HITMAN 2 vs Hitman: Blood Money
HITMAN 2 is an open-world puzzle game from IO Interactive A/S (2018) while Hitman: Blood Money is an action-adventure puzzle game from Feral Interactive (2006).
What each one is
Steam files HITMAN 2 under Open-World and Puzzle. In contrast, it files Hitman: Blood Money under Action-Adventure and Puzzle.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
At a glance
| HITMAN 2 | Hitman: Blood Money | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.1/10 | 7.9/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (91%, 74,796) | Very Positive (94%, 16,066) |
| Critic aggregate | 82/100 | 82/100 |
| Price | Not listed | $9.99 |
| Install size | 60 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | verified | playable |
| Released | 2018 | 2006 |
| Developer | IO Interactive A/S | Feral Interactive |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
HITMAN 2 vs Hitman: Blood Money, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
HITMAN 2Open-world puzzle gameHitman: Blood MoneyAction-adventure puzzle gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
HITMAN 2Stealth, Assassin, ActionHitman: Blood MoneyStealth, Action, AssassinThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
HITMAN 2 ✓Score 8.1 · 91% on Steam · 82 criticHitman: Blood MoneyScore 7.9 · 94% on Steam · 82 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
HITMAN 274,796 reviews · 60 GBHitman: Blood Money16,066 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
HITMAN 2Not listedHitman: Blood Money$9.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
HITMAN 2 ✓VerifiedHitman: Blood MoneyPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
HITMAN 2 takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
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2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Mobile
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How positions are decided
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: HITMAN 2 (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
- Better on a Steam Deck: HITMAN 2 (verified)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: HITMAN 2 (74,796 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
StealthAssassinActionSingleplayerThird PersonSandboxStrategyPuzzle
Where they differ
MultiplayerViolentOpen WorldGoreCo-opFunny
ClassicCult ClassicReplay ValueCrimeFirst-PersonDifficult
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, HITMAN 2 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Hitman: Blood Money is demanding, for players who want a challenge.
System requirements, side by side
| HITMAN 2 | Hitman: Blood Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7870 | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940 | — |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | — |
| Install size | 60 GB | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: HITMAN 2 · Hitman: Blood Money.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for HITMAN 2 and 0 for Hitman: Blood Money. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are HITMAN 2 and Hitman: Blood Money in scope?
HITMAN 2 has drawn 74,796 Steam reviews and installs in 60 GB. Hitman: Blood Money has drawn 16,066 Steam reviews.
Is HITMAN 2 or Hitman: Blood Money better?
By the GamingPickz Score, HITMAN 2 rates higher (8.1 to 7.9). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, HITMAN 2 or Hitman: Blood Money?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.