Hitman – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Hitman

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game2016

78%

WISE Score

80%

IGDB

A high-stakes game of hide-and-seek where the goal is professional assassination—and the methods are as creative as they are dark.

Hitman

game

2016

78%

WISE Score

80%

IGDB

A high-stakes game of hide-and-seek where the goal is professional assassination—and the methods are as creative as they are dark.

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Screenwise Verdict

Hitman is a brilliant, cold-blooded puzzle game wearing the suit of a third-person shooter. It's less about the 'action' and more about the 'setup'—spending forty minutes disguised as a waiter just to poison a single glass of champagne.

For a parent, the hurdle isn't just the violence; it's the premise. You are the bad guy. But if you have a teenager who loves strategy, architectural detail, and slow-burn tension, this is one of the most rewarding 'thinking' games ever made. Just ensure they're old enough to handle the dry, detached way the game treats human life.

Age Fit

This is firmly for older teens (16+) and adults. The complexity of the systems and the mature, cynical tone of the narrative will go over the heads of younger kids, even if you're okay with the violence.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

The core loop is professional assassination. While it's stylized and often satirical, there is no getting around the fact that you're playing a cold-blooded killer for hire.

Imaginative

The sandbox design is a masterclass in 'what if' gameplay. It rewards players for exploring intricate clockwork environments and finding creative, non-obvious solutions to complex problems.

Safe

It's an M-rated game centered on violence. However, it lacks the toxic social layers of multiplayer games and the gore is clinical rather than gratuitous.

Enriching

It's essentially a high-stakes logic puzzle. It demands extreme patience, spatial awareness, and the ability to predict cause-and-effect chains within a complex system.

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Why It Might Be Great

Masterful sandbox levels that feel like living, breathing dioramas of locations like Paris, Italy, and Japan.
Rewarding patience over twitch reflexes; you'll spend more time eavesdropping and planning than actually pulling a trigger.
Darkly funny writing that satirizes the ultra-wealthy and the absurd world of high-fashion and corporate espionage.
Infinite replayability thanks to 'Escalation' contracts and community-made challenges that change how you view each map.

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What to Watch For

The game is literally about killing people for money. While it's framed as a 'spy thriller,' the moral compass is non-existent.
Some 'kills' can be disturbing or macabre, like drowning a target in a toilet or using a woodchipper, even if the graphics aren't hyper-gory.
The episodic structure can be confusing; in 2026, you're better off looking for the 'World of Assassination' bundle which collects everything in one place.
It requires an always-online connection for many features, which is a major headache if your Wi-Fi is spotty.

Conversation Starters

"Why is it more satisfying to finish a level without anyone ever knowing you were there?"
"How does the game use disguises to talk about social class and who we choose to 'see' in the real world?"
"If you had to solve a problem using only the items in this room, what's the most 'Agent 47' solution you can think of?"
"Does the fact that the targets are 'bad people' make the assassination feel different than if they were innocent?"

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