Games like TOUHOU GAIDEN
If TOUHOU GAIDEN is your kind of game, the closest matches are UDONGEIN X, UDONGEIN X2 and Spell Crisis — picked from the ranked list below. 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 TOUHOU GAIDEN: THE YEAR IS 1999... In this 2D action platformer based on Touhou Project, play as Youmu or Reimu in a desperate struggle to stop a bloody war. Fight your way through a variety of challenging levels and brutal boss battles with no shortage of bullet hell.
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UDONGEIN X
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Top pick for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
Help Reisen Udongein Inaba navigate through 14 action packed stages in this exhilarating 2D Bullet Hell Platformer based on Touhou Project!
UDONGEIN X2
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Second-strongest match for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
Udongein X2 is a 2D bullet hell platformer featuring an open world that takes place primarily in Gensokyo, the main setting of Touhou Project. More importantly... What would you do if you were invited to hell?
Spell Crisis
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Third-strongest match for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
Shoot your spells as a little witch in this retro action 2D shooter platformer with exploration elements featuring 80's cute retro pixel art and music. Your choices matters: unleash magics, paths and hidden items according to your decisions.
Wife Quest
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Ranked #4 for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
A retro platform, side-scrolling game with gorgeous pixel art. Help Mia rescue Fernando, her husband, who has been kidnapped by a Dark Elf named Morganna and her pack of Monster Girls.
TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III
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Ranked #5 for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
"Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III" is a bullet hell shooting game with a distinctive, glamorous presentation style. It is the third game in the Touhou Makuka Sai series. The strange moon seems to hide a new conspiracy. Charge into the deep world on the eternal night!
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
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Ranked #6 for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
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Ranked #7 for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Super Time Force Ultra
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Ranked #8 for TOUHOU GAIDEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Grimm's Hollow
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A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
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Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TOUHOU GAIDEN.
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Frequently asked about TOUHOU GAIDEN
- What games are most similar to TOUHOU GAIDEN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TOUHOU GAIDEN are UDONGEIN X, UDONGEIN X2, Spell Crisis.
- Who developed TOUHOU GAIDEN?
- TOUHOU GAIDEN was developed by shar dev.
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