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Deathsmiles

Deathsmiles

Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

Released Mar 10, 2016 Developer CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD. Publisher KOMODO Platforms Windows Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellActionArcadeAnime
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

95.8%positive626 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“The mind of man rests on a delicate balance between reality, and the world of light.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“stole and unboxed my dads xbox 360 faceplate cover for this game.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“spooky shooting game good. you can shoot left *or* right. i don't know why they tell you their ages.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

48achievements
9.8%median completion
0.5%rarest: Triple Hundred Millionaire
79.1% of players 76.4% of players 68.3% of players 63.8% of players 59.6% of players 59.1% of players 57.9% of players 56.2% of players 45.8% of players 44.8% of players 26.5% of players 22.7% of players 18.9% of players 18.7% of players 17.5% of players 17.4% of players 14.5% of players 13.9% of players 13.0% of players 12.9% of players 12.9% of players 11.3% of players 10.8% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 9.3% of players 8.5% of players 7.9% of players 7.3% of players 6.4% of players 5.7% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 79.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.1%Opening Salvo — Played any mode once.
76.4%Infernal Scythe — Defeateded Deathscythe, the Wandering Reaper!
68.3%Buried Alive — Defeated Jordan, the Buried Baron!
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Triple Hundred Millionaire — Score has reached 300,000,000 points.
0.5%The True Tyrant — Defeated Bloody Jitterbug (Mega Black Label only).
0.6%Deathsmiles Virtuoso — Cleared Deathsmiles Version 1.1 with all maps at Lv3! (No Continues, Ex Map included）

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,016 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 23, 2021
Let's spend the holiday season playing SHMUPS!

Dear users, We have prepared a special bundle for all the SHMUP lovers. All the SHMUPS under DEGICA GAMES titles AND the newest entry "Crimzon Clover World EXplosion" and "Castle of Shikigami 2" are a

Dec 09, 2021
『Crimzon Clover World EXplosion』＆『Castle of Shikigami 2』NOW AVAILABLE！

We've added two new SHMUP titles to the DEIGCA GAMES catalog, and we hope you will enjoy it! If you like SHMUP, then you shouldn't miss out! 『Crimzon Clover World EXplosion』 After one year of its rele

Feb 04, 2019
Kung hei fat choi & Happy Lunar New Year!!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10574059/e32de83f71a210a9df974edb4b83f1527b4dd1b9.png It's time for the Lunar New Year and to celebrate, we have the following titles

Apr 18, 2018
Cave Festival 2018 Live Streams

First off there's a Cave-le TV broadcast for Dodonpachi 5:30am April 19 Eastern time hosted by Cave. Then the Cave Festival itself will be broadcasting from the channels below during the event on Satu

Jun 23, 2017
Summer Shooting Sale and Bullet Soul score contest

The summer sale is here once more, and that means Degica has shooting game bargains aplenty: From Deathsmiles and Mushihimesama, to the DariusBurst CS Cave DLC and all the Cave game soundtracks. http:

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsShoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Action · Arcade · Anime · Indie · Gothic · Female Protagonist · Great Soundtrack · Side Scroller · Shooter · Cute (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements48
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Processor: Intel Core i3 2GHz or higher Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000, Geforce 9500GT, Radeon HD 3650 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible sound card