Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
A man with brown hair and a beard in a hoodie in the middle of a nuclear blast rapidly approaching him. The flames of the nuclear blast make out others faces, and the heads of different animals. At the bottom, the text "Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number" appears in a stylized font.
Cover art featuring "Beard", drawn by Niklas Åkerblad
Developer(s)
  • Dennaton Games
  • Abstraction Games
Publisher(s)Devolver Digital
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)Jonatan Söderström
Artist(s)Dennis Wedin
Writer(s)
  • Jonatan Söderström
  • Dennis Wedin
Platform(s)
Release
10 March 2015
  • Lin, OSX, PS3, PS4, Vita, Win
  • 10 March 2015
  • Android
  • 4 August 2015
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 19 August 2019
  • Xbox One
  • 7 April 2020
  • Stadia
  • 22 September 2020
  • PS5, Xbox Series X/S
  • 23 October 2023
Genre(s)Top-down shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a 2015 top-down shooter video game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. The game takes place before, during, and after the events of Hotline Miami (2012), focusing on the background and aftermath of the massacres committed against the Russian mafia in Miami by Jacket, the protagonist of the previous game. The player takes on the role of several different characters during the game, witnessing the events from different perspectives across the United States. In each level of the game, the player is tasked with defeating every enemy through any means possible. In the version of the game released on Steam, the player has access to a level editor, allowing them to create and share custom levels with other players.

The game was initially conceived as downloadable content for the previous game, but became a standalone sequel after its length surpassed that of the original. The game was first announced in December 2012 via Jonatan Söderström's Twitter. Developed as the final installment in the series, Dennaton incorporated all unused concepts from the first game's development into the sequel. The game's console versions were developed by Abstraction Games. It was formally announced at E3 2013, and after a few delays, was released worldwide on 10 March 2015 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number received generally positive reviews from critics, with reviewers praising the soundtrack and gameplay, but having diverse opinions on the level design and ending. A scene depicting sexual assault triggered a mostly negative response from media outlets and resulted in the game being refused classification in Australia. A localised version was released in Japan on 25 June 2015 as part of Hotline Miami: Collected Edition. An Android port was released on 4 August. The game was ported onto Nintendo Switch alongside the first game in the Hotline Miami Collection in 2019, which was later ported onto the Xbox One and Stadia in 2020 and the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2023.