Engaging cinematic story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Watching him go rogue against his own Agency to keep a promise and protect a young girl (Victoria) creates a highly gripping, personal story.”
Steam review · 69.6 h played ↗
Hitman: Absolution™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Io-Interactive A/S2012Stealth · Third-Person Shooter · Action
The verdict
A stylish, cinematic story-driven stealth-action game with great visuals and set pieces, but linear and far from the classic sandbox Hitman. Skip it if you want Blood Money-style freedom.
Great for
Players who want a cinematic, story-driven stealth-action game and don't mind linear levels
Main risk
Expecting a sandbox Hitman and getting linear corridors with a frustrating disguise system
What players love
Beautiful visuals and atmosphere that hold up
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Instead, Absolution is drenched in sweat, rain, neon lights, and a deeply cynical, over the top grindhouse film energy.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Varied missions and multiple approaches
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The best part of the game is experimenting with different approaches. You can sneak through areas, disguise yourself, set up accidents, or simply go in guns blazing”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Great value and runs on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it has a very low pc reqrnmt it can run in my low end pcc”
Steam review · 23 h played ↗
Satisfying gunplay, point shooting and instinct
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“You can mark enemies in a room and clear them all with a push of a button (Kind of like VATS in Fallout). I really like this mechanic”
Steam review · 19.2 h played ↗
Challenging higher difficulties
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“the hardest difficulty has zero chill”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too linear, not a sandbox Hitman
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This game is the complete opposite of what makes Hitman games fun - Linear levels, over-emphasis on combat over stealth”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Broken disguise system and instinct dependency
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Having to use instinct while disguised strips away the utility of disguises.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Punishing scoring system
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the rating system is bs, that is every time u kill non target npcs ur 'score' gets reduced, even if it was done in stealth.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Contracts mode servers shut down, achievements unobtainable
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“you can only play the campaign and not the contract missions since they stopped supporting and said temporary down since 2018.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Inconsistent AI that spots you through walls
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“horrible AI in this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game they see trough walls”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Poor checkpoint and save system
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“This game has genuinely the worst checkpoint/save system i've ever seen in a video game”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows Vista, 7
ProcessorTrue dual core CPU (Intel, AMD)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNV8600 512 Mb RAM, or AMD equivalent
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7 or AMD Athlon II X4
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or ATI Radeon HD 5770
OSWindows Vista, 7
ProcessorTrue dual core CPU (Intel, AMD)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNV8600 512 Mb RAM, or AMD equivalent
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