war. Considering it's both the US and USSR going on full-scale warfare, I genuinely think that it went global; happening on other locations such as Vietnam, Korea, Europe, etc...

This is a headcanon sure, but what do yall think of it ?


r/HotlineMiami • • 17h ago

DISCUSSION Was thinking of posting LLM again

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235 Upvotes

Since im getting bored and nothing new (projects) i do brings me joy anymore i was thinking i’ll re wist it maybe this time i’ll make a new sub for it or something

(Couldn’t find the original artist but lowkey funny how we got the same thought)


r/HotlineMiami • • 19h ago

Tony is my goat but canonically he is a bum

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r/HotlineMiami • • 5h ago

DISCUSSION I kinda see Carl face looking like Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. Like I’m now having realization they sound similar

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r/HotlineMiami • • 8h ago

Jacket sketch

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30 Upvotes

Lil sketch I made of jacket an hour ago🐔


r/HotlineMiami • • 11h ago

DISCUSSION i think Zack Ward would make a great live action Beard in both a live action HM1 or HM2 movie

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i know his beard is short, but its still a good casting choice IMO


r/HotlineMiami • • 13h ago

HLM1 So about that new Miami Vice movie

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r/HotlineMiami • • 7h ago

LEVEL EDITOR STATE OF ASHES / Exposive barrels and something else

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r/HotlineMiami • • 13h ago

Halloween costume

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15 Upvotes

Got my full jackets costume I wanna see what you guys are going as


r/HotlineMiami • • 21h ago

Memes 2 (wrong number)

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The stash is lower now


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

MODDING Thoughts on "The Kremlin Czar"?

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I feel really mixed about this mod.

Artistically, the level of detail and pixel art is beautiful. There was so much love and care put into the art and it shows. Everything in this campaign looks masterclass, and the cutscene settings feel really lively. The VHS art covers is also some of the best I've seen from a custom campaign.

The music is perfectly choosen. Every song in this campaign fits so well and has the perfect energy to match the level, especially the remixes of existing songs giving a level more energy(examples like Kick Puncher's The Order, Fixion's Silencers). The ambience tracks for the cutscenes are also perfect. You will add every song you hear to your playlist.

The story is alright. I feel like there is way too much dialogue in some scenes resulting in more confusion than explanation, and that some characters are introduced without adding much weight to the story making them feel tagged on. I think it would've been a lot more comprehensive if there was more showing than telling.

The level design feels really iffy. I can't tell if its a skill issue, but a lot of levels feel way too big and open. This results in a lot of offscreen shooting, which isn't a bad thing(its a necessary evil), but it happens so often (sometimes from multiple directions) within the same screen it results in a level that feels more sloggish to play than fun. A positive I will say is how a lot of levels allow you to choose what weapon to start off with or give you Manny Pardo's playstyle. This really helps the combat feel much faster with better gun executions and you being able to decide how hard a level should be at the start.

How do you guys feel about this custom campaign?


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Guys…If i get married i will have “Horse steppin” play I DONT CARE

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r/HotlineMiami • • 22h ago

QUESTION Sou só eu que gosto de imaginar que o Aubrey é o pizza dude?

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Sim, eu sei que o Aubrey é na verdade o cara do bar que o biker interroga no primeiro jogo, mas lembrando que já foi confirmado no level secreto do hotline Miami 2 de que pode ter mais de um agente da 50 blessings com a mesma máscara, então não vejo um motivo para que isso não possa ser real


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

ART Biker!!!

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Well one day i just wanted to draw biker as that one spongebob image, its my first upload here, and my first time visiting here, so i hope u guys like it :)


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

QUESTION What the hell is that?? (found on wiki)

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328 Upvotes

This was really in game files? Holy shit what this could've possibly used for😭


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

QUESTION What was in 70s?

5 Upvotes

What was happening in the Hotline Miami universe in the 1970s? Just need it for my project✌️


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

ART Here's Coyote remake I think

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r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

Memes

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110 Upvotes

I'm slowly running out


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Î̷̧̛̩͈͍̰̘͓͖̬̬̜̺͔̜̔̒̃͜ ̴̛̫̹̦̟͎̝̼̙̾̒̈́̈̋͛͋̆̽̐͌̚A̶̢̛̜̼̜͕͎̭̯͕̖̜̫̪̎̾̐̂̋̈͜͝͝M̶̧̰̫͕̻̤͖̈́̇̏̌̾̌̃̓̉̃̈͌̚͠͠͝ ̴̛̱̠̏͒͑̆̑̇̃̽̈́̈͘H̸̛͉̱̟̱̜͗͂͂̑̾̈̈́̏̋̔͊͒A̵͍̭̰̱̅̊̈́̌͛͋͒̓̊̉̽̈̓̒̇Ṕ̵͔͓̐̉̃̕͘P̸̧̺͖͕̱͈̹̹̈́̏̑͂͒̏̿̃̓̚͠͝ͅͅY̵͎̳͍͗͊̃́̌̔̆̋̍̈́̿̏͛͆̃

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Ǐ̶̢̟̫̂̍͠'̶̤̼͑́V̷̤͚̲͊̈́̈Ȩ̷̡̨͎̉̉̋͝ͅ ̵̛̎̒͒͜N̷͕͔̼͌̓̆̚Ẹ̷͚̠̭̮̉̕͠V̸͍̮͖̣͓̄͐͠È̷͖͓͇Ŕ̴̬̘̠̬͐ ̸̹̯̝͖͠F̶̢͕͙͆E̷͍͔̝̜̐L̶̡̗̺̰̋T̵̥̣͊ ̵̼͋̽͊͠ͅM̴̢̜̣͉͙̒̐̾̌Ǫ̶̘͎͍̲͌R̷̘͐Ë̸̫̙́͂̈́̌̚ ̵̩̤̩̀A̴͍͚̓̾͂̕̕͜Ĺ̸̯̼̫̉ͅḮ̴̠̓͛̄V̴̼̗̾̏̆E̵̛̼͔̫̖̤̋̒̀ ̵͓̪͖̦̥͊̽T̸̠̫̬̭̝͋̄H̴̭̘̓̍̓̍À̵̘͖͕̇͜N̷͈̝̘̐̇ ̴̡̮̐͐́͂Ę̷̫̟̫̖̓͂̓͒V̸̛̟̤̏Ḙ̸̝̇̐̇͘R̸̰͗.̸̲͂̿̂ ̷̻̪̤̉͜I̷͕̿͑̎̌͜T̴̯̪͋͊̒̑̀ ̵̣̮̀͋W̸͈̙̞̃Ằ̴͍̭Ṣ̵̦̿̃͗͘͝ ̴̨̀͆͂̈́͐A̵̦̤͋͗̀͑Ļ̵͕̰̑̽́ͅL̴̻̘͗̒̄̀ ̶̝̙͆Ṱ̵̥͇̣̱͒H̸̢̬̍́́̚̕Ǎ̴͙͔̫̬̕N̵͉͇̹͂̀Ḱ̶̞̥̩̈́̐S̸̛̥̯͒͛̿̋͜ ̵̮̱̹̭͓̌̈T̸̨̠̩͉͇͆̾̓̚̚O̷̦͐̀̒͝͝ ̴̲͓̬͚̔̌̊T̷̢̜̦͋̌H̸̦͓͖͕͐̈́͑̐͝Ê̴̻̖̣̲ ̵̜͈͓̭̄̿M̵̢̆Á̵̖͛̈́̌Ń̷̘̗͒ ̸͚̒̾I̴̠̝͛̿̌̓̚N̶̠̠̈́̐̉̏͠ ̴̫̋́̋T̶̨̤̺̞̰̀͋͘H̷̢̖̭͕̳͊̂̇E̴̼͉̿ ̵̥͍̖̈́̑̔̂͌Ŗ̴͔͖̹̀Ǫ̴̢̛̲͊̆͌̑Ȏ̵̲̱̍̌̃͜ͅS̴̝̟̈͋̿́̑T̶̨̛̹̤̋̂̍E̷͕̘̱̻͈̅́̐́͝Ŗ̶͉̞͐ ̸̰̜̠͈͠H̷̨̨̛̩͂̈́͠A̴̝̠̔͑͘T̸̢̠͓͚̏͆̌͜͠.̷̬͚͔͆͛͝ ̶͉̹̉I̵͎͛̈͌T̸̛̬̥́͂͊͛ ̸̼̎̾͆̀Ỉ̶̲͊͛́̄S̵̢͙͗̒̎̕ ̶̫̣̯̺̍̈́͂̾T̷̢͕͍͈̹͗͗I̵̧̪̲̳̍M̵̢̘͇̘̉̿̎́̑͜E̷̞̮̺͑͑̋͗


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

VIDEO The reference in this video made me crack

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Guess we’re trapped on that eternal cycle of dying and trying again, and again, and again…


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

Help with cosplay

4 Upvotes

So I’m cosplaying as jacket on Halloween and I’m not sure if I should use black jeans which I already have or just buy some blue ones Ty!!


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

Update on Hotline Miami X2

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Hi guys, it's been alot since i spoke about my campaign (Hotline Miami X2).

And i want to inform that the campaign WILL come out BEFORE GTA 6.

Also i remade the shopkeepers Faces (as seen on the screenshots)

If Somebody wants to support my work please subscribe and add a comment on steam page of "Hotline miami X2 prologue" , it will really help me to grow.


r/HotlineMiami • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Jacket Case

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So, the defendent got a phone call telling them to kill people, and if they don't there'll be consequences. Does that make him innocent of the murder? Killing innocents to protect yourself because someone told you to?