Manhunt Tips & Cheat Codes

Manhunt does not hand out its cheats: you earn each one by finishing a pair of scenes with a five-star rating on Hardcore difficulty. Only then does the code respond, entered on the title screen, as a typed word on PC or a button sequence on PlayStation 2. That is why so many players believe Manhunt's cheats are broken.

How the Unlocks Work

The game pairs its twenty scenes two by two. Clear scenes one and two with five stars on Hardcore and Runner Mode becomes available; scenes three and four give Silence Mode, and so on up to scenes nineteen and twenty, which unlock the Piggsy skin. Five stars asks for the most brutal executions rather than gunfights, which is the point of the game.

Once a cheat is unlocked, enter it on the title screen. On PC you type the word; on PlayStation 2 you press the sequence. Before the unlock, the same input does nothing at all.

The Cheats Worth Unlocking

Regeneration, from scenes five and six, is the one that changes how the game plays: Cash slowly heals himself, so a botched stealth kill is no longer a reason to reload. On PC the word is HEALBACK.

Super Punch, from scenes eleven and twelve (UHITHARD on PC), turns Cash's fists into weapons, and Silence Mode, from scenes three and four (ALLRDEAF), stops the hunters from hearing you. Runner Mode, the first one you can earn, keeps Cash from tiring when he sprints.

The rest are for a second run: Helium Hunters (THEYBOOM) gives your pursuers squeaky voices, and the rabbit, monkey and Piggsy skins change the way Cash looks. Two cheats, Fully Equipped and Invisibility, exist on PC only.

Manhunt Cheats at a Glance