SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad

Released Sep 2016

“SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad”, the sequel to the NEOGEO fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game, returns to the missions on the Steam battlefield!

53% positive · 163 reviews

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad is a Steam port of a classic NEOGEO arcade game, released on September 28, 2016. The store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained product — an arcade port featuring the original game modes (Arcade, Online Co-Op, Leaderboards, and Settings) with no mention of additional content, DLC, expansions, or ongoing development. There are no DLC listings, no developer communications about future updates, and no roadmap of any kind. This is a finished port of a legacy title that launched as a complete package and has no post-launch content cycle.

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Store description presents the game as a complete arcade port with fixed feature set: Arcade mode, Online Co-Op, Leaderboards, and Settings. No mention of DLC, expansions, or planned updates.

description · Sep 28, 2016 source development ending

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Short description identifies the game as a port of the NEOGEO classic, with no language suggesting ongoing development or future content.

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Details

Developer

SNK CORPORATION

Publisher

SNK CORPORATION

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen

Action Arcade 2D Pixel Graphics Shoot 'Em Up Retro

About this game

“SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad”, the sequel to the NEOGEO fan favorite 2D action shooting game, returns to the missions on the Steam battlefield!

Progress through the bullet hell, and put a stop to DIO's evil plans!

MAIN FEATURES

・ARCADE:

Pick up one of the four mercenary characters available, and fight your way through the bullet hell to put a stop to DIO, a terrorist organization who is threatening the world's leaders to submit to their will.

・MULTIPLAYER:

Connect to Steam and clear missions with a brother-in-arms far away via the Online Co-Op Play feature.

Engage with a fellow countryman or foreign ally, and try to eradicate the terrorist threat known as “DIO”!

・LEADERBOARDS:

Check your current rank & score in “SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad” at any time, as well as those of your friends and other top troopers!

・SETTINGS:

Configure all types of video options, controls and volume sound settings to your preference for the most pleasant “SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad” experience ever.

*The language display can be chosen and changed at any time from the "language" tab in Properties.

** WILL NOT RUN ON Windows XP **