Hitman GO

Hitman GO

Developers
	Square Enix Montréal
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	April 27, 2015
Linux	February 23, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	72
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Puzzle, Stealth
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Contemporary
Series	GO, Hitman

GO
Hitman GO	2015
Lara Croft GO	2015
Deus Ex GO	2017

Hitman GO is a singleplayer bird's-eye view puzzle and stealth game in the GO and Hitman series.

The game was originally released on mobile platforms under the name Hitman Go on April 17, 2014. Almost a year later, on April 27, 2015, the game got ported over to Windows on the Microsoft Store. On February 23, 2016 the game was brought to Steam under the name Hitman GO: Definitive Edition. The Definitive Edition features updated visuals, additional input methods and removed micro-transactions compared to the mobile release.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		Europe. Definitive Edition.
Publisher website		North America. Definitive Edition.
Amazon.com		Definitive Edition.
Green Man Gaming		Definitive Edition.
Humble Store		Definitive Edition.
Oculus Store		VR Edition.
Steam		Definitive Edition.
(unavailable)		Definitive Edition.
Microsoft Store (unavailable)

Version differences

VR Edition features VR support and is Oculus Store only.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Square Enix Ltd.\Hitman GO\
Microsoft Store
Linux	~/.config/unity3d/Square Enix Ltd./Hitman GO/

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Square Enix Ltd_\Hitman GO\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\39C668CD.HitmanGO_r7bfsmp40f67j\LocalState\
Linux
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\427820\remote\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

General settings, MS Store edition.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen acts as borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		Almost everything is done with mouse.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support		XInput and known DirectInput controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound, mute toggle only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR		Oculus Store version only. Use the Revive Compatibility Layer
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		Oculus Store version only.
Windows Mixed Reality		Oculus Store version only. Use the Revive Compatibility Layer
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows				ARM support applies to the Microsoft Store version.
Linux

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon 64 X2	Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X700 Nvidia equivalent 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon 64	Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X700 Nvidia equivalent 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB (Nvidia), 1 GB (AMD) of VRAM