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A free, very short danmaku bullet hell in Heaven with dense Touhou-style patterns, demanding boss fights, and retro presentation.

Shotgun Witch
A free-to-play bullet hell arena shooter with a double-barrel shotgun, offering chaotic waves of enemies in a very short, albeit positively received, single-player experience.
2020-10-24
- Shooter
- Action

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Games like Empyreus

A free, very short danmaku bullet hell in Heaven with dense Touhou-style patterns, demanding boss fights, and retro presentation.

Shotgun Witch
A free-to-play bullet hell arena shooter with a double-barrel shotgun, offering chaotic waves of enemies in a very short, albeit positively received, single-player experience.
2020-10-24
- Shooter
- Action

Adventure

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

東方実在相～ Dream Logical World

A free single-player Touhou Project fan game that blends dense vertical shooting, bullet grazing, and reality-warping Aspect Shifts into a challenging, compact experience (reviewers' median playtime: 46 minutes).

2022-01-20

Shooter
Action
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

Angel at Dusk

A bizarrely beautiful vertical-scrolling bullet hell shmup in an apocalyptic world, praised for its creative lore and offering a moderately compact experience.

2024-01-12

Shooter
Action
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

東方眠世界 ~ Wonderful Waking World

A pixel-art Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with simple, fast shooting and dodging, plus gorgeous bullet patterns and a solid soundtrack, offering a substantial ~14–18 hour campaign.

2022-06-15

Action
Comedy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲

A compact, difficult fan-made Touhou bullet-hell shooter with an auto-dodge option and a memorable soundtrack.

2019-07-19

Shooter
Action
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?

A free single-player horizontal bullet-hell shoot 'em up with DanMachi characters, offering fun, charming, brief play sessions — reviewers typically play about 40 minutes.

2020-11-25

Shooter
Action
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Side view
Arcade

東方催狐譚～ Servants of Harvest Wish

A free, single-player Touhou-style vertical bullethell fangame set in a bountiful autumnal paradise, offering a substantial ~13-hour harvest-themed campaign.

2020-08-03

Shooter
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

Bullet Hell Monday: Finale

A beginner-friendly single-player danmaku shooter with ship upgrades, chapter-based stages, and boss fights, offering a compact bullet-hell campaign.

2023-09-03

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Indie
Side view
Arcade

INNBC STARFIGHTER

A short, challenging free-to-play bullet-hell arcade shooter with a timed single-player level and online co-op.

2026-03-21

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Touhou Mistystory

A free, single-player Touhou fan-made bullet hell with light roguelike elements, short sessions, and a pretty but rough-edged presentation.

2026-01-31

Action
Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

Eden's Eclipse

A 2D vertical-scrolling bullet-hell shmup with a 1990s-2000s arcade feel, bullet-cancel scoring, and a female lead in a compact single-player campaign.

2026-06-09

Shooter
Action
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

Dogfight Darlings

A short bullet hell boss rush where plane girls engage in challenging, fair aerial combat against a gauntlet of bosses.

2026-03-09

Action
Indie

Shotgun Witch