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Touhou Project

Touhou Project

General Information
Genre Original developer Originally released Current developer Remade in MP amount of players Characterization
Shmup ZUN 1997 ZUN 2002(Windows Era) 2 Original
Specific Information
Category Specifics Sources / Comments
Purchase Copy purchase SubscriptionFree to playAlmost all fans outside of Japan download their games because they're hard to get otherwise. The disks have to be imported. The newest game, HSFS, has a Steam release.
Cut Content Graphic Character Gameplay ExpansionsOtherZUN often mentions cutting content from games to meet deadlines. There's a character "Rin Satsuki" that was cut from EoSD that sometimes appears in fan works. There's a graphic for the "Phantasmagoria" stage in IN.
CensorshipLanguageViolenceNudityPoliticalThe game are safe.
DRMuPlaySteamDenuvoOriginOther DRM-Free No DRM.
In-game purchasesCosmeticsBoostersItemsCharactersMapsOtherOnce you have the game, you have 100% of it.
Paid DLCCosmeticsBoostersSoundtrackItemsCharactersMapsExpansions
Free DLCCosmeticsBoostersSoundtrackItemsCharactersMapsExpansions
Modding supportBanned None LimitedFullGame data is stored in compressed files. Tools like "Touhou Toolkit" can be used to modify them. No explicit modding support.
False advertising No Yes
Demo availabilityNo Yes Every game has a free pre-release trial version.
Bugs at launchNoneInsubstantial Moderate HeavyMost games come out broken on release but are fixed with patches soon after. ZUN never touches games past just after their release which leaves some nasty bugs. Some of them have been fixed by the fans.
MultiplayerLocalOfficial server P2P LAN User servers Unofficial Only PoFV has local multiplayer. It can be played online with an addon called Adonis.
Moderation (online) None InsubstantialModerateHeavy
Comparison to originals / fanmade mods
Category Included in Touhou Included in fanmade mods Sources / Comments
vpatchNo Yes Fixes a lot of bugs in the game and provides more control over how the game is displayed.
adonisNo Yes Used to achieve online multiplayer in PoFV.

Gamer's Opinion

The whole series was done in one post because the games are similar and usually played as a whole. Good game if you're looking for something that's challenging and singleplayer. Tons of fan works.