
- 77/100
- Players7 ratings
- 74/100
- Critics4 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic20 critic reviews
- 69/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 51/100
- GameFAQsTough-Unforgiving
- 4.2/5
- Player reviews
- 75% positive660 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$39.99
Where to get it

2021 · Granzella · Arcade · Platformer
R-Type Final 2
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.
- Released
- 30 April 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
- Genres
- ArcadePlatformerScienceShoot 'em upShooter
- Developers
- Granzella
- Publishers
- Irem
- Series
- R-Type
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7ESRB E10+CLASS_IND 10ACB MUSK 6CERO BGRAC 12+
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain)
- Entry
- #6 in R-Type
- Time to beat
- 2.5hmain story16hcompletionist
- Composers
- Mai Iida, Yuki Iwai
About
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.
The western versions of the game are published by NIS America. R-Type Final 2 is the first game in the series to be released outside of Japan since R-Type Dimensions in 2009. It was released on April 30, 2021, and Final 3 Evolved was released in late April 2023.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Development
On April 1, 2019, Granzella released a teaser trailer for R-Type Final 2. Later that day, the company confirmed via Twitter that the game was not an April Fools joke and was actively in development. A crowdfunding campaign was announced to be taking place in May, with an additional campaign also taking place in October the same year. The crowdfunding campaign ended on November 1, 2019, raising total of US$1,094,459 (¥118,673,775), to be develop in-game contents, including tribute battle stages from the previous R-TYPE titles, worldwide subtitles support.
The developers announced that there would be rewards to give to those who contributed, receiving different sets of gifts depending on the various funded tiers they made into the project; these sets include the physical copy of the game, its digital version, the original soundtrack CD, a hardcover art book, and a T-shirt, as well as the contributor's name to be featured in the endgame credits. There were also 4 brand new player-ships developed for the title. The game was developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4.
Reception
The PlayStation 4 version of R-Type Final 2 sold 8,693 physical copies within its first week on sale in Japan, and was the twelfth best-selling retail game of the week in the country.
The Xbox Series X/S version of R-Type Final 2 received generally positive reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. The PlayStation 4 and Switch versions of R-Type Final 2 received mixed or average reviews.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 4R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 6R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 9R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 8R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 5R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 3R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 2R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 1R-Type Final 2: DLC Set 7
In the same series
NEC exclusive75R-type
1987 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC +13
Irem
76R-Type 2
1989 · Amiga, Android +3
Irem
Nintendo exclusive80R-Type III: The Third Lightning
1993 · Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Switch 2 +2
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PlayStation exclusive80R-Type Delta
1998 · PlayStation, PlayStation 3 +1
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PlayStation exclusive80R-Type Final
2003 · PlayStation 2
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Nintendo exclusive68Super R-Type
1991 · SNES, Wii
Irem
85R-Type Leo
1992 · Arcade
Irem
PlayStation exclusive70R-Type Command
2007 · PlayStation Portable
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PlayStation exclusiveR-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate
2009 · PlayStation Portable
Irem

R-Type DX
2014 · Port · Android, iOS
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