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Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity
The world of Touhou comes alive in this beautiful action RPG (featuring “bullet hell” elements, of course!). Infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid, Sakuya, set off to chase rumors of a massive monster, all while sending baddies flying with fluid action and signature skills!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“After waiting for a month or two, I'm finally glad to see Scarlet Curiosity to come to Steam. Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is what happens when a group of people passionate for a game series come together to create a beautiful homage to its source material. Like my last review,…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“--{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Paint.exe ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Addictive like heroin ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Starring at walls is better ☐ Just don‘t ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity Another whimsical offering of magical fairy good-ness from the world of Touhou, and the ever-expanding universe of high quality fan-made endeavors. The great thing about this fandom is how many different genres it now covers, and though the core classic…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Ver. 1.51 Now Available!
We have released Ver. 1.51 (Build ID: 3483481). This update contains the following fix. Fixed a crash issue affecting some PCs caused by a bug with XAudio library. 一部のWindows環境において、XAudioライブラリの不具合によって
Ver. 1.51 Now Available!
We have released Ver. 1.51 (Build ID: 3483481). This update contains the following fix. Fixed a crash issue affecting some PCs caused by a bug with XAudio library. 一部のWindows環境において、XAudioライブラリの不具合によって
Ver. 1.51 Now Available!
We have released Ver. 1.51 (Build ID: 3483481). This update contains the following bug fix. Fixed a crash issue affecting some PCs caused by a bug with XAudio library. 一部のWindows環境において、XAudioライブラリの不具合
Additional languages added!
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity can now be played with Simplified and Traditional Chinese text! 已添加简体中文和繁体中文语言支持。 已添加简体中文和繁体中文語言支持。
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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.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · Action · Anime · Female Protagonist · Indie · Fantasy · Vampire · Combat · Magic · JRPG · Soundtrack · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | http://www.scarletcuriosity.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3 (2-core, 2.4GHz) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTS 450 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 10.0