Hitman: Absolution

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release 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
Developer website		Elite Edition
Amazon.co.uk
GamersGate

GOG.com		Redundant Online UI/functions removed; 6.8 GB smaller install.^[2]
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store (unavailable)		Elite Edition
Steam

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.com 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
Agency Jagd P22G
Agency SPS 12
Bartoli Custom Gun
Bronson M1928 Gun
Deus Ex (Adam Jensen) Disguise
Deus Ex (Adam Jensen) Handgun
High Roller Disguise
High Tech Disguise
Krugermeier 2-2 Gun
Public Enemy Disguise

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)	<SteamLibrary-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)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/203140/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphical settings

Graphics feature	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.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Launcher requires mouse input. Can be fixed by launching the game using Controller Companion application.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Hitman Absolution.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. ( G3D available but with glitches ! )

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.

Crash to desktop when using MSI Afterburner's On Screen Display

Config file edit^[9]

Open the MSI On-Screen Display Server program (RivaTuner Statistics Server).
Click the plus sign (or newly "add" button) and navigate to where you installed Hitman: Absolution and add HMA.exe
Once you have that added go to C:\Program Files (x86)\RivaTuner Statistics Server\Profiles
Edit HMA.exe.cfg
Change EnableDynamicOffsetDetection=0 to EnableDynamicOffsetDetection=1
Change HookDirectDraw=0 to HookDirectDraw=1

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	7 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	True dual core CPU (Intel, AMD)	Intel Core i7 AMD Athlon II X4
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	24 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 AMD equivalent 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 5770 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9.2 Mavericks
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	24 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM	1 GB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/203140/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (203140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/203140/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (203140) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/203140/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (203140) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Hitman Absolution Service Message

[2] CSV comparison of GOG/Steam Directory

[3] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/hitman_series/hitman_absolution_all_dlc_included

[4] Hitman Absolution · SubID: 18181 · Steam Database

[6] Hitman Absolution 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube

[7] New 120Hz Games Report

[8] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[9] ttp://forums.eu.square-enix.com/showthread.php?t=134614&p=1857561#post1857561

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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