<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2018	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
or	O
two	O
players	O
traverse	O
procedurally	O
generated	O
levels	O
using	O
several	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
Sam	O
"	O
Serious	O
"	O
Stone	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
use	O
two	O
weapons	O
,	O
a	O
melee	B-Application
attack	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
"	O
ultimate	O
"	O
ability	O
that	O
requires	O
the	O
prior	O
defeat	O
of	O
several	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
was	O
born	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
mobile	O
driving	O
game	O
presented	O
to	O
and	O
reworked	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
Croteam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Croteam	O
Incubator	O
programme	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
franchise	O
and	O
renamed	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
I	I-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
,	O
later	O
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
publishing	O
deal	O
with	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
was	O
reached	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
May	O
2018	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
Croteam	O
Incubator	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
and	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
port	O
that	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
a	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
spin-off	O
in	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
melee	B-Application
attack	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
can	O
deflect	O
enemies	O
 '	O
projectiles	O
and	O
kill	O
nearby	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
chooses	O
from	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
characters	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
,	O
Broforce	B-Device
,	O
Hotline	B-Application
Miami	I-Application
,	O
Enter	B-Application
the	I-Application
Gungeon	I-Application
,	O
Nuclear	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
and	O
Shadow	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
franchises	O
,	O
including	O
Serious	B-Device
Sams	I-Device
protagonist	O
,	O
Sam	O
"	O
Serious	O
"	O
Stone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
can	O
be	O
played	O
cooperatively	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
local	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
,	O
an	O
indie	O
game	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Zagreb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
initially	O
created	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
of	O
which	O
some	O
were	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
's	O
debut	O
game	O
was	O
Monster	O
Loops	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
co-developed	O
with	O
the	O
Serbian	O
studio	O
Mad	O
Head	O
Games	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
travelled	O
to	O
the	O
Reboot	O
Develop	O
conference	O
in	O
Split	O
to	O
exhibit	O
Monster	O
Loops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prototype	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
two	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
employees	O
in	O
their	O
free	O
time	O
,	O
involved	O
tapping	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
to	O
make	O
a	O
car	O
turn	O
,	O
drift	O
,	O
and	O
spin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stemming	O
from	O
this	O
encounter	O
,	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
and	O
Croteam	O
communicated	O
weekly	O
and	O
,	O
after	O
approximately	O
a	O
month	O
,	O
Croteam	O
suggested	O
that	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
build	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
a	O
month	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
reworked	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
franchise	O
and	O
presented	O
a	O
prototype	O
to	O
Croteam	O
,	O
which	O
greenlit	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
consisted	O
of	O
six	O
full-time	O
employees	O
and	O
one	O
part-time	O
worker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
used	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Croteam	O
arranged	O
a	O
publishing	O
deal	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
published	O
several	O
of	O
Croteam	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
named	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
I	I-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
,	O
later	O
shortened	O
to	O
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Croteam	O
and	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
lent	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
creative	O
control	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
only	O
sometimes	O
giving	O
advice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Croteam	O
announced	O
that	O
its	O
business	O
incubator	O
programme	O
would	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
Croteam	O
Incubator	O
,	O
with	O
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
under	O
that	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
22	O
May	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
postponed	O
for	O
additional	O
testing	O
before	O
being	O
released	O
on	O
28	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
"	O
late	O
summer	O
"	O
2018	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
19	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
also	O
considered	O
bringing	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
released	O
multiple	O
patches	O
for	O
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
had	O
concluded	O
so	O
that	O
Binx	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
could	O
focus	O
on	O
future	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
was	O
named	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
exhibited	O
at	O
the	O
PAX	O
East	O
trade	O
show	O
by	O
GamesRadar+	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
month	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
which	O
calculated	O
weighted	O
average	O
ratings	O
of	O
71/100	O
for	O
the	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
release	O
,	O
63/100	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
and	O
65/100	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Purchese	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
fun	O
and	O
fast	O
"	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
akin	O
to	O
his	O
experience	O
with	O
Broforce	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purchese	O
also	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
"	O
bright	O
"	O
visual	O
style	O
of	O
I	B-Application
Hate	I-Application
Running	I-Application
Backwards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
