Touhou: Gensokyo Survivors
Released May 2023
Youkai have overrun Gensokyo! There's no resolving this incident, just try to survive! Touhou: Gensokyo Survivors is the latest take on the survivor genre, this time with the unique twist of a grid-based inventory system. Hoard as many items as possible if you want to survive!
82% positive · 222 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $0.99
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Evaluation
The developer, Xeloph, published a clear statement on December 26, 2024 announcing that development on Touhou: Gensokyo Survivors is finished. In that post, Xeloph explained being "fully committed to my next game" and having no time to continue working on TGS. As a result, the game's source code was released to the public on GitHub under an open-source license, allowing the community to create mods or derivative versions independently. This is a definitive end-of-development announcement — the developer has handed the project off entirely.
Prior to this, the game received active post-launch support through late 2023, including a feature update (version 1.0.1 in June 2023 and version 1.0.2 in November 2023) along with several bug fix patches. However, no updates were released after November 2023, and the December 2024 open-source announcement confirms this silence was intentional — the developer had moved on to a new project. No additional content, DLC, or future updates have been announced or are expected.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states they are fully committed to their next game and will not work further on TGS. The game's source code has been released to the public as an open-source project, marking the end of official development.
Version 1.0.2 shipped with a new stats system, character differentiation, controller support, and various balance and bug fixes — the last substantive content update before development ended.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Xeloph
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Gensokyo has been overrun by fairies, youkai, and all other sorts of monsters! It's up to Reimu and other residents of Gensokyo to resolve this incident, or at least try to survive it...
Features:
Features:
- A grid based inventory system, try to fit as many weapons into your inventory as possible!
- 26 different weapons, each with 2 different attack modes!
- 5 different spell cards for full screen youkai extermination!
- 8 different playable characters!
- Runs last about 15-20 minutes on average.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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