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Hitman: Blood Money

2006 · IO Interactive

Read social spaces and arrange elaborate assassinations through disguises, accidents and carefully timed opportunities.

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GAMEBOX SCORE

93

Provisional GAMEBOX editorial ratings. These are not verified facts or aggregate review scores.

/ 100

Retro Score91
Hidden Gem87
Revival Potential80

GAME DNA

experience
Immersive simulation · Player agency · Systemic creativity
genre
Stealth · Action
mood
Tense · Atmospheric
gameplay
Stealth · Infiltration · Exploration
difficulty
Hard
era
2000s
pacing
Slow
perspective
Third-person · First-person
structure
Mission-based

DISCOVER BY GAME DNA

Game DNA is GAMEBOX editorial classification; era comes from the sourced release year. Ratings are separate editorial judgements.

TenseAtmosphericStealthInfiltrationExploration

ABOUT THE GAME

Read social spaces and arrange elaborate assassinations through disguises, accidents and carefully timed opportunities.

Read social spaces and arrange elaborate assassinations through disguises, accidents and carefully timed opportunities.

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RETRO HISTORY

First listed release: 2006. Explore the cited source for the game's release and development history.

ORIGINAL RELEASE
2006
Developer
IO Interactive
Publisher
Eidos Interactive

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2005

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Similarity breakdown
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  • structure: Mission-based100% distinctive overlap · 33.1 / 33.1 points
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  • difficulty: Hard100% distinctive overlap · 4.6 / 4.6 points
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