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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cover art

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. · XSEED Games · 2021-06-09

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 26, 2010 (Wii)

Continue the fight in the HD remaster of the second entry in everyone's favorite assassin action series! After falling down the ranks of the United Assassins Association, Travis Touchdown whips out his beam katana to reclaim his rightful spot at the top.

5
playing now
74%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Wii. The sequel to No More Heroes (2007), it was released by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan, Ubisoft in North America, and Rising Star Games in PAL territories in 2010. The game continues the story of professional assassin Travis Touchdown; upon discovering that a corporation's CEO placed a hit on his best friend, Travis rejoins the ranks to fight his way through an even greater number of assassins to confront his best friend's killer and attain revenge.

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  • · Top 32% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,214 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1322026-08-11 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992021-06-092026-08-132021-06-09 — best price $17.992021-09-23 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992021-12-23 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-05-05 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $14.992022-09-19 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-04-28 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-02-19 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-25 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-09-07 — best price $9.992024-11-05 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-09-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-11-13 — best price $9.992025-11-27 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-02-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "Got a head"
51.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9735%22
Switch (Nintendo)2390%0
Switch (Nintendo)310%0
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

3DCatsGoreActionCombatComedyViolentAssassinMinigamesMotorbike

Census log

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

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