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A drug-fueled hitman tears through 1970s Las Vegas mob hideouts in top-down shootouts, close combat, and improvised attacks.
Released 05 Feb 2026
Kick Objects Into Enemies
Slide Through Gunfights
Chain Brutal Finishers
Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat
Developed by Transhuman Design · Published by Transhuman Design
Set in a hallucinatory 1970s Las Vegas, Jackal follows a hitman taking on the city’s mob. A supernatural associate accompanies him as the story moves through crime-filled locations and blurs the line between reality and hallucination.
Play from a top-down perspective, fighting with firearms and melee weapons. Slide into close combat, kick enemies, and turn nearby objects into attacks; finishers add another way to dispatch foes. The game emphasizes direct assaults rather than stealth.
Levels use randomized layouts, and deaths can bring another attempt with a changed setup. The campaign offers selectable difficulty, unlockable powers and gameplay modifiers, with speedrun levels providing another way to replay.
Players who enjoy Jackal often praise its vivid visual style, soundtrack, voice acting, and surreal exchanges between the hitman and his companion. Many also find the fast, violent combat satisfying, especially when sliding, using the environment, and chaining attacks. Randomized layouts, powers, modifiers, and difficulty options appeal to players looking for reasons to replay, though the sample also includes substantial criticism of the combat feel and campaign length.
No stealth. No hiding. Just a superhuman wrecking ball obliterating entire crime families. Loot their vaults. Claim their dames.
The mob built Vegas. You'll rip it apart.
Become a coked-up John Wick who can turn Vegas into a stage for improvised carnage.
Faster than thought. Stronger than any wiseguy with a gun. Reloading just slows you down.
Become unstoppable. Unkillable. Undisputed.
Each raid is different with:
unlockable drug superpowers
randomly generated rooms
stackable gameplay mutators
an arsenal of brutal finishers
variety of enemy types
iconic Las Vegas locations
iconic 70s weapons
weaponized items fueling endless creative violence
Go back to a time of smoke-choked rooms, acid-laced jazz, and when immorality was still in style.
Immerse in a psychedelic noir story where a hitman and his supernatural associate navigate a 1970s mob filled Vegas where every housecleaning job bleeds into the next and reality's just another bad trip.
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
With the voice of Matthew Curtis ('I Am Your Beast')
Created by Michał Marcinkowski ('Soldat', 'Maniac', 'Butcher')
Inspired by 'Hotline Miami', 'OTXO', 'I Am Your Beast', 'John Wick', 'Pulp Fiction', 'Fear and Loathing In Vegas', 'Goodfellas', 'Cowboy Bebop'
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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