Introduction + Table of Contents
I'm a sucker for Hotline Miami. Like clockwork, I revisit it every few years to crack some skulls, think about its story, and then continue cracking skulls. Beating it might be enough for some people (and going a few steps further to get its secret ending will be enough for others), but if you truly want to prove your mastery, there's nothing quite as definitive as reaching 100% completion.
With sections dedicated to each of the game's achievements (or trophies if you're on PlayStation - differences between versions have been accounted for!), I've put together tips, strategies, and general 'best practice' to help you unlock them all. None of them are missable thanks to a robust chapter select, but you can expect to spend anywhere between 10 and 20 hours unlocking them all, depending on your skill level.
| Achievement / Trophy | Description |
| Achievement Whore / Trophy Addict | Unlock all achievements / unlock all trophies |
| Combo Beginner | Perform a 4x combo |
| Combo Intermediate | Perform a 6x combo |
| Combo Pro | Perform an 8x combo |
| Combo Master | Perform a 10x combo |
| Combo King | Perform a 12x combo |
| Playing Pool | Hit an enemy with a weapon bounced against a wall |
| Nigel Lowrie | Use a human shield |
| Domino Effect | Throw a weapon at an enemy so that his weapon hits another |
| Aced It | Get an A+ on any chapter |
| The End? | Beat the main story |
| Karma | Die 1000 times |
| I Got New Friends | Unlock all weapons |
| Knife for Pros | Use all melee weapons at least once |
| Sewer Alligator | Find Jones the Crocodile |
| Eye For Details | Collect all the puzzle pieces |
| The Boss | Solve the Puzzle |
| 1989 | Kill 1989 enemies |
| Let In Some Air | Destroy 200 glass panels |
| Dog Lover | Kill 99 dogs |
| 60 To Car | Go to the car 60 times |
| These Are My Guns | Complete chapter five barehanded |
| Pitcher | Use all throwing weapons at least once |
| Zoo Keeper | Collect all the masks |
| Guns For Show | Use all guns at least once |
| Two Birds With One Stone | Kill two enemies with the same brick in one throw |
| Cat Fight | Kill the panthers using Brandon the Panther |
| Smell Something Burning | Kill the crapping gangster with a fireaxe |
| Get A Life | Get A+ on all the chapters |
| Always On Top | Perform every ground kill in the game |
| Sounds Of Animals Fighting | Wear all masks at least once |
| Bat-man | Clear Chapter 2 using Nigel the Bat |
| Plain Luck | Kill three or more enemies with the same brick in one throw |
| That's It? | Beat the epilogue |
| This Is It | Beat the epilogue and see the secret ending |
