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Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2022-07-21

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 22, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jul 22, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play more of your favorite arcade hits from yesteryear. Includes SONSON for free!

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium is an Action and Free To Play game released in 2022, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (69% of 1268 reviews).

47
playing now
68%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
3.39★
PlayStation Store rating (10,315 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

47 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Just Like the Good Old Days From 3D-rendered arcade cabinets to scanline filters, there's everything you need to recreate that arcade atmosphere. Fully customizable display settings let you craft your own personal experience and truly relive the glory days of arcade gaming. Brand New Ways to Play With gameplay rewind, speed adjustment, and the ability to save and load your game at any time, your old favorites will feel new all over again! Every game has online leaderboard rankings, so you can see where you stack up against players all over the world! Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, where retro app(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 47 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 207 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.59 at Fanatical (2024-08-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 11 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520222026Week of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

58102026-09-15 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 27 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 58 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 47 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.4k7Jul 2022Aug 2026Jul 2022 — avg 55 · peak 157Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2023 — avg 6,379 · peak 458,580May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 40Sep 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 58Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 62Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 61May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 776Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 52Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 47Nov 2024 — avg 28 · peak 51Jan 2025 — avg 33 · peak 59Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 66May 2025 — avg 34 · peak 69Jul 2025 — avg 37 · peak 58Sep 2025 — avg 26 · peak 73Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 50Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 85Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 82May 2026 — avg 51 · peak 504Jul 2026 — avg 24 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002022-07-082026-10-092022-07-08 — best price $33.992022-08-04 — best price $33.492022-10-19 — best price $33.592022-11-29 — best price $39.992022-12-23 — best price $27.142023-01-12 — best price $33.992023-02-06 — best price $39.992023-03-07 — best price $26.592023-03-29 — best price $36.192023-05-03 — best price $35.952023-06-15 — best price $39.992023-07-29 — best price $27.792023-09-03 — best price $28.902023-10-05 — best price $29.992023-11-17 — best price $18.212023-12-11 — best price $16.792024-01-05 — best price $33.972024-02-11 — best price $16.542024-03-28 — best price $18.002024-04-25 — best price $39.992024-06-01 — best price $37.992024-07-08 — best price $20.002024-08-09 — best price $36.862024-08-29 — best price $39.992024-09-27 — best price $33.802024-11-01 — best price $17.192024-12-02 — best price $33.802024-12-27 — best price $37.992025-01-24 — best price $16.772025-02-24 — best price $33.802025-03-27 — best price $20.002025-04-18 — best price $16.772025-05-15 — best price $34.792025-06-08 — best price $37.992025-07-16 — best price $34.792025-08-27 — best price $33.802025-09-18 — best price $19.802025-10-13 — best price $33.802026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
27.1%
earned "Welcome to the Stadium"
12.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesSteam Cloud50 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 50 DLC released, first 2022-07-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)10,1032%19
Xbox One (Xbox)6,7322%19
Steam (Steam)4,0622%19
Switch (Nintendo)7160%0

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

Player tags

2D3D1980sRetro1990'sActionArcade2D FighterLocal Co-OpFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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