im having the same problem i just bought it a couple hours ago

I had the same issue. You need to run the game in Windows 7. You can go into the game files and right click> Properties. i dont remember from there but Ai will tell you if u paste my message in.
The Windows 7 version works better.

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Originally posted by eoincoughlan365:

I had the same issue. You need to run the game in Windows 7. You can go into the game files and right click> Properties. i dont remember from there but Ai will tell you if u paste my message in.
The Windows 7 version works better.

Sure sure but I'm not downloading windows 7 just to play a 2D game

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Originally posted by Golfizta100:

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No, just answer my question

Hotline Miami requires DirectX because it relies on the DirectX 9.0c runtime libraries to handle its graphics rendering, audio processing, and hardware communication on Windows or you can Browse your local files and launch the game directly using HotlineGL.exe rather than HotlineMiami.exe

Originally posted by SOMBRAUI:

Hotline Miami requires DirectX because it relies on the DirectX 9.0c runtime libraries to handle its graphics rendering, audio processing, and hardware communication on Windows or you can Browse your local files and launch the game directly using HotlineGL.exe rather than HotlineMiami.exe

didnt work aswell

I think we're just cooked and not able to play, I've been tryna fix this for 2 days and still can't open it. It says "running" for a few seconds then stops

same, ive tried some guides i saw but none of them seem to be working