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Deathsmiles cover art

Deathsmiles

CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD. · KOMODO · 2016-03-10

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 19, 2007 (Arcade), Jul 07, 2011 (iOS), Mar 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 29, 2010 (Xbox 360), Feb 02, 2014 (Android)

Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

Deathsmiles is a $19.99 Action and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 627 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 627 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Deathsmiles is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game by Japanese developer Cave, released in late 2007. It has heavy occult and gothic influences. It is the second Cave shooter to be played using a horizontally-oriented monitor. It was the first Cave shooter released in North America on a console, and the first one in Europe. Cave has also released it for iOS. A sequel, Deathsmiles II, was released to Japanese arcades on May 14, 2009. A compilation of both Deathsmiles I and Deathsmiles II was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in Japan on December 16, 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 627 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.19 at Fanatical (2021-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
261Feb 2016Mar 2026Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 34Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2016 — avg 5 · peak 21Feb 2017 — avg 5 · peak 22May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2017 — avg 4 · peak 22Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 14Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.192016-03-112026-07-092016-03-11 — best price $17.992016-06-23 — best price $13.992016-10-20 — best price $9.992017-01-12 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $9.992017-11-07 — best price $7.992018-04-16 — best price $7.992018-09-13 — best price $19.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-08-22 — best price $19.992019-12-16 — best price $19.992020-04-30 — best price $7.992020-08-07 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $7.992021-03-25 — best price $6.992021-07-14 — best price $6.992021-11-22 — best price $5.192022-01-07 — best price $6.992022-02-28 — best price $6.992022-05-06 — best price $6.992022-07-15 — best price $6.992022-11-01 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $6.992023-05-23 — best price $19.992023-08-18 — best price $6.992023-10-23 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $6.192024-03-06 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $6.992025-08-14 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

87282026-05-31 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 40 pageviews2026-06-08 — 54 pageviews2026-06-12 — 44 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 59 pageviews2026-06-24 — 48 pageviews2026-06-28 — 87 pageviews2026-07-02 — 40 pageviews2026-07-06 — 54 pageviews2026-07-10 — 44 pageviews2026-07-14 — 73 pageviews2026-07-18 — 53 pageviews2026-07-22 — 37 pageviews2026-07-26 — 46 pageviews2026-07-30 — 48 pageviews2026-08-03 — 31 pageviews2026-08-07 — 48 pageviews2026-08-11 — 83 pageviews2026-08-15 — 41 pageviews2026-08-19 — 45 pageviews2026-08-23 — 59 pageviews2026-08-27 — 60 pageviews2026-08-31 — 51 pageviews2026-09-04 — 72 pageviews2026-09-08 — 40 pageviews2026-09-12 — 42 pageviews2026-09-16 — 59 pageviews2026-09-20 — 49 pageviews2026-09-24 — 48 pageviews2026-09-28 — 57 pageviews2026-10-02 — 48 pageviews2026-10-06 — 44 pageviews2026-10-10 — 57 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
79.1%
earned "Opening Salvo"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-03-10, latest 2016-04-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,8621%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,8420%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,7071%70
Steam (Steam)2,4961%48

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeIndieActionArcadeGothicShooterDifficultBullet Hell

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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