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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a 2002 stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. The game was re-released for Windows through the Steam online distribution service, and a DRM-free version was later made available through GOG.com. It is the second installment in the Hitman video game series and the sequel to Hitman: Codename… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
320 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
158 positive · 49 negative
95% range 70–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 158 | 49 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 3 | 42 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,912 of 2,391 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 157 yes, 49 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 206 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (4,050 of 4,932 positive).
Players widely agree that Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a major improvement over the first game, with better controls, larger maps, and more freedom. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note that the game is very difficult, with hypersensitive guards and limited saves, requiring extreme patience. [4][5][6] Some players report technical issues on modern systems, including crashes and black screens, requiring fixes to run. [7][8][9]
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- [20]
TLDR: Game was revolutionary, has aged like milk, play Contracts or BM if you want the same vibe/gameplay but better. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin *was* revolutionary when it came out and set the groundwork for all the **far** better games to come later in the series. Realistically, even if you do patch this game (like I did) and cap the FPS to 30/60 (like I did), you're still not really going to have a good time …
- [4]
Initially, I was very frustrated with this game, as much as I enjoyed the more recent Hitman games. But, once I beat the first few missions, I realized how well designed and thoughtful this game is. It is an incredibly difficult game, especially on my chosen difficulty (Expert). It requires extreme patience from the player in order to avoid suspicion from trigger-happy guards. Essentially, everyone is an enforcer. …
- [1]
A huge step up from the original, with larger maps and more freedom to approach objectives your way. The stealth can feel a bit clunky by modern standards, but there's a certain charm to learning enemy patterns and pulling off a perfect assassination. Some missions are frustrating, yet the atmosphere and classic Hitman sandbox design still hold up surprisingly well.
- [5]
Hardest game in the whole hitman series, i didn't knew running is the biggest crime in hitman 2's world, one small mistake whole fbi after you, but still legend, very cool game, especially soundtracks, snowy levels, beautiful atmosphere, old but gold
- [2]
A huge improvement over the flawed first game. A lot more polished, an optional first person view that I really like and overall a much more refined experience. And it runs a lot better than its predecessor that was a hassle to setup on the Deck.
Summarised from 34 of the 303 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
76% of the 206 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. The complaint that keeps coming up: very difficult with hypersensitive AI and limited saves. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin received "generally positive" reviews, according to review aggregator platform Metacritic. GameSpot gave it a score of 8.6/10, saying that it "fixes virtually all of the problems of its predecessor" and is still an "outstanding" game. Electronic Gaming Monthly scored Hitman 2's GameCube version 7/8/8.5: the first reviewer criticized its artificial intelligence and mission briefings, but said that "each time I circumvented the immeasurable odds and made the crucial killing blow, Hitman 2 was briefly a blast"; the third reviewer summarized it as "an engaging adventure title that rewards patient players". Despite the 7/8/8.5 scores given by Electronic Gaming Monthly,…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 320 · most liked firstHitman 2 - Silent Assassin (2002) new bond game looks great
neutral · AI labelView post →No focus group or market-chasing research was going to say “We should do a sandbox stealth action game like GTA or Hitman 2 where you play as a goose.”
neutral · AI labelView post →“Hitman 2016… let's say it was a $100 million game. Hitman 2 was maybe $60 million. Hitman 3 was $20 million. And Hitman 3 was the highest Metacritic.” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/how-hitman...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hitman 2 Silent Assassin is an amazing sequel to the first hitman game. It fixes almost all the issues of the first game that the first game has, Most of the levels are great and offer my ways to kill your target. there are a few missions that are bad, like the japan mission which are a walking sim, but most are good. 47 is much more fun to control in this game compared to the first, and they added quicksaving which is a life saver. the safehouse is also a great feature as it is fun to go back…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dang, game manuals used to be so cool I remember flipping open my manuals games like for Mario 3, Minish Cap, and Hitman 2 again and again just to look at the art
neutral · AI labelView post →[Itch] *HITMAN 2*, 2D reimagining of the stealth adventure. > - 10 new uniqe Maps > > - Over 10 Suits > > - Controller Support > > - Better Graphics > > - Better Sound > > - dificulties > > - 15+ Achivements
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so happy IO Interactive is getting all this new attention from the new James Bond game. They've been one of my favorite developers since Hitman 2 and Freedom Fighters back in the PS2/Xbox days. They deserve all the love and I hope this new game takes the studio to another level.
positive · AI labelView post →Hitman 2016 is an incredible game. Hitman 2 is even better. Hitman 3 is less ambitious in level scope but more story focused and multi layered. The fact you can play all three games in one wrapper with mechanics and unlocks and suits shared across them all is fantastic and such a player first move.
positive · AI labelView post →I love Hitman but I’ve never had a game make it so intentionally confusing to buy it. I still have no idea how to just buy Hitman 2 or 3 on Steam without accidentally buying some completely unrelated DLC instead
negative · AI labelView post →Initially, I was very frustrated with this game, as much as I enjoyed the more recent Hitman games. But, once I beat the first few missions, I realized how well designed and thoughtful this game is. It is an incredibly difficult game, especially on my chosen difficulty (Expert). It requires extreme patience from the player in order to avoid suspicion from trigger-happy guards. Essentially, everyone is an enforcer. So, you need to walk like you belong where you are and turn your face away…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Mario 3 was my first (top of my list of most finely-aged nes game ever) But Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was the catalyst for my life-long love of stealth video games (splinter cell also but Hitman came first). I'll love that bald man forever
positive · AI labelView post →A huge step up from the original, with larger maps and more freedom to approach objectives your way. The stealth can feel a bit clunky by modern standards, but there's a certain charm to learning enemy patterns and pulling off a perfect assassination. Some missions are frustrating, yet the atmosphere and classic Hitman sandbox design still hold up surprisingly well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Game was revolutionary, has aged like milk, play Contracts or BM if you want the same vibe/gameplay but better. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin *was* revolutionary when it came out and set the groundwork for all the **far** better games to come later in the series. Realistically, even if you do patch this game (like I did) and cap the FPS to 30/60 (like I did), you're still not really going to have a good time unless you love guide watching or have profound nun-like patience. The game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →they should make a game where you play as Death in Final Destination. (Playing HITMAN 2, which is amazing. The way levels feel like clockwork puzzles you get to play with and break over your knee is so satisfying and fun.)
positive · AI labelView post →whole game feels like the average north korean experience, shot on sight if you're even caught moving quicker than a senior citizen. still great though, improved from C47 in every single way and made the series a household name
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was my dad's favourite game and my first ever game when I was a baby (I played this at the age of 2). Buying and now being able to try this out without needing a PS2... I can see what my dad was talking about! This is the most fun I have had in so long
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ 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 ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FIrsty, this game is awesome, at its worth the potential extra work to get this running on Windows 11. Okay, in my first review, I gave this a bad rating, since it didnt work on Windows 11 right now of the box. I tried things like compatibility mode and such, but the game wouldnt even run, after I was even able to find the game folder. But, I was able to fix this by editing a config file. Ive seen similar fixes on Google, including downloading a replacement DX8 DLL, but I dont really want to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →literally the hardest game ever made i actually can't get past the first level
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still working through Hitman achievements. Just 4 locations left to master I think, all on Hitman 2 maps. I’m not really sure what I’ll do when I’ve got these done. I’ll probably take a break from Hitman for a while so I don’t get too burned out, maybe go back to Elden Ring or something again. We’ll see.
neutral · AI labelView post →Still going through Hitman achievements. Got the rest of Hitman 1 except Colorado, which I’m really putting off. I’m now doing Hitman 2. I’ll get to Colorado eventually.
neutral · AI labelView post →A great game from the early 2000s that unfortunately doesn't function on my PC. The opening credits don't even load, it's just a black screen unless I spam esc a few times, then once I get into game I can just move my camera around, none of the controls are working.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A huge improvement over the flawed first game. A lot more polished, an optional first person view that I really like and overall a much more refined experience. And it runs a lot better than its predecessor that was a hassle to setup on the Deck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All of the kills in Hitman (2016) is countered by the antagonists coming in during Hitman 2 (2018) to clean up the chaos you started in the first game.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't stop re-playing "The Last Resort" from Hitman 2. Something about this level just -works- for me. If I ever streamed a video game... it'd be me re-playing this level for the 80th time, finding new and unique ways to kill billionaire tech bro pricks on a tropical island in the Maldives.
positive · AI labelView post →The game freezes up constantly and won't load properly when I start playing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →finishing this damn Hitman 2: Silent Assassin PC game from 2002 on hardest difficulty twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
neutral · AI labelView post →almost finished with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin on maximum professional difficulty it's a bad a$$ game twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom #retrogaming #pcgaming #hitman
positive · AI labelView post →✅ Amazing stealth-based gameplay. Completing levels with stealth approach feels very satisfying ✅ Badass protag ✅ Different ways to complete a level ✅ Rating system tells you how you played the mission ❌ Very old game, must check PCGamingWiki (https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Hitman_2%3A_Silent_Assassin) for many fixes ❌ AI can be very inconsistent and hypersensitive ❌ Rating system doesn't have any reward system ❌ Limited save slot in a level ❌ Collecting weapons felt difficult because you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not playable unless you downloaded and change, some trial and error, then gotta changer render because the game cant render models, switcher render, no models are black. download some third party stuff, fixed. amazing gamecube era game, but this verison is censored.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the image of the american suburb as a facade that exists to maintain the existence of a single aging war criminal is as unsubtle as the rest of Hitman 2 but unlike the awful Narcos-ass level earlier in the game, this one mostly works. enough attention is paid to the mundanity and the absurdity both
neutral · AI labelView post →this is probably the best level in Hitman 2 so far, in ways that reflect what that game is good at. giving extra goals to gather intel is annoying but explores 47's split priorities very well: his life is getting more complicated now he's not just following orders blindly.
positive · AI labelView post →Name a video game you have 100+ hours of gameplay in: Halo 3 Halo the Master Chief Collection Metroid Fusion Deus Ex HR Halo Infinite Mass Effect LE Hitman 2 ...and according to Steam, Dota 2?????
neutral · AI labelView post →6/7 ⏳ Not live yet: Xbox Live still sends empty achievement groups for every game we tested, including Dead by Daylight, Killer Instinct and HITMAN 2. The feature is behind a flag. xct.live/wiki?p=mythic
neutral · AI labelView post →It's kind of hidden, but Contracts mode is where the game becomes infinitely replayable. Every single NPC can be made a target, up to five per mission, and there are millions of contracts the players have made. So there are millions of unique missions to play. Edit: I also sat on that game till a few years ago. I was a huge fan of the 2000s games which each had like 20 levels so between the reviews of Absolution and the fact that Hitman 2016 had only 6 maps, I just assumed the franchise had…
positive · AI labelView post →It didn't even work at first. I needed to download a fix to play the game. After I was able to play I was able to realize how the disguises have no purpose at all and don't even work. It's worse than Codename 47. 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →new Hitman players are not fucking ready for Hitman 2 the original. you cannot jog, you must WALK and even if you walk really slowly there's good chances the guards will still shoot your ass dead for seemingly no reason. great game.
positive · AI labelView post →For the first time while playing this at the time when i cant even understand english, i somehow figured out the mechanics (shooting everything that moves) and learned english myself, Returning to this after playing the whole franchise (except codename) the gameplay is pretty bad if you try to stealth, i cant describe each and every part of the game here but if i exclude the nostalgia part this just isn't worth playing even on half a dollar. Just play any other game that came after this one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →anything before hitman absolution, sucks, only would buy to finish the collection
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, bad port. Requires fixes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont buy, I had big problems even starting this game and I am not willing spend any more time finding what is wrong in launch options. I guess tis game doesnt work on newer DirectX and Windows. If you don't have the nerve to dig into the code, avoid this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I still call Hitman Silent Assassin "Hitman 2" and that game is ancient
neutral · AI labelView post →— Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget — those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust. I'll be carrying nothing from Gontranno but this lesson: never trust anyone and rely on your instincts. Forget the past. I'll never find peace here. So, I'll seek justice for myself. I'll choose the truth I like. (c) Agent 47. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3425440535
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant even move and have spent 24 minutes trying to figure it out, did everything everyone told me to and still didn't work, kind of sad because i really wanted this game too
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a substantial improvement over the first one. This game has great stealth, action, levels, atmosphere, music, everything you'd want from a Hitman game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The next Hitman game, whenever it is, could *really* do with a fast forward mechanic built into the game’s foundations. Especially if they ever intend to do maps on the scale of Hitman 2 again
positive · AI labelView post →Hardest game in the whole hitman series, i didn't knew running is the biggest crime in hitman 2's world, one small mistake whole fbi after you, but still legend, very cool game, especially soundtracks, snowy levels, beautiful atmosphere, old but gold
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-The positive aspects of this game for starters are Jesper Kyde’s music, the sound effects, and David Bateson’s voice acting as Agent 47. The art direction is also very stylish and the game looks good for the time. This makes the cutscenes in particular very enjoyable to watch, and the game’s story is engaging as 47's character takes so many twists and turns. The following aspects can mostly be avoided as well if you just go guns blazing, however after playing every other game that’s not how I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →brings back memories so for me its fun ... but a bit outdated to be fair ... :) still anybody that loves the hitman series can't go out trying this ... for me its what truly started the series ...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎮Hi! I'm No Game No Life Vtuber Hiro Akane!🎮️ Today's streaming is [Hitman 2]!! in 5 minutes Let's enjoy together!!🎮 www.youtube.com/live/JJh5r2O... #YouTube #VTuberUprising #chat #Vtuber #hitman2 #vsky
neutral · AI labelView post →🎮Hi! I'm No Game No Life Vtuber Hiro Akane!🎮️ Today's streaming is [Hitman 2]!! Start in 15 minutes! Let's enjoy and making happy time together!!🎮 www.youtube.com/live/qrkRb3r... #YouTube #VTuberUprising #hitman2 #Vtuber #vsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Hitman 2 is a large console and PC game 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴 LIVE 🔴 Last Hitman stream before break! We'll be finishing the Hitman 2 levels. twitch.tv/ephonya Next Tuesday I'll be collabing with @lesbiannextdoor.bsky.social for a game of Civ6, and I might throw some Foundation in on Monday, but otherwise I'll be on a little break as I work on stuff!
neutral · AI labelView post →Aesthetics beats fidelity any day. Hitman 2 uses the technical limitations to present a parodied pastiche of the world and it's a stronger game for it.
positive · AI labelView post →i need to go to more privately owned used game stores there was this great one in maryland that i went to a few times really laid back people, i wanted to get a copy of Hitman: Codename 47 and they had a PC copy of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin as well but it didn't have a price sticker
neutral · AI labelView post →Game LITERALY doesn't function for me, despite meeting all of the requirements When I boot the game I'm met with the logo cutscenes that don't play, just giving me a frozen screen with music. After I skip those cutscenes with 'esc' (Which isn't prompted as something you can do), I get to the main menu and load up the actual game where I'm met with another broken cutscene. Finally after getting past ALL of those busted cutscenes I'm left with a game that stutters and a character that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, very nice atmosphere, I think it has aged quite well, even if you have to use guides every now and then. It gives more freedom than codename 47, and it gives a lot of personality to 47's character. Great Game and probably one of the best soundtracks
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utterly fantastic sequel but you need fan made patches to even get this game to run on a 50xx gpu (presumably because of no Pysx on the card) so I would wait until the remasters could out next year. Still an amazing game though and the only reason I am negative reviewing it is bc of the aforementioned issues this version has.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →launches to black screen. did all the suggestions.. nada.. uninstalled
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't play it :((((((((((( I just try and try different options when launching it, from resolution and others ticks, but it just can't go through the first intro scene, even before the menu.
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