GAME GUIDE
Every era, in order.
The Touhou games explained: play order, the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil remake, where to buy, and what changed between eras.
Games
The 20 mainline games,
in release order.
Touhou Project's 20 mainline games run from Highly Responsive to Prayers through Fossilized Wonders: five PC-98 titles, then fifteen Windows titles.
Most new players start in the Windows era, because Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (TH06) set the danmaku style every later game builds on. Half-numbered entries and the fighting-game spin-offs sit outside this list.
- TH01 — Highly Responsive to Prayers (PC-98)
- TH02 — Story of Eastern Wonderland (PC-98)
- TH03 — Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream (PC-98)
- TH04 — Lotus Land Story (PC-98)
- TH05 — Mystic Square (PC-98)
- TH06 — Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (Windows)
- TH07 — Perfect Cherry Blossom (Windows)
- TH08 — Imperishable Night (Windows)
- TH09 — Phantasmagoria of Flower View (Windows)
- TH10 — Mountain of Faith (Windows)
- TH11 — Subterranean Animism (Windows)
- TH12 — Undefined Fantastic Object (Windows)
- TH13 — Ten Desires (Windows)
- TH14 — Double Dealing Character (Windows)
- TH15 — Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (Windows)
- TH16 — Hidden Star in Four Seasons (Windows)
- TH17 — Wily Beast and Weakest Creature (Windows)
- TH18 — Unconnected Marketeers (Windows)
- TH19 — Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost (Windows)
- TH20 — Fossilized Wonders (Windows)
Games in Order
See the official Touhou Project games in order, from the PC-98 era through Windows. Compare the eras and choose where to start.
02GAMESNew Classic
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03GAMESWhere to Play
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04GAMESScarlet Devil
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