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Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Dodge the barrage, defeat the enemies, and brave the Scarlet Mist Incident. The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil returns with fresh music and graphics. Control the shrine maiden Reimu and the magician Marisa, weaving between bullets that fill up the screen. The soundtrack has been fully remade by ZUN.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-17 · quoted reviews as of 2026-09-25.
“Finally, a legal and easy way for me to play a classic. I haven't played danmaku games in a very long time so I'm bad at the game now. feels very clean compared to the original. Soundtrack will take a bit to get used to due to being so used to the original (there's an option to…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“quick little playthrough of normal + extra with my thoughts as someone who has been playing this game on and off since 2008 it's incredibly accurate to the original game, as one would hope a 1:1 remaster of it would be. ran out of the box with no issues using linux, which is a…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Let's be honest - If you're reading this, you've likely already bought this and are probably already playing this and enjoying yourself. Most of us are here to give ZUN what he's due after a very long time of not being able to purchase this in our region or at least obtain the…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-17.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
High-Quality Soundtrack Audio Added & Patch Notes
We've released an update for the Steam version. Added high-quality FLAC audio to the soundtrack Fixed some of the issues preventing the game from launching in certain Windows environments (investigati
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is out now!
Today at last, Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil , developed by Shanghai Alice Reprise with ZUN at its center, has been released. Touhou Koumakyou - the Embodiment of Sca
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Female Protagonist · Difficult · Action · Faith · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · 2D · Indie · Cute · Shooter (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America |
| Achievements | 24 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows10 / 11 64bit Processor: core i5 8350U Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: UHD-Graphics-620 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space