Hitman
Hitman is a stealth game and the sixth mainline entry in the Hitman franchise, serving as the first installment of the World of Assassination trilogy. Players control the genetically engineered assassin Agent…
Hitman is an adventure developed by IO Interactive, released 11 March 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and Linux. The main story takes about 15.7 hrs to finish.
What Hitman is
Hitman is an adventure game developed by IO Interactive and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Glacier 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1999, an unnamed man is recruited into the International Contract Agency and demonstrates exceptional skill as an assassin. His handler, Diana Burnwood, helps him pass a rigged final evaluation, and the man, now known simply as "47," begins his career as a contract killer. Twenty years later, 47 carries out a series of high-profile assassinations that initially appear unrelated. Diana gradually discovers that an unknown figure called the "Shadow Client" has been covertly orchestrating these contracts to strike at Providence, a secretive organization with hidden influence over global affairs. The Shadow Client uses the ICA and 47 as unwitting instruments, concealing his own involvement…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 69 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Hitman series
Hitman is the 21st of 73 entries we hold in the Hitman series. The next entry was Hitman Go: VR Edition in 2016. Its critic score of 79 is 3 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Hitman World of Assassination at 90.
How it was received
Hitman holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 601 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 34 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7870. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Hitman launched on 11 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley, SuperHot.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hitman yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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