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東方地霊殿 〜 Subterranean Animism. cover art

東方地霊殿 〜 Subterranean Animism.

上海アリス幻樂団 · Mediascape Co., Ltd. · 2020-06-05

Steam

ActionIndie

Franchise: Touhou Project · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 16, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

弾幕は　地獄であるほど　美しい 深ければ深いほど地底は地獄の姿を取り戻す ヘリッシュでラブリーな弾幕シューティング地獄

東方地霊殿 〜 Subterranean Animism. is a 2020 Action and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 844 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

9
playing now
97%
positive of 844 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism is the eleventh main game of the Touhou Project bullet hell scrolling shooter video game series by Team Shanghai Alice. The game was released on August 16, 2008, during the 74th Comiket.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 844 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2025-08-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720202026Week of 2020-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3042026-09-15 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 27 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
305Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2021 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 30Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 49Oct 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Feb 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 42Jun 2026 — avg 30 · peak 101Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$10.492020-06-062026-06-152020-06-06 — best price $14.992025-08-17 — best price $10.492025-08-24 — best price $14.992026-06-08 — best price $10.492026-06-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

94182026-06-01 — 37 pageviews2026-06-05 — 31 pageviews2026-06-09 — 94 pageviews2026-06-13 — 60 pageviews2026-06-17 — 42 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-25 — 41 pageviews2026-06-29 — 34 pageviews2026-07-03 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 27 pageviews2026-07-11 — 29 pageviews2026-07-15 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 38 pageviews2026-07-23 — 34 pageviews2026-07-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-31 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 32 pageviews2026-08-08 — 36 pageviews2026-08-12 — 43 pageviews2026-08-16 — 26 pageviews2026-08-20 — 23 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 31 pageviews2026-09-01 — 25 pageviews2026-09-05 — 30 pageviews2026-09-09 — 58 pageviews2026-09-13 — 35 pageviews2026-09-17 — 36 pageviews2026-09-21 — 41 pageviews2026-09-25 — 33 pageviews2026-09-29 — 45 pageviews2026-10-03 — 31 pageviews2026-10-07 — 36 pageviews2026-10-10 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Japanese

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeFaithIndieActionFantasyDifficultBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Players also track

東方天空璋 ～ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.Touhou Luna NightsTouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II東方神霊廟 〜 Ten Desires.東方輝針城 〜 Double Dealing Character.東方鬼形獣 〜 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.東方風神録 〜 Mountain of Faith.ダブルスポイラー 〜 東方文花帖

Similarity via IGDB.

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