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Touhou: New World
Delve back into the world of Touhou in this bullet hell action-RPG adventure! The boundary between Gensokyo and the outside world has been breached, and it falls to Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame to discover why. Level up skills, forge new equipment, and explore Gensokyo to uncover the truth!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“I had fun with this one. I played this right off the back of finishing Scarlet Curiosity (it's a direct sequel), so my expectations were pretty high. And for the most part, I was pleased with how this game felt. This was also my first experience with Sumireko! I enjoyed her…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Hit and slashuuuu... but with anime girl. yeah we hit and slash all day long, the plot twist after plot twist and plot twist until you have no idea wth is going on, enemy become stronger, once you stringer, you ally suddenly become battle maniac and want to fight with you then…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Sadly, a bit of a yikes from me. Not because the game isn't fun, IF it worked properly. May not happen for you, but for me, there's massive FPS drops during heavy particle moments in boss fights causing such awful lag that I often get hit as a result. I don't mind dying when…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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Patch notes 07/10/2024
Adds "Gensokyo Dreaming" story content (available as DLC) Difficulty settings now available when starting the story and from the pause menu. (This replaces the difficulty settings on the main title me
Patch notes 09/12/2023
Updated the following features of "Bullet Hell" mode: The Heal Gauge will not refill automatically and will refill when your attacks connect Enemy HP increased EXP received increased Mode can now be e
Hotfix patch notes 08/07/23
Character Silhouette option in the graphics settings temporarily disabled We discovered a crash bug on the Chapter 11 boss related to this option, so we have temporarily disabled it. Build ID: 1188369
Patch notes 08/03/23
Mystery Capsule Added Mystery Capsule dispenser in the General Store. *Purchasing a Mystery Capsule with in-game currency will give you one random item. Added "Character Silhouette" to graphics option
Patch notes 07/21/23
Added new higher difficulty options (Bullet Hell) accessible from the launcher. Bullet Hell Greatly increases the number, speed, and damage of enemy projectiles. Bullet Hell Plus In addition to the ab
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · JRPG · Female Protagonist · Anime · Fantasy · Action · Demons · Isometric · Magic · RPG · Combat · Action RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.touhou-newworld.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 7 GB available space