When it comes down to old school gaming genres that has really declined in popularity for over the past two decades 2D rail shooters are definitely high up on the list. Ever since the 80’s and early 90’s 2D rail shooters have dramatically declined in popularity and it seems like ever since the mid 90’s various gaming genres such as fighting, action adventure, stealth, first person shooters had started to increase in popularity. Throughout the 00’s and 10’s it seems like mainly shooters and RPG’s has gained more popularity than any other genre of gaming.

Its possible that rail shooter titles can standout more on consoles such as the Nintendo Switch versus the Xbox One or the PS4. But the idea of rail shooter games becoming more popular on a mainstream level in countries such as the United States seems highly unlikely especially in this day and age. A majority of gamers in America tend to favor story driven games that are realistic opposed to 2D side scrolling shooter titles with little to no plot.