Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity

Item: Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity
Rating: 87
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-10-03

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Summary

Enjoyable ARPG gameplay with bullet hell elements
Distinct character playstyles, but some are unengaging
Repetitive map design and grind-heavy progression
Clunky controls and camera issues reported
High-quality Touhou fan game with good soundtrack
Primarily recommended for Touhou fans

Emotions

Satisfaction30%Enjoyment13%Disappointment13%Frustration13%Excitement7%

Reviews (sample size): 174
Helpful reviews: 80%
Unhelpful reviews: 20%
Protest reviews: 0%

87%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
13%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 618
Negative points: 412
Gameplay points: 310
Perf. points: 15
Rec. points: 135
Misc points: 61

Point	Description	Importance
Enjoyable Gameplay & Balanced Difficulty Description Players consistently praise the game's fun and addictive gameplay, highlighting its balanced difficulty that caters to both beginners and experienced players. The combat system, character variety, and overall design contribute to a satisfying experience. Importance 99%	Players consistently praise the game's fun and addictive gameplay, highlighting its balanced difficulty that caters to both beginners and experienced players. The combat system, character variety, and overall design contribute to a satisfying experience.	99%
High-Quality Touhou Fan Game Description The game is highly regarded as an exceptional Touhou fan game, successfully adapting the series' essence into an ARPG format. Its quality, music, and adherence to Touhou lore are frequently commended, making it a standout among fan-made works. Importance 36%	The game is highly regarded as an exceptional Touhou fan game, successfully adapting the series' essence into an ARPG format. Its quality, music, and adherence to Touhou lore are frequently commended, making it a standout among fan-made works.	36%
Distinct Character Playstyles Description The game offers two playable characters, Remilia and Sakuya, each with unique abilities and playstyles. Players enjoy the differences, with Remilia often noted for her mobility and power, and Sakuya for her devastating late-game abilities. Importance 36%	The game offers two playable characters, Remilia and Sakuya, each with unique abilities and playstyles. Players enjoy the differences, with Remilia often noted for her mobility and power, and Sakuya for her devastating late-game abilities.	36%
Exceptional Soundtrack Description The game's music receives widespread acclaim, with many players calling the soundtrack wonderful, captivating, and a permanent addition to their playlists. The quality, remixes of original themes, and atmospheric contribution are frequently mentioned. Importance 24%	The game's music receives widespread acclaim, with many players calling the soundtrack wonderful, captivating, and a permanent addition to their playlists. The quality, remixes of original themes, and atmospheric contribution are frequently mentioned.	24%
Effective Bullet Hell Integration Description The integration of bullet hell elements with ARPG mechanics is a significant highlight. Players appreciate how bullet patterns are adapted to 3D, making boss battles visually impressive and challenging, especially in dedicated bullet hell modes. Importance 22%	The integration of bullet hell elements with ARPG mechanics is a significant highlight. Players appreciate how bullet patterns are adapted to 3D, making boss battles visually impressive and challenging, especially in dedicated bullet hell modes.	22%
Varied & Beautiful Environments Description Players appreciate the game's diverse and well-designed maps, noting the variety in themes, creative art style, and beautiful scenery. The environments contribute to an immersive experience, often evoking the feeling of Gensokyo. Importance 19%	Players appreciate the game's diverse and well-designed maps, noting the variety in themes, creative art style, and beautiful scenery. The environments contribute to an immersive experience, often evoking the feeling of Gensokyo.	19%
Engaging Boss Battles Description Boss battles are a major highlight, described as plentiful, unique, and fun to figure out. They offer a good balance of challenge and satisfaction, with interesting patterns and dynamic attacks that keep players engaged. Importance 16%	Boss battles are a major highlight, described as plentiful, unique, and fun to figure out. They offer a good balance of challenge and satisfaction, with interesting patterns and dynamic attacks that keep players engaged.	16%
Appealing Art Style & Graphics Description The game's art style, illustrations, and graphics are consistently praised as beautiful, impressive, and well-done. They contribute to the game's visual appeal and are often noted for their quality, especially for a fan-made title. Importance 10%	The game's art style, illustrations, and graphics are consistently praised as beautiful, impressive, and well-done. They contribute to the game's visual appeal and are often noted for their quality, especially for a fan-made title.	10%
Smooth & Responsive Combat Description The combat system is praised for being smooth, fluid, and easy to pick up. Players enjoy the fast-paced action and the overall 'feel' of attacks, contributing to an enjoyable gameplay loop. Importance 10%	The combat system is praised for being smooth, fluid, and easy to pick up. Players enjoy the fast-paced action and the overall 'feel' of attacks, contributing to an enjoyable gameplay loop.	10%
Decent Story & Lore Description The game's plot and dialogues are generally considered good, decent, and enjoyable. While sometimes cheesy, the story is appreciated for fitting the Touhou franchise and providing an interesting narrative. Importance 8%	The game's plot and dialogues are generally considered good, decent, and enjoyable. While sometimes cheesy, the story is appreciated for fitting the Touhou franchise and providing an interesting narrative.	8%
Engaging Initial Experience Description Many players found the initial hours of the game to be very interesting and engaging, drawing them into the experience with its charm and gameplay simplicity. Importance 6%	Many players found the initial hours of the game to be very interesting and engaging, drawing them into the experience with its charm and gameplay simplicity.	6%
Affordable Price Point Description The game is frequently highlighted for its low and reasonable price, offering excellent value for the content provided. This affordability makes it an attractive purchase for many players. Importance 5%	The game is frequently highlighted for its low and reasonable price, offering excellent value for the content provided. This affordability makes it an attractive purchase for many players.	5%
Ample In-Game Supplies Description The game provides abundant recovery items and supplies throughout levels, ensuring players have sufficient resources, except for a few challenging boss encounters. Importance 4%	The game provides abundant recovery items and supplies throughout levels, ensuring players have sufficient resources, except for a few challenging boss encounters.	4%

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