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Hitman: Absolution

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Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Absolution cover
Developers
IO Interactive
Windows Nixxes Software
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive
Publishers
Square Enix
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Glacier 2
Release dates
Windows November 20, 2012
macOS (OS X) May 15, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 79
IGDB 76
Hitman: Absolution on IGDB
Hitman: Absolution guide on StrategyWiki
Hitman: Absolution on MobyGames
Hitman: Absolution on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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

Servers for online services were shut down in May 2018, making the Contracts mode unavailable and any Contracts related achievements unachievable.[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Square Enix Forums


Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Developer website
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Elite Edition
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.co.uk
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Redundant Online UI/functions removed; 6.8 GB smaller install.[2]
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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Elite Edition
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)

Version differences

Hitman Absolution: Professional Edition includes 72-page Digital Artbook, The Making Hitman Absolution video, and the Agency Gun Pack DLC.
Hitman Absolution: Elite Edition includes the Professional Edition and all DLC.
The OS X version includes all Elite Edition content.
All purchases except the GOG version[3] now include Hitman: Sniper Challenge[4] which was previously a pre-order exclusive.
Japanese language support is only available in Japan; this version only includes Japanese text and Japanese and English audio.

DLC and expansion packs

Purchasing DLC is no longer possible due to the Contracts mode servers being shut down.
Name Notes
Agency HX UMP
Windows
Agency Jagd P22G
Windows
Agency SPS 12
Windows
Bartoli Custom Gun
Windows
Bronson M1928 Gun
Windows
Deus Ex (Adam Jensen) Disguise
Windows
Deus Ex (Adam Jensen) Handgun
Windows
High Roller Disguise
Windows
High Tech Disguise
Windows
Krugermeier 2-2 Gun
Windows
Public Enemy Disguise
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IO Interactive\Hitman Absolution
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Hitman Absolution/Preferences Data
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/203140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\205930\remote\
GOG.com %APPDATA%\IO Interactive\HM5\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.feralinteractive.hitmanabsolution
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/203140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings
Display settings
Graphical settings
Graphical settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Menus and FMV cutscenes are pillarboxed 16:9.[5]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Turn off "Exclusive Fullscreen" under Display to use borderless mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[6]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 7.1 output.[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation
Italian
Japanese
Japan only; only includes Japanese text and English and Japanese audio.
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

Issues fixed

No sound

Disable surround sound on audio drivers[8]

FPS Drop/Issues

Disable MSAA in Display Options[citation needed]
This should fix issues with huge FPS drops that come from opening doors or cutscenes.

Game doesn't show up in Windows 8.1

In Windows 8.1, sometimes the game will appear to start minimized, and any attempts at restoring the game will not work.
Disable Exclusive Fullscreen[citation needed]

DX 11 Crashes on Nvidia GeForce 500 and 600 series

Increase Vcore to the GPU slightly or Drop the GPU Clocks[citation needed]
It seems Nvidia have set the default Vcore too low on the 5xx/6xx series cards. They do pass stress testing but crash in a few Real World DX11 intensive games.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) True dual core CPU (Intel, AMD)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 24 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
AMD equivalent
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9.2 Mavericks
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 24 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/203140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (203140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References