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Hotline Miami meets Payday in tactical top-down shooter Phantom Squad

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Phantom
Genres · adventure, indie, rpg
Release · May 27, 2017
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6 articles 6 writers 0 reviews
Hotline Miami
SERIESSubject
Hotline Miami
Active · 2012–2017
Latest · Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Top genres · fps
73 articles 67 writers 3 games
Squad
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Squad
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2015
Latest · Kerbal Space Program
Top genres · simulation
89 articles 83 writers 3 games
The Phantom
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The Phantom
Active · 1995
Latest · Phantom 2040
Top genres · platformer
326 articles 170 writers 1 games
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