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Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 cover art

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2020-06-21

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Franchise: Azure Striker Gunvolt · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2016 (Nintendo 3DS), Jul 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

The ultra-refined 2D side-scrolling action you remember from "Azure Striker Gunvolt" is recharged and better than ever! In Gunvolt 2, series anti-hero Copen joins the fray as a playable character! Copy abilities from defeated boss characters and use them as your own!

93%
positive of 601 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, known as Armed Blue: Gunvolt Sou in Japan, is a 2D side-scrolling action-platform video game developed and published by Inti Creates for the Nintendo 3DS. The sequel to Azure Striker Gunvolt, it was released in Japan on August 25, 2016 and worldwide on September 29, 2016. A compilation containing the game and its predecessor, titled Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack, was also available at retail in Japan and North America. Striker Pack was later released for Nintendo Switch on August 31, 2017 and PlayStation 4 on April 23, 2020. The standalone game was ported to Windows on June 22, 2020 and was released for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on July 14, 2022. A sequel, Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 was released in 2022 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 15,414 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 601 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-65%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 25 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320202026Week of 2020-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.992020-06-222026-09-162020-06-22 — best price $15.992020-10-29 — best price $12.992020-12-22 — best price $10.992021-03-04 — best price $9.992021-06-05 — best price $9.992021-07-16 — best price $10.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-01-13 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-09-14 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992023-02-06 — best price $9.992023-04-26 — best price $9.992023-08-09 — best price $9.992023-10-26 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-06-13 — best price $7.992024-08-08 — best price $7.992024-10-28 — best price $7.992024-12-11 — best price $7.992025-01-17 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-06-07 — best price $7.992025-07-17 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-01-31 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-23 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "Just What Is She...?"
28.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)63413%25
Xbox One (Xbox)13410%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieRetroActionPlatformer2D PlatformerSide ScrollerPixel GraphicsGreat Soundtrack

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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