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The Rumble Fish 2 cover art

The Rumble Fish 2

株式会社3goo · 2022-12-07

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 07, 2005 (Arcade), Dec 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A legendary arcade game developed by Dimps in 2005. This fighting game gained popularity for its smooth visuals powered by S.M.A as well as the high level of strategy driven by its 2-gauge system. And with the addition of new current-gen features it's even easier to play.

52%
positive of 64 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
The Rumble Fish 2 (ザ・ランブルフィッシュ2) is a 2D fighting game for the Atomiswave arcade platform. It was produced by Dimps and published by Sammy. It is the sequel to The Rumble Fish, bringing in several new additions. A re-release on Taito's NESiCAxLive arcade digital delivery service was made available in 2012.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 19,640 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 18 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020222026Week of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$5.992022-12-072026-09-072022-12-07 — best price $29.992023-05-01 — best price $25.492023-06-19 — best price $29.992023-08-07 — best price $19.492023-09-25 — best price $29.992023-11-22 — best price $16.492024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $11.242024-07-22 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $11.242024-11-25 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $7.492025-06-16 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $6.742025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-01 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-27 — best price $14.992026-04-02 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $12.442026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-27 — best price $12.442026-08-17 — best price $12.442026-09-07 — best price $12.44
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

37102026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 30 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 26 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 24 pageviews2026-07-25 — 29 pageviews2026-07-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 25 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-15 — 22 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-30 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-08 — 20 pageviews2026-09-11 — 19 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-20 — 23 pageviews2026-09-23 — 22 pageviews2026-09-25 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards3 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-12-07 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DPvPAnimeFunnyRetroActionArcadeFighting2D FighterController

Census log

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

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