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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

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!

2
playing now
96%
positive of 628 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 628 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 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-12 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-03 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 64 pageviews2026-06-09 — 44 pageviews2026-06-12 — 44 pageviews2026-06-15 — 48 pageviews2026-06-18 — 57 pageviews2026-06-21 — 48 pageviews2026-06-24 — 48 pageviews2026-06-27 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 77 pageviews2026-07-03 — 59 pageviews2026-07-06 — 54 pageviews2026-07-09 — 59 pageviews2026-07-12 — 48 pageviews2026-07-15 — 42 pageviews2026-07-18 — 53 pageviews2026-07-21 — 60 pageviews2026-07-24 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-30 — 48 pageviews2026-08-02 — 47 pageviews2026-08-05 — 55 pageviews2026-08-08 — 40 pageviews2026-08-11 — 83 pageviews2026-08-14 — 54 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-20 — 50 pageviews2026-08-23 — 59 pageviews2026-08-26 — 44 pageviews2026-08-28 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

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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