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Mushihimesama

Mushihimesama

Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.

Released Nov 12, 2015 Developer CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD. Publisher KOMODO Platforms Windows Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpArcadeActionGreat Soundtrack
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.8%positive1,417 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“One of the best and most imaginative SHMUPs out there by one of the best SHMUP makers ever, CAVE. Here's to hoping that Dodonpachi Daioujou, Ketsui and Mushimesama Futari can get a port to Steam.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“dawg its been 11 years can i get Futari now?”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I think this is a contender for one of the best games ever made.”

— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:23 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

9playing at last check
1124-hour peak
334all-time peak
0 50 100 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 57 avg · Nov 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

50achievements
30.3%median completion
0.8%rarest: Manic shooter
91.4% of players 86.9% of players 81.8% of players 79.7% of players 78.5% of players 75.6% of players 75.4% of players 72.7% of players 71.3% of players 69.5% of players 69.4% of players 58.9% of players 58.7% of players 55.5% of players 52.2% of players 49.8% of players 45.9% of players 45.4% of players 44.9% of players 43.2% of players 42.9% of players 40.2% of players 39.3% of players 38.7% of players 33.6% of players 30.3% of players 28.1% of players 26.6% of players 25.8% of players 22.7% of players 20.3% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 17.3% of players 17.3% of players 17.3% of players 16.2% of players 14.5% of players 14.4% of players 10.1% of players 8.7% of players 8.2% of players 6.2% of players 5.7% of players 3.7% of players 2.5% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 91.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.4%To Shinju Forest — Play the game. (Normal, Novice, Arrange only)
86.9%TRACE — Obtain TRACE options. (Normal, Novice, Arrange only)
81.8%Gigaszomu — Defeat boss in STAGE 1. (Normal, Novice only)
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Manic shooter — Hidden achievement
0.8%Aki and Akka — Defeat Aki and Akka. (Normal only)
0.9%Master shooter — Go over 150,000 in fire count. (Normal, Novice only)

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
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 EU UK≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

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

Feb 08, 2018
Mushihimesama v.1.1.9.3 is now in Chinese + Celebratory Sale!

As the title suggests, this update includes localisation for Chinese; both simplified and traditional so all our native speaking fans can finally enjoy the story! And shoot lots of bugs too, of course

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction
Player tagsBullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Action · Great Soundtrack · Anime · Difficult · Female Protagonist · 2D · Classic · Singleplayer · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements50
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
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 4000, Geforce 9500GT, Radeon HD 3650 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible sound card