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…

74 30 April 2021

Arcade Platform Shooter Action Science fiction

R-Type Final 2 is an arcade developed by Granzella, released 30 April 2021 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What R-Type Final 2 is

R-Type Final 2 is an arcade game developed by Granzella and released in 2021. It was published by NIS America. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

R-Type Final 2 holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

R-Type Final 2 launched on 30 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Returnal. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Returnal.

Cheats and codes

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