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Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity cover art

Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity

Ankake Spa · XSEED Games · 2018-07-11

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Sep 04, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

The world of Touhou comes alive in this beautiful action RPG (featuring “bullet hell” elements, of course!). Infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid, Sakuya, set off to chase rumors of a massive monster, all while sending baddies flying with fluid action and signature skills!

1
playing now
92%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet has grown weary of her posh, centuries-long life spent with dutiful maid Sakuya Izayoi at her side. So bored, in fact, that when the local newspaper runs a story about a massive monster spotted nearby, she decides she wants a piece of that action! Unfortunately, she returns home from her first foray to find her mansion heavily damaged, with no clues as to who the culprit might be. But this only serves to fan the flames of the vampiric maiden’s interest in what’s going on beyond the walls of her estate, leading her on a grand, chaotic quest for answers…and for r(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,318 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492018-07-122026-07-092018-07-12 — best price $13.492018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $9.742019-01-18 — best price $14.992019-03-16 — best price $8.992019-05-06 — best price $14.992019-10-31 — best price $8.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $8.992020-05-06 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-04-29 — best price $8.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $8.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $8.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-10-02 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-02-26 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $4.492024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $4.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
64.5%
earned "C-C-C-Combo Maker"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,30137%11
Steam (Steam)1,11718%15
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeIndieMagicActionCombatFantasyVampire

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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