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Hitman

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This page is for the 2016 game. For the original 2000 game, see Hitman: Codename 47.

HITMAN
HITMAN cover
Developers
IO Interactive
Mi'pu'mi Games[1]
Linux Feral Interactive[2]
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive
Publishers
Former Square Enix
Current IO Interactive
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive[2]
Russia Buka Entertainment[3]
Engines
Glacier 2
Release dates
Windows March 11, 2016
Linux February 16, 2017[2]
macOS (OS X) June 20, 2017[4]
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 79
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Immersive sim, Stealth
Series Hitman
Hitman on HowLongToBeat
Hitman on IGDB
Hitman guide on StrategyWiki
Hitman on MobyGames
Hitman on Wikipedia
Hitman
Hitman: Codename 47 2000
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 2002
Hitman: Contracts 2004
Hitman: Blood Money 2006
Hitman: Sniper Challenge 2012
Hitman: Absolution 2012
Hitman GO 2015
Hitman 2016
Hitman 2 2018
Hitman World of Assassination 2021

Key points

Individual DLC/levels of this game can be disabled/uninstalled in the DLC Steam menu of the game to significantly save on disk space
The game requires a constant internet connection for some features to work properly (Elusive targets, Contracts mode, Level progression, Weapon unlocking, and Challenge progression) .[5] Unlocks made online do sync to the offline profile, however.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
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Europe only; released on 4 DVDs in a steelbook. A disc drive is required as the Steam key is obtained by entering the key from leaflet through Redeem.exe.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website
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Game of the Year Edition.
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Epic Games Store (unavailable)
Epic Games Launcher
Game of the Year Edition. Was delisted on January 26, 2023.[6]
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Game of the Year Edition. Was delisted on January 26, 2023.[6]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
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Game of the Year Edition. Will be delisted on January 26, 2023.[6]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Game of the Year Edition. Was delisted on January 26, 2023.[6]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free with some exceptions (notes may include more details)
Game of the Year Edition.
Offline mode has very limited functionality; only the six basic levels with no progression or unlocking options, as well as other caveats listed at the top of the page, are available for offline "DRM-Free" mode. Elusive targets are not available anymore even online mode.
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Game of the Year Edition. Was delisted on 26 January, 2023.[6]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam (unavailable)
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Game of the Year Edition also available. Will be delisted on January 26, 2023.[6]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the Windows version on June 21, 2017.
A demo is available (progress carries over to the full game).[7]
All players receive the Hitman 2016 soundtrack and the "Making of" documentary, regardless of purchase history.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Blood Money Requiem Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Bonus Campaign Patient Zero Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Bonus Episode Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Episode 1 - Paris Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Episode 2 - Sapienza Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Episode 3 - Marrakesh Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Episode 4 - Bangkok Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Episode 5 - Colorado Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Episode 6 - Hokkaido Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOTY Outfit Bundle Part of the Game of The Year Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Japanese Language Pack Only available in Japan.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Use the -skip_launcher command line argument[8]

Force Vulkan under Linux

Through launcher[9]
  1. Open Feral Launcher.
  2. Go to Advanced Options.
  3. Add -showdebugpanel -showtestpanel.
  4. Go to the Testing Options.
  5. Check the box next to Use Vulkan.
By editing configuration files[10]
  1. Edit $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/HITMAN/preferences.
  2. Add <value name="UseVulkan" type="integer">1</value> below HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, IndirectX, Direct3D and Config keys.
This forces simple D3D11 to Vulkan translation which could result with increased[11] or decreased performance and possible visual glitches, e.g. no water.[10]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\IO Interactive\Hitman\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/HITMAN/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Epic Games Launcher %APPDATA%\Io Interactive\Epic\<user-id>\HITMAN
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/236870/remote/
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Approx. 244 MB available. Save files are cross-platform.

Video

External graphics settings.
External graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings (Launch).
In-game graphics settings (Launch).

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Cinematics are windowboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples. Broken in DirectX 12 mode, use driver setting instead.[12]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA or SMAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate cap as of May 2018. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
[13] up to 2000nit mastering. doesn't work with dx11
The most important settings to tweak for higher performance are shadow maps, followed by anti-aliasing.[14]

Input

In-game controller settings (Launch).
In-game controller settings (Launch).
In-game mouse and keyboard settings (Launch).
In-game mouse and keyboard settings (Launch).

Audio

In-game audio settings (Launch).
In-game audio settings (Launch).

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Effects and Music.
Surround sound
7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Japanese Language Pack required to access Japanese voices.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Slovak
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Hitman 2016 (DX11).
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
Supports: Aim at Gaze, Auto-Pause, Clean UI, Dynamic Light, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Instinct at Gaze, Throw at Gaze.

Issues fixed

Flickering with AMD Crossfire

Game flickers when run on multiple AMD GPUs in Crossfire.
Change the resolution and then change back to the original resolution[15]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[16]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Double-click on the Refreshrate entry.
  3. Select Decimal and change the value to your screen refresh rate.

Notes

On Windows, there used to be a GFXSettings.HITMAN.xml file that had graphics settings, but the game has since been updated. As a result, the file was removed and the settings were moved to the Registry. On Linux, the XML file exists but is set up in the same coding language as a Registry entry.

Game crashes to desktop

Performance-monitoring software, like Logitech Gaming Software, can cause the game to crash. Close it before starting the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 [17]
OpenGL 4.1, 4.5 Linux only
Metal support
Vulkan
See Force Vulkan under Linux
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX v3.3.4.0
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform
Input Tobii eye tracking v0.1.0.35
Cutscenes CRI Movie

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 940
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7870
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Medium and high textures require a GPU with 3 GB and 4 GB of VRAM respectively. GPUs with 2 GB of VRAM will run at the low setting by default (this can be overridden in the launcher).[18]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.12.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 81 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon R9 M290
Intel Iris Graphics 540
2 GB of VRAM
Intel and Nvidia graphics cards require macOS 10.13.4 or later.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 81 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon R9 270X
The Open Source MESA Drivers for AMD (RadeonSI and AMDGPU) are fully supported, so long as the version is 17 or newer. Intel Graphics are not supported.[19]


References

  1. Hitman - Mi'pu'mi Games - last accessed on 2022-10-05
    "One of HITMAN (2016) and HITMAN 2 (2018)’s defining features is the World of Assassination. From 2016 until 2019, numerous content updates for both games have been published. We have participated in that effort not only with robust systems design and implementation but also reliable and punctual on-demand support and bug-fixing for 38 individual release certifications on the two major platforms."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Agent 47 marks his target: HITMAN coming to Linux on February 16th - Feral News - last accessed on 2017-02-07
  3. [1] - last accessed on 2023-03-22
  4. Primary objective: run HITMAN on macOS | Feral News
  5. Unlocks work offline now : HiTMAN - last accessed on 2021-09-22
    "Items include all mastery items, so weapons, gear, starting/pickup locations as well as Elusive Target suit rewards and Challenge Pack unlocks. It's worth noting you must be connected to the game servers in order to acquire new unlocks."
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 HITMAN 3 to become ‘World of Assassination’ - last accessed on 2023-01-03
  7. Try HITMAN for FREE - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: HITMAN™ - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  8. Verified by User:Silent on 2018-11-09
  9. Graphical issues with Hitman 2016 : linux_gaming (comment)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Graphical issues with Hitman 2016 : linux_gaming (comment)
  11. Hitman (2016) OpenGL vs VULKAN (Unreleased) [GNU/Linux] - YouTube
  12. Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
  13. twitter.com - last accessed on May 2023
  14. tweaktown.com - last accessed on May 2023
  15. :: PSA: AMD users suffering flickering in HITMAN with CrossFire, try changing the resolution, then change back to your original resolution. -- Reddit - last accessed on May 2023
  16. How to change refreshrate! :: HITMAN™ General Discussions - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  17. Hitman will support DirectX 12 at launch - PC Gamer - last accessed on May 2023
  18. Update 1.03 is OUT NOW - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: HITMAN™ - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  19. New intel acquired: system requirements for HITMAN™ on Linux - last accessed on 9 June 2023