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Truxton 2 cover art

Truxton 2

Bitwave Games · Clear River Games · 2024-04-08

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2024 (Linux), Apr 08, 2024 (Mac)

The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.

93%
positive of 56 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.79
steam price (US)
Truxton II is a 1992 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Toaplan for arcades. It is the sequel to Truxton, which was released in 1988 and later ported to various platforms.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 12,170 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2026-07-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetroSpace1990'sActionAliensArcadeLinearSci-fiTop-Down

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