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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming cover art

Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming

Opus · Marvelous · 2014-04-04

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 04, 2011 (PlayStation Portable), Apr 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 561 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 561 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Opus and published by Marvelous. It is the sequel to Half-Minute Hero. It was released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable before being localized in English for Windows in 2014.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 561 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2015-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
641Apr 2014Feb 2025Apr 2014 — avg 64 · peak 247Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 70Dec 2014 — avg 12 · peak 28Apr 2015 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2015 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2015 — avg 15 · peak 47Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2016 — avg 6 · peak 27Apr 2017 — avg 6 · peak 25Aug 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Feb 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012023-03-232015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-03-30 — best price $2.492017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-10-15 — best price $9.992019-11-10 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-05-06 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-05-06 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2032026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 12 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 18 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 12 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 17 pageviews2026-09-05 — 9 pageviews2026-09-09 — 19 pageviews2026-09-13 — 17 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
14.2%
earned "Casino Time"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-05-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)88811%32

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGIndieRetroActionComedyAdventureAction RPGFast-Paced

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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