Hitman: Absolution™

Its a Hitman game but at the same time it isn't. Very linear, short levels that have very interesting areas that are underutilized, most targets feel like they are disposable, not by the players but by the game as a whole. It feels more like a shooter game instead of a stealth game which is really weird when compared to the other Hitman games. Overall its a really nice game but a mediocre Hitman game, it does have a really cool wrestling mission so there's that, i'd give it a solid 7/10 as a game but a 5/10 as a Hitman game. did i mention it has a really cool wrestling mission?

it is not like other hitman games but if you force yourself to play the first few levels you will start liking it its like an action movie.

Not a good Hitman game, for the most part. The levels are not very replayable, and tbh they get less replayable as you go on. A decent stealth shooter.

I shave my head with a razor daily because of this franchise, although it's hard to choose between this and Blood Money, I must recommend both.

The worst Hitman game, and not the best stealth game of 2012, but Absolution is still one of the better stealth games of the early 2010s. The story is bad, but the graphics and art design are lovely, and some of the missions are pretty fun. It's nothing compared to the original quadrilogy or WoA, but it's a fun stealth sneak.

While vastly different from a traditional Hitman game, Absolution is still a lot of fun in its own way. Other games are good for when i wanna sneak around and kill only the targets, Absolution is good for when i wanna go butt-fuck wild and act like a bald john wick. Only real problems i had was the story's kinda meh and the checkpoint system makes me wanna brain myself with a dull spoon. overall 7/10 game but 3/10 Hitman game.

one of the most challenging and addictive games I've ever played

This was my first hitman game that I played back on my PS4, revisiting on PC was great. There's obviously this circlejerk in the hitman community to hate on this one. I'd ignore all that and just go for it, especially if it's on sale. Probably the most in depth game that lets Agent 47 have some character and not act like a machine the whole time. The voice actor for 47 says this is his favorite game! It's super fun, give it a shot.

Contract servers do not function. This is game is a waste of money and a waste of time.

I personally really like this game I think the story is over hated is it stupid yes, but its not as bad as everybody says. The gameplay is really good. Also when people it feels more like a shooter I don't understand at all I was able to beat absolution without having shootouts and without being seen, honestly I think people in these reviews suffer from skill issues. The only complaint I have is the checkpoints in this game are terrible and I wish I could manual save.

Like other Hitman games, it's also a masterpiece. I totally enjoyed it, loved it! Can't say better than assassination but definitely very good. OVERALL: 9/10 You should really try it.

im a hitman fan nothing more and played this game because its harder than world of assassination and i like hard games thats for sure. i highly recommend it.

After the most recent DLC for the "World of Assassination" trilogy (the Le Chiffre mission to tease their upcoming Bond game) drew me back in for a couple of hours, I figured it might finally be time for me to try one of the older Hitman games. Before the new trilogy launched in 2016, I had never actually played any of them – except for the mobile versions "Hitman: Go" and "Hitman: Sniper", but those don't count in the sense that I'm talking about. I was a bit worried I might sour my love for Hitman with a [i]very[/i] old game, so I went with Absolution – after all, it's "only" a bit over a decade old (as opposed to almost 20 years for Blood Money). During the tutorial I was surprised by how similar to the new games it felt – the basic mechanics seemed identical, down to the button layout. It didn't take long for some obvious differences to show up as well, but overall the line from Absolution to WoA is much straighter than I previously thought. The biggest difference in terms of mechanics is how disguises are mostly useless in Absolution – everyone is basically an enforcer that would see through you unless you'd use up some of your limited amount of "instinct". Might be more realistic, but definitely a much less fun implementation. In the bigger picture, Absolution is not really a sandbox game – it's a linear, story-driven stealth-action game. There are a few levels in it that were big enough to give off a hint of the WoA feeling, but even those cannot be enjoyed in the same way due to the much more limited save system. If I need to replay an entire 30 minute setup just to experiment with something, I'd rather not bother. In WoA I can (with some exceptions depending on difficulty and gamemode, of course) just save 5 seconds before doing something, test it out, and retry or adapt as necessary. Despite all that, I mostly enjoyed my time with the game and discourse around it seems overly harsh to me. I suppose I'll have to play Blood Money next to understand how a longtime fan of the series would have received the game at the time. For me personally, the less sprawling nature of Absolution was actually what I was looking for at the time I played it – I'm glad I was able to get all the achievements in a bit less than 30 hours. The story was mostly garbage, but after understanding how to approach the gameplay when compared to WoA I was looking forward to progressing every day. I had no desire to 100% the entire game like I did with WoA and I don't think I'll ever revisit it, but I'm glad to have experienced this part of Hitman history and would recommend it when going in with the right expectations. On the technical side: Had a couple of crashes, and the game only recognized my wireless (Xbox) controller about 50% of the time after launching – was a bit annoying, but nothing too terrible. Unfortunately the servers are already disabled, so to experience the "Contracts" part of the game you have to resort to the open-source "Hitman-5-Server" re-implementation.

i loved this game to be honest. my first hitman game in the franchise and i am already a fan of it. quiet excited to play the other parts.

It is a cool game, not the type of hitman game you would expect though. In many missions it moves away from that stealth gameplay which forces you to just go loud.

Love it, quite Hard but Good Graphics,Stories

Playing this game feels like watching a movie. The story is amazing, the gameplay is great, and the game is overall different to the other Hitman games.

its good but the game whenever i start it, it crashes pls help

The stealth gameplay mechanics are very easy to learn and addictive, but not for the level design. Here you feel like an assassin agent

Great story, the missions are great, everything is perfect!

I don’t know why people criticise this, but imo, this is the best Hitman out there, as the devs tried to do something out of the box, which I really liked.. The story part? That’s also a strong part of the game. It’s not like a regular Hitman game, where you just receive a contract and assassinate. Here, you actually get to experience more of 47’s HUMAN side.. His PROTECTIVE side. This is a masterpiece. Totally RECOMMENDED.

I enjoyed it for what it was, Though not a Hitman game to the core. This is the odd one in the entire Hitman franchise. The story was the bit I enjoyed most.

this game is about that how you take the mission seriously with smartness and stategies with perfection

Just finished the game and wow. Tried to be stealthy, ended up in a chicken suit throwing bricks. Somehow still felt like a pro assassin. The story’s solid, gameplay is chaotic fun (especially if you improvise like me), and it’s got that perfect “oops... save reload” vibe. Highly recommend if you like stealth, dark humor, and accidentally turning a silent mission into a full-blown action movie. 10/10 would bald again.

Great Storyline, Perfect Length, Amazing Stealth, It's Cool

I played Hitman: Absolution on another account and finished the whole game. I really enjoyed it, especially the atmosphere. The game has a dark, cinematic feel that makes every mission more intense and immersive.

Just finished the game, I have to say it's a 10/10 game in my opinion. Amazing game, easily a $50 game without a doubt.

Its a great game. I especially like the option that I can set graphics values before starting the game and even benchmarking. This saves a lot of time as I don't have to restart game to apply certain settings. Additionally, this game has the best tutorials.

Since contracts has been disabled, you need to go around in a very roundabout way to enable this again. It interferes with the playability and enjoyment of the game. This game was fantastic but not being to earn any money to unlock weapons is so annoying

Even in 2025 Im having fun. Its mostly the nostalgia i believe but its fun anyways if u like hitman or stealth based games in general. Also i couldn't connect to the hitman website for "exclusive" items. The sit has been taken down.

Looks 10/10, but it's very UNorganic and forces you to replay for achievements. Checkpoints suck as opposed to blood money's saving system. Disguise mechanic sucks (including, but not limited to: there is a tiny crack in the wall the enemies see you through, and they somehow manage to suspect you're not one of them). Score system sucks the MOST, forcing you towards that unorganic play I previously mentioned. Gameplay mechanics like body dumping, garrotting, even sneaking, etc. are poorly made. I will only play it for the story.

NOTE: Doing 100% and completing all achievements in this game is IMPOSSIBLE without exploits or hosting your own Absolution online server, since the official online servers for this game are long dead. There's a guide available in Steam Community page if you still want to 100% this game. Also the Steam version of this game is region-locked. Still a solid game in the franchise. The World of Assassination series retconned some of the plot of this game so be warned. Regardless, it's still a good stealth FPS game. However it feels that you are playing a different game from time to time. There are some parts where you can tell that this is a Hitman game, but there are times where you feel that it is not, especially during missions where you are forced to go loud. Still a recommend, just get this game on GOG as this one is region-locked.

I love Stealth games especially Hitman so here's my review: ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ---{ Author }--- Yash Teotia

shit hitman game, but a surprisingly good game nonetheless, especially if you get the contracts mode working with the server emulator. 7/10

As somebody who played all of the HItman games it's alot like the previous hitman games than people say it is.

The gunplay was good the stealth was almost perfect story personaly not the best but overall a good game would recommend.

A good game for hitman fans. Definitely not great as the others but still worth a try.

The gunplay is tigh some missions give unique experiences that really set Absolution apart For a hitman game lets come to cons fall apart with the story like cartoonish villains and bizarre so. Do I Recommend It? conditional yes If you're a die-hard Hitman fan you might enjoy it but only if you go in with an open mind, understanding that it's more of a stylish action stealth hybrid than a pure Hitman experience While it may not be a "great Hitman game" it's clearly a game you're weirdly fond of bit of a mess but undeniably a fascinating one. [b] Score: 7.5/10 [/b]

well start of to play as stealth hitman and kill only the target until ,,,,, last 3 mission where everywhere i move then they will be people spot me so just kill them all not the main target only. this game is ok if you wanna play hitman with low budget while it have discount.

Good game and nice PC port. Shame Contracts does not work.

Pretty good game. I'd never played a full hitman game before, i had a vague idea of what to expect, and this game did exceed my expectations. The story was pretty good, had some plot holes but not a bad or uninteresting story by any means. Gameplay felt just right, some segments were quite tricky, but i can't say i was ever bored while playing this game. While I don't care for the user generated levels, they are a neat addition, definitely adds to the replayability. Overall, i'd rate this game a solid 7.5/10 Wasn't outstanding, but good fun and very well made. Also, credit to Io for letting this game run on my sh*tbox of a pc

Not a hitman game. More like series of quick traversal maps to get to a door, then watch a cut screen to get to the target you wanted to kill. Feels like a splinter cell lite but less fun. inconsistent AI on harder difficulties. If you choose to do anything outside of the intended route the developer put together it feels like you are penalized. its a 6/10 game today 7/10 when it came out. I bought it for nostalgia and its OK just not great and a bad hitman game.

Why does the sound always disappear when in the middle of the game (no music, effects, and dialogue) I can't even tell if an enemy is approaching

overall a good game, but a bad hitman game. still worth playing if you pick it up at dirt cheap price on sale for like 4e

it was ok the game actually ran pretty great and smooth with only like 2 glitches that I can recall, one glitch was that I had an invisible wall that I couldn't move through when holding a weapon (in an otherwise clearly walk able area but putting the weapon away fixed it) the other was where my buttons randomly stopped working right for like 3 seconds but I never had a problem with that again after that the game looks and sounds good the story was pretty slow but passable and the cut scenes had major screen tearing overall it was ok

Fairly speaking it is a good game, but too hardcore somewhere. The experience is different from Blood Money, which emphasized sneaking and kill. I would recommend Hitman 2 instead of this, but this is very cheap.

Ah yes, Hitman: Absolution the game where you can infiltrate a high security facility in a full chicken costume and still be taken seriously... unless you sneeze too loud, then everyone suddenly has an MBA in bullet delivery.

It gets boring as you get closer to the end but still worths playing

Absolutely loving every minute of this game on my steam deck, brings back memories from my first play through on PS3 almost a decade ago. And I am still making the same mistakes as my first play through! I was initially worried about the yellow tag for steam deck compatibility, but happy to report I've not run into any major issues in my 4-5 hour playtime, the graphics and game play looks slick on the deck. I've run into one issue where if I click on the inventory button during a load screen or cut scene, the game gets stuck and I have to close it using the steam exit game option. Otherwise, its been a breeze to play this game on the steam deck. Got the game at a ridiculously low price on steam sale. Highly recommended picking this game at the sale price.

NOSTALGIA, PURE ENJOYMENT AND ALWAYS LOVE FOR HITMAN SERIES I STILL REMEMBER I USE TO PLAY THIS GAME AFTER SCHOOL, GOLDEN DAYS! <3