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Shank 2

Shank 2

The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weap

Released Feb 7, 2012 Developer Klei Entertainment Platforms Windows · Mac ActionBeat 'em upIndie2DAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

82.4%positive3,633 reviews
Recommended · 138 found this helpful

“Sequels are a funny thing. When a game is good-but-not-quite-great, we see the smallest solutions to itty bitty flaws, a few things that could have been spectacular given just a little more spit-shined development time. Yet those few tiny tweaks typically aren't enough to…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 48 found this helpful

“Shank 2 is a cheap game in every way, its hard, and occasionaly unfair. Its hard for me to recommend it. But still, I cant be unfair just because I've lost my nerves playing it. When you make it work it offers decent fun, interesting cartoon-network-like design, and some nice…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Not recommended · 130 found this helpful

“I very much enjoyed Shank and was really looking forward to playing Shank 2. I was very much disappointed. What I liked * The help system. It's location specific, it can give you hints if you die in some particular location or in a boss fight. During the game play there are some…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

448all-time peak
0 50 100 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 93 avg · Dec 2012

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

20achievements
4.0%median completion
2.5%rarest: Ditch Digger
81.8% of players 21.9% of players 16.0% of players 9.8% of players 6.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 81.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.8%The First Dozen — Kill 12 enemies
21.9%Combo King — Do 10 combos of 20 hits or more
16.0%The Story Ends — Complete Campaign Mode on Normal difficulty
Rarest badges of honor
2.5%Ditch Digger — Kill 100 enemies using the shovel
2.7%Not So Fast... — Do 30 counters in one Survival match
2.7%Batter Up! — Execute 150 kills with the baseball bat

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$2.49lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK7.19 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada9.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China16.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$2.4 Brazil Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction · Beat 'em up · Indie · 2D · Adventure · Local Co-Op · Side Scroller · Co-op · Platformer · Gore · Hack and Slash · Mature (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://kleientertainment.com/games/shank-2/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) running at 2.4GHz or greater; AMD Athlon 64 (or equivalent) running at 2.4GHz or greater Memory: 1.5 GB or greater Hard Disk Space: 1.5 GB Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 6800 Ultra (256MB) or ATI Radeon X1950 PRO (256MB) or greater Sound: 100% DirectX9.0c compatible sound card and drivers DirectX®: DirectX June 2010