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R-Type Final 2 cover art

R-Type Final 2

Granzella Inc. · NIS America, Inc. · 2021-04-30

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Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 30, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 30, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Apr 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 30, 2021 (Xbox One)

R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.

8
playing now
75%
positive of 823 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

R-Type Final 2 is a horizontal-scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Granzella. Part of Irem's long-running R-Type series, it is a sequel to R-Type Final released in 2004, and the first R-Type game in over a decade, after the release of R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate in 2009. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on April 29, 2021. An updated version titled R-Type Final 3 Evolved was released for the PlayStation 5 on March 23, 2023.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 823 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Humble Store (2023-10-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 15 of 36 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$19.992021-04-052026-08-302021-04-05 — best price $39.992021-10-22 — best price $39.992021-11-22 — best price $31.992021-12-04 — best price $39.992022-01-06 — best price $39.992022-02-05 — best price $39.992022-03-15 — best price $39.992022-05-06 — best price $31.992022-06-24 — best price $31.992022-07-25 — best price $39.992022-09-03 — best price $39.992022-11-14 — best price $23.992022-12-12 — best price $23.992023-01-20 — best price $23.992023-03-24 — best price $39.992023-05-12 — best price $39.992023-07-18 — best price $39.992023-08-25 — best price $39.992023-10-30 — best price $19.992023-12-02 — best price $39.992024-01-10 — best price $39.992024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-06-17 — best price $19.992024-07-18 — best price $19.992024-08-22 — best price $39.992024-11-08 — best price $39.992024-12-11 — best price $19.992025-01-11 — best price $39.992025-03-10 — best price $20.002025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-05-24 — best price $39.992025-07-25 — best price $20.002025-09-04 — best price $39.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $39.992025-12-22 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-30 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

45152026-05-30 — 33 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-05 — 36 pageviews2026-06-08 — 33 pageviews2026-06-11 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 24 pageviews2026-06-17 — 22 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-23 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-05 — 31 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-11 — 26 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 32 pageviews2026-07-20 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 24 pageviews2026-07-26 — 31 pageviews2026-07-29 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 23 pageviews2026-08-07 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 26 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-19 — 22 pageviews2026-08-22 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.1%
earned "1st Mission: Fly Once More"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing19 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)4,4260%82
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,0790%80
PS4 (PlayStation)9671%82
Steam (Steam)7410%82
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1942%82
Switch (Nintendo)200%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

3DSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiShooterDifficultBullet HellShoot 'Em UpSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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