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River City Girls 2 cover art

River City Girls 2

WayForward · 2022-12-14

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!

9
playing now
85%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (269 downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (901 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

River City Girls 2 is a 2022 beat 'em up video game developed by WayForward and co-published by them and Arc System Works. It is the sequel to the 2019 game River City Girls, itself a spin-off the Kunio-kun franchise. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, in December 2022. A mobile port, published by Crunchyroll Games was released on Android and iOS on November 20, 2024. The game continues the story of friends Kyoko and Misako following the events of the 2019 game as they team up with their boyfriends Kunio and Riki to defeat a new threat to their community, recruiting more fighters in the form of Marian and Provie along the way.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (512 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,026 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.39 at Fanatical (2024-12-05) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 90 of 134 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41241220222026Week of 2022-12-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-09-15 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
43012Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 430 · peak 826Feb 2023 — avg 47 · peak 120Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 46Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 47Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 44Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 31Dec 2023 — avg 33 · peak 83Feb 2024 — avg 21 · peak 50Apr 2024 — avg 22 · peak 58Jun 2024 — avg 26 · peak 66Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 63 · peak 188Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 88Apr 2025 — avg 39 · peak 100Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 52Aug 2025 — avg 25 · peak 56Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 48Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 64Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 54Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 58Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002022-10-122026-10-092022-10-12 — best price $39.992023-02-13 — best price $29.992023-07-17 — best price $39.992023-08-16 — best price $39.992023-10-09 — best price $29.992023-11-23 — best price $39.992024-01-02 — best price $24.992024-02-09 — best price $23.992024-03-18 — best price $27.892024-04-23 — best price $39.992024-06-17 — best price $20.992024-07-31 — best price $39.992024-09-16 — best price $18.232024-10-22 — best price $31.882024-11-30 — best price $31.492025-01-16 — best price $23.992025-02-17 — best price $15.492025-04-05 — best price $31.492025-05-08 — best price $15.992025-06-27 — best price $31.492025-07-26 — best price $39.992025-08-26 — best price $39.992025-09-22 — best price $39.992025-11-07 — best price $15.992025-12-08 — best price $12.762026-01-12 — best price $20.392026-02-12 — best price $17.002026-03-18 — best price $20.002026-04-11 — best price $31.492026-05-05 — best price $31.882026-06-05 — best price $17.902026-07-07 — best price $15.992026-07-31 — best price $12.802026-08-24 — best price $39.992026-10-09 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

524342026-05-30 — 55 pageviews2026-06-03 — 60 pageviews2026-06-07 — 55 pageviews2026-06-11 — 45 pageviews2026-06-15 — 50 pageviews2026-06-19 — 50 pageviews2026-06-23 — 52 pageviews2026-06-27 — 112 pageviews2026-07-01 — 69 pageviews2026-07-05 — 310 pageviews2026-07-09 — 160 pageviews2026-07-13 — 58 pageviews2026-07-17 — 52 pageviews2026-07-21 — 73 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-29 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 34 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 58 pageviews2026-08-14 — 64 pageviews2026-08-18 — 56 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 49 pageviews2026-08-30 — 51 pageviews2026-09-03 — 45 pageviews2026-09-07 — 57 pageviews2026-09-11 — 43 pageviews2026-09-15 — 39 pageviews2026-09-19 — 43 pageviews2026-09-23 — 49 pageviews2026-09-27 — 40 pageviews2026-10-01 — 39 pageviews2026-10-05 — 48 pageviews2026-10-08 — 37 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90.3%
earned "Double-Chocolate Donuts"
30.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad Recommended1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-12-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1624%62
PS5 (PlayStation)1,1216%63
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)8437%62
PS5 (PlayStation)42910%63
PS4 (PlayStation)42312%63
PS4 (PlayStation)27311%63
Switch (Nintendo)940%0
Switch (Nintendo)500%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteAnimeActionComedyColorfulAdventureAction RPGComic Book

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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