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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

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

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is an Action game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1225 reviews).

12
playing now
74%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
17
Nexus mods (975 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 273 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,225 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 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220212026Week of 2021-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1932026-09-15 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
262Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 26 · peak 55Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

220492026-06-02 — 66 pageviews2026-06-06 — 104 pageviews2026-06-10 — 78 pageviews2026-06-14 — 88 pageviews2026-06-18 — 84 pageviews2026-06-22 — 91 pageviews2026-06-26 — 165 pageviews2026-06-30 — 84 pageviews2026-07-04 — 117 pageviews2026-07-08 — 106 pageviews2026-07-12 — 117 pageviews2026-07-16 — 108 pageviews2026-07-20 — 104 pageviews2026-07-24 — 79 pageviews2026-07-28 — 114 pageviews2026-08-01 — 78 pageviews2026-08-05 — 75 pageviews2026-08-09 — 95 pageviews2026-08-13 — 83 pageviews2026-08-17 — 83 pageviews2026-08-21 — 91 pageviews2026-08-25 — 97 pageviews2026-08-29 — 85 pageviews2026-09-02 — 108 pageviews2026-09-06 — 136 pageviews2026-09-10 — 93 pageviews2026-09-14 — 112 pageviews2026-09-18 — 121 pageviews2026-09-22 — 72 pageviews2026-09-26 — 89 pageviews2026-09-30 — 140 pageviews2026-10-04 — 84 pageviews2026-10-08 — 74 pageviews2026-10-11 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Recent updates

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