Touhou Crisis

Shooter· On-Rails Shooter· Arcade· Female Protagonist

Released May 2022

Classic arcade nostalgia and modern-indie design collide in this shooting-gallery boss battler! Play as a one-man army in offline solo OR bring a friend in online co-op/versus mode! Supports Mouse AND Lightgun play!

96% positive · 377 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Touhou Crisis came out on May 26, 2022 as a short arcade-style boss battler that the developer describes as a complete experience. Its only add-on, an Artbook & Soundtrack pack, came out the same day. Over the following two weeks the developer released three small patches on May 28, June 4 and June 8, 2022, covering balance changes, custom attract-mode videos, a full-auto accessibility option, interface tweaks and bug fixes. No major content update or new add-on has followed since then. On July 8, 2026, the developer announced Touhou Crisis R, a separate sequel with its own Steam page, which it says will bring the expanded version of this game with more characters, content and a typing mode. No additional content has been announced for this game itself, and the developer says it is working on the sequel.

Evidence

Developer announced Touhou Crisis R, a separate sequel with its own Steam page, to deliver the expanded version with more characters, content and a typing mode

news post · Jul 8, 2026 source ambiguous

high

Store description says the game was originally built in 72 hours for a game jam and later polished into a complete experience

description source content shipped

high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

Touhou Crisis - Artbook & Soundtrack

May 2022

Media

Details

Developer

Brogrammist

Publisher

Brogrammist

Achievements

Platform

Windows, Linux

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

On-Rails Shooter Arcade Shooter Female Protagonist Anime 2D First-Person 3D Faith Free to Play Short Bullet Hell Funny Indie Action

About this game

This is a derivative fan-work of the Touhou Project series and is not affiliated with Team Shanghai Alice. Remember to support the official games on Steam.

Take on a menacing boss with nothing but your gun, your reflexes, and your other, bigger gun in this short, arcade-style, lightgun game!

Originally developed in 72 hours for the 6th Touhou Fan Game Jam, the game has since been polished into a complete experience!

Story

One leisurely spring day, a large crate landed in a certain shrine courtyard, piquing the curiosity of a shrine maiden and her magician friend lounging nearby. Inside were some guns and a treasure trove of ammunition.

Unfamiliar with kinetic warfare, the two girls treated the weapons as toys and played until the sun went down. It was then that a rare guest made a surprise visit to the shrine gates.

"So anyway, I started blastin'", said the shrine maiden, recalling the incident.

Also there are UFOs, but don't think about it. It's probably another Myouren Temple conspiracy.

Two Playable Characters: Play as either Reimu with her powerful shotgun, or as Marisa with her full-auto assault rifle!
Online Co-Op and Versus Modes: Bring along a friend to take out the boss together! If you're feeling competitive, compete with each other for a high score!
Built for Lightgun Play: Everything from the gameplay, to the user interface itself, has been designed by a lightgun user, for lightgun users!
Gameplay Modifiers: Hard mode? Lunatic mode? Easy Modo??? Make your own dang difficulty level! You can live out your power fantasy with infinite lives! Alternatively, you can just give yourself 1 life, you masochist!