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NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black cover art

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2025-01-23

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Ninja Gaiden · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jan 23, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.

44
playing now
78%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 75h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, stylized as Ninja Gaiden Σ2, is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation 3. It is a port of the 2008 Xbox 360 video game Ninja Gaiden II. It includes the entirety of the original story mode as well as various changes to the game's design, along with updated textures and a 720p resolution. The game changes Ninja Gaiden II in a similar, but not identical way to how Ninja Gaiden Sigma changed the original Ninja Gaiden. A port for the PlayStation Vita, titled Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus, was released in 2013.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 106 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,176 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 83k–186k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,136 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$58.25

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.85 at GameBillet (2026-03-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $58.47 · on sale 67 of 89 observed days · $29.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#11)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
92892820252026Week of 2025-01-23: 928 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 248 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

59172026-08-12 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 45 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 59 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 52 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 38 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 33 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 42 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$58.47$20.852025-01-232026-08-272025-01-23 — best price $49.992025-03-12 — best price $43.222025-04-08 — best price $49.992025-04-16 — best price $34.992025-06-09 — best price $31.002025-06-23 — best price $44.992025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-08-01 — best price $27.492025-08-16 — best price $42.252025-09-30 — best price $49.992025-11-17 — best price $25.492025-12-02 — best price $42.252025-12-19 — best price $24.982026-01-07 — best price $44.892026-02-12 — best price $29.992026-02-28 — best price $44.892026-03-26 — best price $44.992026-04-01 — best price $24.992026-04-24 — best price $20.852026-05-08 — best price $44.892026-06-10 — best price $25.002026-06-19 — best price $43.062026-06-26 — best price $21.752026-07-11 — best price $44.892026-07-29 — best price $24.342026-08-03 — best price $24.662026-08-07 — best price $24.642026-08-12 — best price $57.592026-08-17 — best price $44.892026-08-21 — best price $58.472026-08-26 — best price $58.312026-08-27 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

279682026-05-30 — 92 pageviews2026-06-02 — 90 pageviews2026-06-05 — 99 pageviews2026-06-08 — 146 pageviews2026-06-11 — 117 pageviews2026-06-14 — 123 pageviews2026-06-17 — 103 pageviews2026-06-20 — 82 pageviews2026-06-23 — 279 pageviews2026-06-26 — 85 pageviews2026-06-29 — 93 pageviews2026-07-02 — 96 pageviews2026-07-05 — 111 pageviews2026-07-08 — 105 pageviews2026-07-11 — 93 pageviews2026-07-14 — 89 pageviews2026-07-17 — 103 pageviews2026-07-20 — 86 pageviews2026-07-23 — 105 pageviews2026-07-26 — 86 pageviews2026-07-29 — 98 pageviews2026-08-01 — 85 pageviews2026-08-04 — 90 pageviews2026-08-07 — 90 pageviews2026-08-10 — 112 pageviews2026-08-13 — 87 pageviews2026-08-16 — 116 pageviews2026-08-19 — 87 pageviews2026-08-22 — 71 pageviews2026-08-25 — 98 pageviews2026-08-26 — 80 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
90.9%
earned "Certain Death"
39.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)23,5231%38
PS5 (PlayStation)5,8188%38
Steam (Steam)1,7563%38

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

Player tags

GoreNinjaActionCombatViolentAdventureDifficultRealisticSwordplayMartial Arts

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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