Games like Gensokyo Defenders
If Gensokyo Defenders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Touhou Big Big Battle, 東方憑依華 ～ Antinomy of Common Flowers. and TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and retro. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Gensokyo Defenders: Use Traps and Spell Cards to fight back the magical masses! Blistering shoot-em-up action meets tactical tower defense as you choose from almost 20 popular characters to stop the fairy onslaught! Take advantage of their unique powers and tricky Traps to freeze, fry, and blow your enemies away!
Players who liked Gensokyo Defenders also play
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Touhou Big Big Battle
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a whimsical mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Top pick for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Gensokyo Defenders.
just a touhou rts game
東方憑依華 ～ Antinomy of Common Flowers.
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Second-strongest match for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
今度の異変は二人で一人？ いまだ煽り続ける都市伝説が新たな異変を引き起こす 今度の異変は二人が一人！？ならば二人で解決するしかない！
TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Third-strongest match for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Touhou girls fight dramatic battles in the sky! A 3D fired-up battle action game based on Touhou Project! Features a "Fired-up Battle System", in which characters abilities change to the playing song.
永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Ranked #4 for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
"The Disappearing of Gensokyo" is a Touhou Project doujin game from MyACG Studio, a Chinese doujin game fan circle. We have re-imagined Touhou as an ARPG, creating this "Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG". We hope this game will be a good experience for those who are both new and knowledgeable of Touhou!
Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Ranked #5 for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
誰が強いのか、誰が賢いのか、誰が正しいのか 畜生の理に則って、全て弾幕で決めよう！ ワイルドでビーストライクなシューティング幻想！
I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Ranked #6 for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Dodge bullets, shoot enemies and even stop time as you navigate through 15 beautiful levels in this perfect blend of bullet hell and FPS. Uncover the origins of Sakuya Izayoi's past and investigate the mansion where the scarlet vampires resides in this Touhou Project Fangame!
Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism.
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Ranked #7 for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
弾幕は 地獄であるほど 美しい 深ければ深いほど地底は地獄の姿を取り戻す ヘリッシュでラブリーな弾幕シューティング地獄
GENSOU Skydrift
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Gensokyo Defenders.
Ranked #8 for Gensokyo Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Finally, a Touhou Project racing game! Race down courses set in the magical land of Gensokyo! Use the tag system to swap rider and board! Lots of spell cards and Last Words! Features online VS mode and multiplayer. You can check records and win rates after races. Get a move on and get racing!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gensokyo Defenders at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Gensokyo Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Gensokyo Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Gensokyo Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Gensokyo Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Gensokyo Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Gensokyo Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gensokyo Defenders.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Gensokyo Defenders
- How much does Gensokyo Defenders cost?
- Gensokyo Defenders is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Gensokyo Defenders have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Gensokyo Defenders supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Gensokyo Defenders?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gensokyo Defenders are Touhou Big Big Battle, 東方憑依華 ～ Antinomy of Common Flowers., TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX.
- Who developed Gensokyo Defenders?
- Gensokyo Defenders was developed by Neetpia and published by Phoenixx Inc..
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