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Hatred
Developer Destructive Creations
Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Destructive Creations that was released on June 1, 2015, for Microsoft Windows. The player character is a misanthropic mass-killer referred to as "The Antagonist" or "Not Important", who begins a "genocide crusade" to kill as many human beings as possible. The developer described Hatred as a reaction to video game aesthetic trends such as… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
330 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
250 positive · 51 negative
95% range 78–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 250 | 51 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
9,693 of 11,924 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 217 yes, 39 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 256 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (25,491 of 30,163 positive).
Others criticize it as edgy, corny, and lacking substance. [1][2][3]
Representative posts
- [1]
as a postal fan it's rich coming from me but this game is so needlessly edgy. it isn't fun. the only real thing i really enjoyed was the executions, and i found myself getting bored really really fast. and i love edge! i love needless violence in my videogames and shocking and disturbing things. but it kinda felt like biting into a burger made out of styrofoam: no substance and leaves you feeling really no …
- [4]
Does anyone else remember the outrage campaign against this game, claiming it was so horrible and beyond redemption? Clearly, those people never played Postal or don’t even know what it is. This game feels like a spiritual successor to it especially considering it was marketed as a “genocide crusade,” where you play as a misanthropic character who murders civilians. Yeah, that definitely fits the bill. As for the …
- [5]
While controversial this game is actually hilarious if you can see the game for the parody it is. It´s so intensely brutal and edgy that it´s funny. If you don´t see it that way then I´m sorry for you. Game is genuinely hard though so if you want a real challenge this game will fill those cravings. Took a 2 year break to finish one of the levels I got stuck on so take that info for what it´s worth. 10/10 game would …
- [8]
Cute cozy game. I enjoy this game, but I can't recommend using the Hatred 1.666 mod enough. First person + color makes the experience so much better. [6.5/10]
- [6]
Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up game where you play as "The Antagonist" (aka "Not Important"), with the goal of "killing as many people as you can" over the course of a few short levels. The game gained notoriety with its reveal trailer and the subsequent controversy that followed. News outlets and internet discourse collectively made the game a lot more famous than it ever would have been otherwise. While the …
Summarised from 34 of the 272 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Hatred sits at 83% positive across 301 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Several video game press outlets responded negatively to the game's announcement trailer, particularly in condemnation of its "portrayal of wanton violence". Polygon's Colin Campbell wrote that the site's staff responded to the game's first trailer "with genuine revulsion". They described the trailer as "grisly", "extremely violent, and very tacky". PC Magazine's David Murphy wrote to "get ready for the backlash about the ultra-violent shooter ... if this game is ever released". He compared the game to Manhunt, Postal, and Mortal Kombat—other video games considered controversial for their amount of violence—and felt that Hatred "will generate just as much controversy". The trailer attracted…
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Reactions
60 of 330 · most liked firstHatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers
neutral · AI labelView post →I dropped out before finishing because the game is just garbage. It is obvious the entire thing was just made to profit off its controversy. The story is completely nonexistent. We get literally zero backstory or reason as to why we are doing what we are doing, which is just committing mass murder. Instead, we get some corny guy saying "my life has been nothing but pain and I want to die violently", along with other terrible voice acting and dialogue like "welcome to your nightmare, mfs" which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ME: so do we need to get a new stand, or does this just replace the “Abide No Hatred” flag? WIFE: on game days we can abide hatred ME: you get me
neutral · AI labelView post →Very family friendly and it's a nice educative game for your child.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hatred is a family friendly game where a sane man gives people hugs with bullets and progressively gets harder because they fight back and apparently the military doesn't like it. Jokes aside, It's a good game if your into the vibe of Postal 1, or the vibe that you like mass killing people.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember when this game was coming out. People were so outraged for obvious reasons. But when it finally came out, most people liked it, including me. I don't know what happened to us. Why aren't we making games like this anymore?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →random thought: anyone remember Hatred? remember that game? no, you fuckin' don't because for all that moralizing handwringing about how awful it was, how it was a bad game with bad morals, it was also boring as shit, unfun and no one really gave a shit 2 months after it came out.
negative · AI labelView post →like remember the game Hatred that got removed off steam? its available now for $6 and the reviews are like "this is nothing". maybe the boundary pushing and outrage is happening in different mediums now, like livestreaming?
neutral · AI labelView post →having a bad day? your work mates pissing you off? tired of the stupidity of the people in your country? this game is the solution for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →oh also because not many people seem to have picked up on this: they re-released 2015's HATRED. On the first day of pride month. You know, the game by the legit card-carrying neonazi devs
neutral · AI labelView post →10/10 for the 'Angriest Man in New York' simulator. It’s the digital equivalent of stubbing your toe and deciding it’s the universe’s fault. If you want to feel edgy without the commitment of wearing eyeliner, check it out on Steam. P.S. I tried to play this while listening to the Barbie soundtrack. It’s a completely different game. Highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this actually has to be one of the worst games that I have had the displeasure of playing. I got it because I am a fan of the postal series, and I knew that this was a "fan" game of the first postal game, but after playing it I think that they just saw the success of postal 1 and 2 and decided that they wanted to make their own "edgy shooter". I must admit that it was amusing when "not important" said "only my weapon understands me", but unless you are an actual psychopath that is the only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After nearly 900 hours of disciplined examination, I believe I have finally approached a level of familiarity that permits meaningful commentary. Anything less would have been premature. Hatred is not merely a video game. It is pure art. To describe it as a masterpiece is not hyperbole but taxonomy. Its design exhibits an energetic commitment to aesthetic and mechanical cohesion that is almost nonexistent in the modern medium. Every element exists in service of a singular artistic vision,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sekiro once again went from the worst game ever to the best game ever as @danryckert.com defeated Owl Version 2!! All that's left now is Isshin and Demon of Hatred.
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone else remember the outrage campaign against this game, claiming it was so horrible and beyond redemption? Clearly, those people never played Postal or don’t even know what it is. This game feels like a spiritual successor to it especially considering it was marketed as a “genocide crusade,” where you play as a misanthropic character who murders civilians. Yeah, that definitely fits the bill. As for the gameplay, it’s surprisingly solid. The shooting mechanics are responsive and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is for: 1. Grifters who wish they were violent. 2. People who want to subdue those thoughts. 3. Bored people.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After wrapping up the Vessel of Hatred campaign I decided to go back to Dragon Age Inquisition and man this is still a great-looking game
neutral · AI labelView post →as a postal fan it's rich coming from me but this game is so needlessly edgy. it isn't fun. the only real thing i really enjoyed was the executions, and i found myself getting bored really really fast. and i love edge! i love needless violence in my videogames and shocking and disturbing things. but it kinda felt like biting into a burger made out of styrofoam: no substance and leaves you feeling really no particular way
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SOCIETY IS... LE BAD! Hatred is what happens when a 4chan user meets Hot Topic. You don’t play the game so much as enjoy our favorite incel protagonist Noah Tim Portant whisper-ranting like he’s auditioning for the role of Angriest Forum Post, 2014. BILLIONS MUST DIE! Every line is delivered with the confidence of someone who thinks hating everything counts as a worldview. The game is deadly serious, which makes it hilarious, pure incel power fantasy with zero self-awareness and negative…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute cozy game. I enjoy this game, but I can't recommend using the Hatred 1.666 mod enough. First person + color makes the experience so much better. [6.5/10]
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Realises that he's a middle aged person - Hates on humanity for 20 seconds *says evil dialogues* - Goes on a massive genocide 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my name’s terry. i don’t write reviews much. usually i just stare at the loading screen and think about how long the lights have been flickering in this apartment. but Hatred… this one feels like it crawled out of my head before i even installed it. everyone keeps saying it’s just a game about violence — they don’t get it. it’s not about violence, it’s about confirmation. it confirms what i already knew: the world doesn’t care about you, it just watches. every npc in this game looks at you the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a chill game, I get to play as a nice unc, giving everyone in sight a free copper bullet for the holidays
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it certainly is overhated, but postal 1, postal redux and hotline miami do it better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very cool visually but the dialogue and voice acting are extremely corny
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love violence ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →spiritual successor to the original postal game but more cringe and kinda lame, still fun tho
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just caused a genocide of a nation, a national guard arrived at my door step, i showered them with 762mm, i bombed a mall and then i came back home to launch hatred on my computer, i like the gameplay and the artstyle of the game!😉
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is so edgy and corny it feels like it was made for fat no life redditors not to mention the gameplay is boring and repetitive. This game was only interesting to me because it was banned in so many places.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up game where you play as "The Antagonist" (aka "Not Important"), with the goal of "killing as many people as you can" over the course of a few short levels. The game gained notoriety with its reveal trailer and the subsequent controversy that followed. News outlets and internet discourse collectively made the game a lot more famous than it ever would have been otherwise. While the subject matter is undoubtedly dark and tasteless, games in the past like Postal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While controversial this game is actually hilarious if you can see the game for the parody it is. It´s so intensely brutal and edgy that it´s funny. If you don´t see it that way then I´m sorry for you. Game is genuinely hard though so if you want a real challenge this game will fill those cravings. Took a 2 year break to finish one of the levels I got stuck on so take that info for what it´s worth. 10/10 game would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →funny family friendly game, although the controls are ass sometimes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I truly wanted to enjoy this game but it's a bit hard when it feels like there are more cops than there are civilians. The gameplay is literally just spawn in kill 20 civilians get swarmed by what feels like 60+ cops die because you are getting shot at from every single direction and have absolutely nowhere to hide.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is repetitive and boring. You keep doing the same thing without any plot. I don't even know why i played for 2 hours; maybe i expected something i dont know. do NOT waste your money on this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hatred is a really unoptimized game with clunky gameplay, and sometimes it's so dark that you can barely see anything. But if you can get past that, you're left with one of the best Postal-likes ever made. It's also a little too real at times. I feel kinda bad having so much fun committing a massacre. I'm glad it's just a work of fiction... right?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A positively splendid romp through unfiltered chaos, despite the occasional whiff of absolute poo. Let us not pretend this game possesses hidden depths worthy of scholarly debate. One purchases this title for only two noble pursuits: 1. You fancy listening to your favourite podcast yet require your eyeballs to be occupied with something vaguely productive 2. You desire a hearty serving of outrageously excessive, utterly nonsensical poo violence I do possess a rather shameful fondness…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played for long enough to realize the game really is just *bad*. Janky trash, bad door physics, stupid explosives, nonsense melee tracking, it's just not a good game. Add in the fact that the whole story is "you're an angry guy with a gun who wants to commit suicide by cop" and then you have HATRED, a game in which the only thing I hate is ME, and the Jank. No thanks. Not good game. was not worth the money I spent. Absurdly difficult, absurdly controversial, absurdly stupid. At least give me a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not just any video game. Our video game. Diablo IV (2023) with award-winning expansions Vessel of Hatred (2024) and Lord of Hatred (2026) out now on storefronts near you 🫵
neutral · AI labelView post →The game that started the entire "Adult" rating system on Steam. SUCH a fun twin-stick shooter. I haven't played it in 8 years, but I loved every minute of it. Destructible environments, satirical quips, perpetual environments. If you need to get your animal rage out without actually hurting anyone, this is the game for you. The first-person mod can be wonky, but it's still fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also people hate Vessel of Hatred and yes, it is a detour from the Base game + Lord of Hatred, but it's a detour with your baby girl Neyrelle and also it's the shortest of all the campaigns. It has really cool moments and Eru is a pretty cool character. It doesn't even drag, like at all 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently this is the breaking point in the larger Diablo fandom when they check out of the story, which is right at the base game and it's not even a problem 😭 Also you will miss these times I promise you that, when you get to Lord of Hatred, you'll wish you loved this time more 💔
neutral · AI labelView post →I stole a car and drove into a house, ran over 3 ppl then shot 10 ppl at a birthday party. Then executed 10 cops stole their cars and drove all of them into 1 house killing everyone, 10/10 game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate this world and the human worms feasting on it's carcass.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is FRICKING AWESOME!!!! this guy Tom Clarke Hill as The Antagonist or like he calls himself NOT IMPORTANT, he is a psycho in another new level lmao, he is like the punisher but instead of protecting people he doesn't care about anyone, he just go around killing people, the possibilities are almost endless you can kill them using a pistol, shotgun, ak-47, you can throw a nade and they explode and pieces, also you flash them and then kick their nuts and stomp on their heads crashing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not your "cute and friendly game". It's un-apologetically dark. If you look past what you're doing being so f***ed up, the gameplay is amazing. The survival mode is like Dead Ops Arcade from Black Ops, but better and more gruesome. Just remember to keep your head on straight, and keep these things IN-GAME. Would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is all edge with no substance. MC is very vocal about his disgust towards human beings and his desire to annihilate them. "Interesting", I thought, expecting I'd be able to kill all kinds of people in all sorts of scenarios. After all it's a power fantasy setting that's supposed to be played to blow off some steam, right? Well, no. There are no pregnant women, no children, no teenagers, no elders. You can only kill adult civilians and law enforcement. No chance of getting into a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →feeling tired of people? of yourself? santa deiners? jump right in! Hatred is a pill of relaxation and fun. get to see what you can do to everyone around you after a bad day at work, after your boss yelled at you. Great stress reliever. No need for stress pills. Hatred has all the jolly fun to demistrate you are a silent and anti social maniac. 10-10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've honestly wanted to play Hatred for quite a while. Back in 2018, when I first heard about the game, it seemed really interesting—or at least fun—based on what I'd seen. The point is, I really wanted to play it. However, after finally sitting down and playing it, it's honestly a shame to see that the game turned out to be a disappointment. After struggling through and reaching the downtown level, I fully gave up and decided to stop playing. The story and the character honestly don't do much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →«𝑴𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒔. 𝑴𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on its own, it tries to hard to be edgy and gory with the executions but most of them are just a stab or shot to the head. only good if you have the 1.666 mod and even then its just kinda boring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the only game Gabe Newell personally reinstated back to Steam after its removal. It's that good. Also less than 2 euros? Yes please! It's an alright small game where you, the antagonist, hate people and want to wipe them out. Fairly simple plot. Switch off your brains and shoot them in either story or survival mode. I would keep this installed to play offline, during internet outages.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tuff misanthropic sinister game tfd... in all seriousness plays like a really sweet arcade game, awesome would recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Postal for people who post on 4Chan and go to 7/11 Daily. games fun i like the destruction. but the "my name is not important guy" pisses me off
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i highly recommend this game if your looking for something that you don't need to think about to much. every level is fun and chaotic and the destruction in each level is very satisfying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Besides the extremely edgy concept and background, the game (specifically the gameplay) is just fine. Honestly dont think its worth the money if im being real because of how small the game is but for any cornballs that have some weird hatred towards the world and want to be filed into the FBI; this is your playground. Game is literally about killing people just "because i said so" :|
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very good game, incredibly inspirational story
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Continued support by devs and modification community have polished this lump of black coal into a black diamond. Those basic and mediocre seeds sown at launch have bloomed into rare flowers fertilized by a shallow grave. If you have ever locked into a 5-star wanted level in an open world game like a demon possessed husk, just to see what you can take down with you before you go, this game is exactly that and naught much else. One clear intention, one sharp claw to scratch one particular itch. A…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hatred Review I actually really enjoyed Hatred. It’s a fun little bit of madness. I remember when this game came out, there really wasn’t much else like it. If you’re looking for a game that lets you completely embrace the idea of a guy crashing out against the police, military, and basically everyone around him, then Hatred is definitely an interesting experience. The main character is The Antagonist, a completely nihilistic and hateful man who seems to have nothing but contempt for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is actually fun if you want to turn off your brain, I really recommend the 1666 mod which offers first person amongst many other things. Exceptionally violent game but I love it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very theraputic and calming, esplcially with the FPS Mod from the steam workshop! best demon slaying game i've played! 666/666!
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