No More Heroes 3

No More Heroes 3

Developers
	Grasshopper Manufacture
Windows	Bee Tribe
Publishers
	XSEED Games
	Marvelous
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	October 11, 2022
Reception
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Hack and slash, Quick time events, Open world, Mini-games
Vehicles	Motorcycle
Art styles	Stylized, Cel-shaded
Themes	Contemporary, North America
Series	No More Heroes

No More Heroes
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes	2019
No More Heroes	2021
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle	2021
No More Heroes 3	2022

No More Heroes 3 is a third-person hack and slash open world game in the No More Heroes series, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by XSEED Games and Marvelous.
It focuses on Travis Touchdown, an assassin who must climb the Galactic Superhero Rankings in order to stop evil aliens from conquering the world.

The game launched on PC with 2 different ports: the Steam release was based on the original 2021 Nintendo Switch version, while the Microsoft Store port featured the same improvements from the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions such as updated visuals, improved loading times, support for resolutions up to 4K and frame rates higher than 60 FPS, and a newly recorded Japanese voice track.

A patch to bring the Steam version on par with the Microsoft Store port was released on May 2, 2023.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available. DRM-free when starting any of the executables, including the "nmh3.exe" one. Starting the game without Steam will disable controller support. To enable controller support for the game outside of Steam, follow the directions in this Youtube video here

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\No More Heroes 3\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1744330/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\No More Heroes 3\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1744330/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings (In-game)

Graphics settings (External launcher)

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		The game is pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio by default. The Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can be used to achieve true multimonitor support. However, FMV cutscenes will be pillarboxed to 16:9, some UI elements will appear misaligned outside of the aspect ratio, and Vert- will be applied in-game.
Ultra-widescreen		Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio by default. The Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can be used to achieve ultrawide support. However, FMV cutscenes will be pillarboxed to 16:9, some UI elements will appear misaligned outside of the aspect ratio, and Vert- will be applied in-game.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Always uses 8x, regardless of in-game settings.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA with three presets available: "Low" (2x), "Medium" (4x), and "High" (6x).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Vsync seems to not be working correctly at high framerates. See Vertical sync (Vsync) for a fix.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Choice between 30, 60, 120, 144 FPS or Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Screen tearing at High frame rates
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add [SystemSettings] to the bottom of the file, if that section doesn't already exist. Inside that section, add r.Vsync=1.

Input

Keyboard and mouse bindings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Referred to as "Camera Sensitivity". Can be set in intervals of 1, from -5 - 5.
Mouse input in menus		The menus must be navigated with a keyboard as the game lacks a cursor to select any options, but left and right click can still be used for confirm and cancel, respectively.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Referred to as "Vertical Settings". A separate option for "Full Armor Henshin" is also available.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		A mouse or keyboard is required to navigate the external launcher.
Controller remapping		Some actions cannot be remapped. An option to switch the Confirm and Cancel buttons is available.
Controller sensitivity		Referred to as "Camera Sensitivity". Can be set in intervals of 1, from -5 - 5.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Referred to as "Vertical Settings". A separate option for "Full Armor Henshin" is also available.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Supports Switch Pro Controller.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Vibration is always enabled with no option to disable.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)		DualShock 4, Xbox Controller (XB360 and XBone), Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Steam Controller
Steam Controller button prompts

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  Gamepad settings (Xbox One layout)

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  Gamepad settings (DualShock 4 layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Nintendo Switch layout)

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  Camera settings

Audio

Sound settings (In-game)

Sound settings (External launcher)

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for BGM, SFX, and Voice. Can be set in intervals of 1, from 0 - 100, in-game.
Surround sound		Plays up to 6.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

English and Japanese audio can only be swapped while on the main menu or external launcher.

General settings (In-game)

General settings (External launcher)

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish

Issues fixed

SteamVR launches when the game is launched

This only happens if the user has SteamVR installed.

Use -nohmd command line argument

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Launching the game with the RTSS overlay confirms this is a D3D11 game, despite the Steam page listing it as a D3D12 game

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-7700
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

A 64-bit operating system is required.