SUPERHOT Reviews

SUPERHOT is ranked in the 89th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8 / 10
Sep 28, 2022

SUPERHOT is excellent. It may lack the physicality of its virtual reality alter-ego, but it makes up for this with a mind-bending story and an on-point menu system. The slow-motion shooting is still super satisfying, and the added locomotion makes for a different kind of cadence to the PlayStation VR version. Buy both editions if you can, as they complement each other nicely and are unmissable in our humble opinion. Now, tell all of your friends…

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8 / 10.0
Feb 25, 2016

SUPERHOT is actually an impressive and interesting puzzle where the solution just happens to be shooting strange red enemies.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 25, 2016

SuperHot uses its time-altering core idea to great effect, creating a puzzle game that forces you to balance slow, thoughtful moves with quick, precise shooting. It's a puzzle shooter that is easy to digest in small does but hard to put down, making the entire mind-bending journey one that will get your adrenaline pumping and brain thinking in equal measure.

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Feb 25, 2016

Its methodical, stop-motion approach to gameplay forces players to be as economical as possible.

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Mar 11, 2016

Superhot might not be a FPS in the vein of Call of Duty or Battlefront but it has it's place in the landscape as a thoughtful, interesting, and artistically striking game. It brings unique style, compelling puzzling, and a method of making trial and error engaging that is seldom found in other games. Superhot is one of those rare games that anyone can sit down with, make total sense of, and come away classifying it as a great experience.

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Mar 4, 2016

But these are relatively small nitpicks for a game that's otherwise fun, fresh and full of flair. It's the most innovative shooter I've played in years.

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Feb 26, 2016

Superhot could well turn out to be the year's most ingenious and influential shooter, transforming each taut action scene into both puzzle and wish-fulfilment spectacle. It's short and can feel proscriptive, with trial and error woven into its DNA, but it'll make your heart race, your adrenaline surge and your mind work a little harder. It's a bold, brief and brilliant blaster.

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EGM
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
May 3, 2016

Superhot executes the ideas at its core without flaw, but doesn't step very far outside of those bounds. If you're looking for something to shake up your view of what can be done in a shooter, this is the game for you.

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games(TM)
games™ Team
Top Critic
8 / 10
Apr 28, 2016

A short but uniquely brilliant strategy shooter

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Feb 25, 2016

Is there enough here? I think so. Superhot is a gimmick game, and it was always going to be a gimmick game. I never expected otherwise. But as far as one-trick ponies go this one is pretty stellar, doing its damnedest to make you feel like the consummate badass and leaving you with all sorts of "That was amazing" moments, feats that could never be pulled off at full-speed. Or, at least, not on purpose. And at two hours it gets in, hits hard, and then knows when to get back out again. A rarity, in games.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 11, 2016

A wonderful experience only marred by its brevity.

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8 / 10.0
Jul 21, 2017

A novel and brilliantly executed concept, regrettably dimmed by self-defeating structural choices.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 7, 2016

Price and player expectations do matter, and that's forcing me to temper my praise just a bit. Superhot is a game with truly excellent, original mechanics and a core experience that is constantly doing exciting things without wasting a second of your time. If price weren't a factor it would easily get a 9.0 or even higher.

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8 / 10
Feb 28, 2016

A unique shooter that provides a different style from anything you ever experienced. It's addictive and very fun.

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Mar 5, 2016

'SUPERHOT' is a very accessible arcade game with highly repeatable shooting shenanigans. I can't quite decide if the storyline is trying to be edgy or funny, but it doesn't really work on either level. Thankfully, much of it can be safely ignored in favor of the awesome physics-based gunplay.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 25, 2016

I can remember more than one occasion when I literally yelled out loud after I threw my gun into an opponent's face, grabbed his rifle out of midair and shot him with it. It's a game that doesn't need excessive achievements, unlocks, or leveling up, because playing the game well is so much more rewarding than any creeping XP bar could ever be.

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AR12Gaming
Rizentral
Top Critic
8 / 10
May 30, 2016

I recommend this game to anybody who's looking for a completely new style of playing. Even though it suffers from minor lag and a short story, there is definitely more good than bad here.Excellent: SuperHot is packed full of action without any down moments. The mix of exhilarating gameplay and stunning graphics unite to make one of the most unique games on the market so far in 2016.

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May 3, 2016

SUPERHOT on Xbox One is everything that was good about SUPERHOT on PC

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80%
Aug 1, 2017

SUPERHOT is a great indie release on PS4. The game is highly addictive, and it will keep you playing until the end with its "just one more" draw. It took a handful of gameplay sections for things to "click" for me, but once it did, I couldn't put the controller down until the credits rolled. And once that happens, you'll unlock Endless mode and Challenges, which will test your skills to see if you've really learned everything there is to know about SUPERHOT.

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Mar 15, 2016

It may not be the deepest game we've played this month, but it's pretty darn entertaining.

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