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No More Heroes

No More Heroes

GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. · released Jun 9, 2021

ActionPCWii, Nintendo Switch

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!

81
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence +11 since launch

launched at 70, updates lifted it to 81

anchored at patch: “Patch notes 4/29/25” (1y ago)

70%
At launch
84%
Steam all-time
83%
Press
86%
Player sentiment
93%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)8315
All-time Steam reviews84%771000
Metacritic user ratings8750
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)93%87722
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Apr 29, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 722 total reviews in window · weighted 226.1 up / 17.6 down · computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Patch notes 4/29/25
    Apr 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window