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Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night is the eighth main entry in the Touhou Project series of bullet hell shoot-'em-ups, created by Jun'ya Ota (ZUN) and released in 2004. The game is distinguished by its two-character team system, allowing players to switch between a human and a youkai protagonist wi...
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Top-tier Touhou reputation with rich character teams, strong scoring, and iconic soundtrack; widely considered among the series best.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom is the seventh main installment in the Touhou Project series of bullet hell shoot-'em-up games, created by Jun'ya "ZUN" Ota and released by Team Shanghai Alice in August 2003 for Windows PC. It introduced a cherry blossom-based scoring system where collecting cherry it...
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One of Touhou's most acclaimed entries, praised for music, bosses, and elegant systems; enduring fan favorite.
ui.x_scoring_methodology"Touhou: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom" is a bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by Team Shanghai Alice, also known as Jun'ya Ota or ZUN. Released in 2015 as the fifteenth main entry in the Touhou Project series, the game features the traditional vertical scrolling, high-density projectile dodging the fr...
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Highly regarded for checkpoint mode and intense design; acclaimed by experts, though brutal difficulty and route strictness divide players.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is a bullet-hell shoot-em-up game developed by Team Shanghai Alice, the doujin circle of Japanese developer ZUN. Released in August 2002, it is the sixth game in the Touhou Project series and the first to be released for Windows PC, following earlier titles on the...
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Foundational Windows Touhou entry with huge cultural impact; beloved patterns and music, but rougher balance and presentation than later peaks.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou Luna Nights is a challenging 2D metroidvania game created by Team Ladybug. It builds upon the established Touhou universe, offering intricate level design and demanding combat reminiscent of the popular bullet-hell shooter series. The game’s focus on precise movement and strategic dodging mak...
Touhou: Mountain of Faith is a bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by Team Shanghai Alice, specifically the solo developer ZUN, and released in 2007. As the tenth main entry in the Touhou Project series, the game streamlines previous gameplay mechanics by introducing a simplified power system where c...
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Well-liked Touhou refresh with accessible systems and strong music; some fans miss bombs-as-items and older complexity.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou: Subterranean Animism is the eleventh main installment in the Touhou Project series of bullet hell shoot 'em ups, created by the solo developer known as ZUN and released in 2008. The game features a vertical scrolling format where players navigate underground caverns filled with spirits and s...
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Respected for challenge, music, and partner variety; difficulty spikes and polarizing mechanics keep consensus below series peaks.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou: Unconnected Marketeers is the eighteenth main installment in the Touhou Project series of bullet hell shooters, developed by Team Shanghai Alice and released in 2021. It introduces a card-acquisition mechanic where players purchase ability cards from mid-stage vendors to gain passive buffs a...
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Card system adds modern progression and experimentation; positive reception, with some criticism of randomness and balance.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom is a vertical-scrolling bullet hell shooter developed by Team Shanghai Alice and released in 2003. Designed by the sole developer known as ZUN, it is the seventh main entry in the Touhou Project series. The game introduces a unique cherry blossom scoring mechanic tha...
Touhou: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature is a vertical-scrolling bullet hell shoot-'em-up game developed by Team Shanghai Alice. It is the seventeenth main entry in the Touhou Project series, initially released at the 2019 Comiket convention. The gameplay introduces a unique mechanic where players ab...
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Animal spirit system is energetic and divisive; generally liked for music and bosses, though balance draws criticism.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou: Undefined Fantastic Object is a vertical-scrolling bullet hell shoot-'em-up developed by Team Shanghai Alice. Released in 2009, it is the twelfth main game in the Touhou Project series created by sole developer ZUN. The gameplay is distinguished by a mechanic where players collect colored UF...
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Inventive UFO scoring has fans but is divisive; strong music and patterns, yet considered less elegant than top Touhou entries.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded is an expanded release of a Touhou Project spin-off roguelike game in the mystery dungeon genre, in which players navigate procedurally generated dungeons using turn-based movement and combat. Set in the Touhou Project universe created by Team Shanghai Alice, the game...
Touhou 8: Imperishable Night is a vertical bullet hell shooter developed by Team Shanghai Alice and released in 2004. As the eighth entry in the Touhou Project series, the game features a unique mechanic where players control pairs of human and youkai characters, switching between them to alter thei...
Touhou: Double Dealing Character is the fourteenth main entry in the Touhou Project series of bullet hell shooters, developed by Team Shanghai Alice and released in 2013. The game's narrative centers on tsukumogami—everyday tools and objects that have come to life—causing chaos. Players choose from...
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Solid modern Touhou with good music and routes; respected but not usually ranked near the franchise's highest points.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou: Hidden Star in Four Seasons is the sixteenth mainline game in the Touhou Project series of bullet hell shoot-'em-ups, created by the solo developer known as ZUN and released in 2017 for Windows. The game introduces a seasonal sub-weapon system, allowing players to select from spring, summer,...
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Season mechanic gives variety and accessibility; positive fan reception, but often considered middling among Windows Touhou entries.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyReleased in 2008 by Team Shanghai Alice, "Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism" is a vertical-scrolling bullet hell shoot 'em up developed for Windows PCs. The narrative follows series protagonists Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame as they journey into the underground realm to investigate a geothermal cr...
Touhou: Ten Desires is a bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by Jun'ya Ota and published by Team Shanghai Alice in 2011. As the thirteenth main entry in the Touhou Project series, the game features vertically scrolling combat where players dodge complex patterns of projectiles. The gameplay is distin...
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Generally viewed as a lighter, simpler Touhou entry; pleasant and accessible, but less memorable and mechanically rich.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou Genso Wanderer is a 2015 roguelike role-playing game developed by Aqua Style and published in the West by NIS America. Belonging to the mystery dungeon subgenre, it features turn-based exploration of procedurally generated dungeons where players lose their equipment upon defeat. The game util...
Touhou 10: Mountain of Faith is a vertical bullet hell shooter developed by Team Shanghai Alice and released in 2007. Created by the sole developer known as ZUN, it initiated the second Windows era of the Touhou Project series. The game introduces a streamlined power system and follows protagonist R...
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is a vertically scrolling bullet-hell shooter created by ZUN and released for Windows in 2002. It is the sixth main Touhou Project game and the first made for Windows rather than the NEC PC-98 platform. Players control Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisam...
Touhou 12: Undefined Fantastic Object is a vertically scrolling bullet-hell shooter created by ZUN and released for Windows in 2009 as part of the Touhou Project series. Players choose from Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, and Sanae Kochiya and investigate a mysterious flying ship while navigating de...
Touhou 17: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature is the seventeenth official Touhou Project game, developed by ZUN's Team Shanghai Alice and released for Windows in 2019. It is a vertical danmaku shooter in which Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, or Youmu Konpaku can be paired with a wolf, otter, or eagle s...
Touhou 14: Double Dealing Character is the fourteenth official Touhou Project game, created by ZUN and released for Windows in 2013. It is a vertical danmaku shooter with selectable characters and shot types, and its item economy links offensive focus to both power and scoring. When the player is be...
Touhou 18: Unconnected Marketeers is a 2021 Windows vertical danmaku game created by ZUN as part of the Touhou Project. Its central system is a collection of ability cards, which provide selectable effects and let the player alter the run's offensive or defensive options. Cards can be obtained durin...
Touhou 13: Ten Desires is a 2011 Windows vertical danmaku game created by ZUN in the Touhou Project. Its story begins when divine spirits appear throughout Gensokyo, the series' supernatural setting. The game adds a Divine Spirit gauge that interacts with the player's performance and is central to h...
Touhou Genso Wanderer: Lotus Labyrinth R is Aqua Style's 2021 rebuilt version of the 2019 Touhou roguelike Lotus Labyrinth. It retains the mystery-dungeon structure associated with the series while revising the earlier game and expanding the role of party-based play. The game is for players interest...
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Reworked R version improved systems and polish, but still holds mixed niche reputation compared with better Mystery Dungeon games.
ui.x_scoring_methodologyTouhou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom is a 2015 Windows bullet hell shooter created by ZUN as part of the Touhou Project. The game is known for a high level of difficulty and introduces Point Device mode, which allows players to restart from stage checkpoints after mistakes rather than losing all pro...
Touhou 12.8: Great Fairy Wars is a Windows vertical danmaku game created by ZUN as an official Touhou Project installment. It follows Cirno and uses an ice-based mechanic that lets the player freeze incoming bullets, creating temporary safe areas and chained patterns instead of relying only on conve...
Touhou 9.5: Shoot the Bullet is a Windows danmaku spinoff created by ZUN. The player controls the tengu reporter Aya Shameimaru, who advances by photographing bosses and their bullet arrangements instead of defeating them with ordinary attacks. Each photograph requires positioning Aya and her camera...
Touhou 9: Phantasmagoria of Flower View is a Windows versus danmaku game created by ZUN for the Touhou Project. Two characters occupy separate halves of the same playfield and attack by surviving, damaging opponents, and sending threats across the screen. Its scenario follows an abnormal mass flower...
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