R-Type Dimensions EX
Skip · Shooter · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$14.99Skip
On its price record
$7.44Fair
- Length
- 1h 5.9h to 100%
- Value
- $14.99/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 329 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.44 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 5000, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 43 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 60 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kero Blaster ($9.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Contra Anniversary Collection ($19.99, scores 34).
More about R-Type Dimensions EX
Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 196 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 61 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1 hours. Doing everything runs 6, 5.9 times as long.
At 1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
43% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
R-Type Dimensions EX is a carefully crafted revival of two of the most influential side-scrolling shoot 'em ups ever made, developed by Tozai Games, Inc. in collaboration with ESQUADRA, Inc. and published by Tozai Games, Inc. Rather than attempting to reinvent the formula, this release focuses on preservation, accessibility, and respectful modernization, bringing R-Type and R-Type II together in a single package...
1 more review
I can't believe this soundtrack album comes with a free game. Joking aside, this is a pair of classic shoot em ups that are so hard, that the default recommended way to play is with a new game mode that gives you infinite lives. These games are super fun, but also they are that classic "arcade-hard" where it wanted to take your quarters. Still really enjoyable, especially when switching from the classic games to the...
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Cite this score
R-Type Dimensions EX scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/928390/r-type-dimensions-exReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.