Buy Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism PC key

Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism is a shooting game in which you control a human character, fire shots at enemies and avoid enemy attacks, bullets and lasers. The story begins when a geyser erupts near the Hakurei Shrine in snowy winter, melting the snow and bringing up hot springs along with strange beings from the underground. Reimu Hakurei and Marisa initially decide to leave the quiet spirits alone and enjoy the hot springs, but the eruption concerns other residents of Gensokyo. Patchouli Knowledge fears that underground beings may possess dangerous powers, so she consults Yukari Yakumo. Yukari sends the humans underground while the youkai support them from the surface, wary that the eruption could be a trap. As sealed youkai awaken, the memories of the earth begin to take form, threatening to return Gensokyo to an older age.

Game modes

The main game lets you choose a difficulty. Extra Start begins the Extra Stage when its requirements have been met; it uses three starting lives and does not allow continues. Practice Start lets you play a single stage that you have already cleared with the selected difficulty, character and weapon, and records scores for each stage. It starts with nine lives and does not allow continues. You can also watch saved replays, view scores and other player data, visit the Music Room, and change options.

Attacks and options

Your character fires an unlimited supply of shots. Remote Spirit Attack uses one option to clear enemy bullets, with an effect that varies by character. Power-ups do not strengthen the character’s shots; instead, they increase the number of options. Some equipment also arranges the options differently during fast and slow movement.

Moving to the top of the screen collects all items on screen, while slow movement draws nearby items toward you. Items can include small and large Power-ups, score items, full-power items, small and large increases to the maximum point value, and extra-life fragments. Small Power-ups add 0.05 Power, except for Alice; large ones add 1.0. Power normally caps at 4.0, or 8.0 for Alice. At maximum Power, either Power-up is replaced by a small maximum-point-value item. A full-power item appears when your lives reach zero. Five extra-life fragments grant one additional life, and fragments appear when you clear a boss or mid-boss phase without losing a life; using a Spirit Attack is allowed.

Communication strength

A gauge shows your communication strength with the youkai remaining on the surface. It instantly reaches maximum when you move near the top of the screen and gradually falls elsewhere; grazing enemy bullets also raises it. The strength level determines the score value of score items. Items are collected when communication strength reaches 100%.