Games like No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
If No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is your kind of game, the closest matches are No More Heroes, No More Heroes 3 and Sunset Suckerpunch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character designs are amazing, comedy still lands well and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle: 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.
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No More Heroes
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Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Top pick for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Fight your way to the top in this HD remaster of everyone's favorite assassin action game! As all-American otaku Travis Touchdown, use your trusty beam katana to hack-and-slash though the competition and claim the title of world's #1 assassin!
No More Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Second-strongest match for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Travis Touchdown is back, baby! The otaku assassin takes up his trusty beam katana once more to slash his way to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings and save the world in the latest entry in the No More Heroes series.
Sunset Suckerpunch
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Meet K8E: a talking, transforming motorcycle-sword-gauntlet. Drive her to meet your enemies, and wield her to crater them into the asphalt. Turn the bodies of your enemies into supersonic projectiles in fast-paced, power-tripping combat. Don't let them take her voice.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Legacy)
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, must face the ambitious Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai, in an all-out war between two rival yakuza clans. An extreme recreation of one of Yakuza’s most beloved entries, now in stunning 4K and unlocked framerates. There can be only one dragon.
Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy)
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Ranked #5 for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
SEGA’s critically-acclaimed entry that started a legend. Become Kazuma Kiryu, an up-and-coming yakuza who takes the fall for the murder of a crime boss, only to emerge from prison ten years later to a changed world. Remastered from the ground up, now in 4K and uncapped framerates on PC.
UPPERS
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Ranked #6 for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
UPPERS is an over-the-top brawler that puts you in control of numerous fighters, including bonus character Daidoji-senpai of the SENRAN KAGURA series. Follow their journey through seven varied Acts across multiple difficulty levels and a multitude of locations!
DmC: Devil May Cry
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Ranked #7 for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.
Hi-Fi RUSH
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Ranked #8 for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.
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Yakuza 0
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Shares a funny mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Reviewers of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
No More Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Reviewers of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Fight your way to the top in this HD remaster of everyone's favorite assassin action game! As all-American otaku Travis Touchdown, use your trusty beam katana to hack-and-slash though the competition and claim the title of world's #1 assassin!
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Reviewers of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
No More Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Reviewers of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Travis Touchdown is back, baby! The otaku assassin takes up his trusty beam katana once more to slash his way to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings and save the world in the latest entry in the No More Heroes series.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle on Steam right now. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Other recommendable Steam games by GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
killer7
WHY THIS
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan to thwart his plan of world dominance.
No More Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Fight your way to the top in this HD remaster of everyone's favorite assassin action game! As all-American otaku Travis Touchdown, use your trusty beam katana to hack-and-slash though the competition and claim the title of world's #1 assassin!
ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Paint the screen red and travel the cosmos in this bloodstained action adventure game! Witness the latest from Grasshopper Manufacture: the advent of ULTRA-VIOLENT SCIENCE FICTION!
The Silver Case
WHY THIS
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
No More Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Travis Touchdown is back, baby! The otaku assassin takes up his trusty beam katana once more to slash his way to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings and save the world in the latest entry in the No More Heroes series.
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Travis Strikes Again, Beam Katana charged and ready! He's been sucked into the legendary Death Drive Mk II games console, where anyone who collects all the Death Balls has their wishes granted (...or do they?).
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Shadows of the Damned, an action-adventure road trip through hell, has been remastered at last! Get ready for a story about rock, love, and just a little bit of demon slaying.
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
WHY THIS
Another title from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., the studio behind No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Legacy)
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, must face the ambitious Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai, in an all-out war between two rival yakuza clans. An extreme recreation of one of Yakuza’s most beloved entries, now in stunning 4K and unlocked framerates. There can be only one dragon.
Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy)
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
SEGA’s critically-acclaimed entry that started a legend. Become Kazuma Kiryu, an up-and-coming yakuza who takes the fall for the murder of a crime boss, only to emerge from prison ten years later to a changed world. Remastered from the ground up, now in 4K and uncapped framerates on PC.
DmC: Devil May Cry
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.
Hi-Fi RUSH
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.
Frequently asked about No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
- Does No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle work on Steam Deck?
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cost?
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle are No More Heroes, No More Heroes 3, Sunset Suckerpunch.
- Who developed No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle?
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle was developed by GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc., Marvelous Europe.
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