Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism
Action
Fantasy
Shooter
Indie
Arcade
Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism is the eleventh main game of the Touhou Project scrolling shooter series. Subterranean Animism features two playable characters, each with three weapon types representing a youkai assisting them from above ground. Like Mountain of Faith, collecting power items adds up to four "option" satellites around the character, which behave differently according to the character and weapon type, and can be sacrificed for a bomb effect. However, unlike Mountain of Faith, each bomb has a different behavior, and some cause special gameplay effects to occur.
16 Sep, 2008
16 Jun, 2026
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Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism is the eleventh main game of the Touhou Project scrolling shooter series. Subterranean Animism features two playable characters, each with three weapon types representing a youkai assisting them from above ground. Like Mountain of Faith, collecting power items adds up to four "option" satellites around the character, which behave differently according to the character and weapon type, and can be sacrificed for a bomb effect. However, unlike Mountain of Fait...
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One day in Gensokyo, all of a sudden, there were lots of evil spirits going around. Reimu Hakurei, a Shrine Maiden and Marisa Kirisame, a black-clothed Magician were getting suspicious. They go into the underground to ask them to stop driving them to Gensokyo's surface. Depending on who you choose, one of them goes out to investigate. The heroine starts to head underground, but runs into a Tsuchigumo, Yamame Kurodani who tries to stop the heroine from continuing. Yamame is quickly defeated and ...
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Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Release Date:
16 Sep, 2008
Modes:
Single player
Themes:
Action, Fantasy
Genres:
Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Player Perspectives:
Bird view / Isometric
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IGDB Rating
4.0
User Rating
13
User Rating Count
80%
Rating %
Critics Rating
4.0
Critics Rating
13
Critics Rating Count
80%
Critics Rating %
Main Developers
Team Shanghai Alice
Supporting Developers
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Publishers
Team Shanghai Alice
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