Ludography
Second Chance Heroes cover

2014 · Action role-playing · Beat 'em up

Second Chance Heroes

PlayStation console exclusive

A cooperative action adventure where you collect preposterous historical figures to fight waves of strange monsters. Just this once, you\'ll find Napoleon needs to rally around Queen Elizabeth\'s Union Jack in order to heal and survive. \" Napoleon yelled. \"Second Chance Heroes is a game of rivals, who are forced to be friends to kill re-animated cheeseburgers.

Released
30 September 2014
Platforms
PlayStation 4WindowsiOSmacOS
Genres
Action role-playingBeat 'em upRole-playing
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionFantasyHistoricalComedy
Age ratings
ESRB M

About

Second Chance Heroes is a 2014 action role-playing hack and slash video game by Canadian indie developer Rocket City Studios that revolves around clones of historical figures fighting enemy forces in an apocalyptic arena. It was released on July 4, 2014. Shortly after the games release it was removed from all app stores and digital marketplaces. The reason for the removal is unknown.

Keywords

  • post-apocalyptic
  • cross-platform multiplayer
  • steam greenlight
  • explosion
  • digital distribution
  • 4 player co-op
  • saving the world
  • arcade cabinet

Media

Second Chance Heroes screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game featured a variety of clones of historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Napoleon and Elizabeth I fighting their way through swarms of enemies during 26 apocalyptic levels.

Reception

Second Chance Heroes received generally positive reviews on iOS from critics, attaining scores of 83.33% and 84/100 on aggregate review websites GameRankings and Metacritic respectively.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
iOS17 February 2014Worldwide
Windows4 July 2014Worldwide
macOS4 July 2014Worldwide
PlayStation 430 September 2022North America

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