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Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is a single player role playing shooter game with fantasy and anime themes. It was developed by 二色幽紫蝶 and was released on June 24, 2021. It received positive reviews from players.

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88%Audience ScoreBased on 386 reviews
gameplay21 positive mentions
grinding25 negative mentions

  • Great variety of playable Touhou characters with unique abilities and playstyles.
  • Fun and addictive gameplay combining roguelike mechanics with bullet hell elements.
  • High replay value with many game modes, collectibles, and equipment crafting.
  • Excessive grinding required to unlock characters and items, leading to repetitiveness.
  • Poor UI/UX including confusing menus, awkward inventory management, and incomplete English translation.
  • Game suffers from bugs, lack of balance, and absence of cloud save causing lost progress.
  • gameplay

    61 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    34% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally described as simple, skill-based, and accessible, with enjoyable combat and unique character abilities that cater to both short and long play sessions. However, many find it repetitive, shallow, and lacking strategic depth or meaningful progression, with a grind-heavy loop that can feel unengaging over time. While the mechanics are solid and the overall experience fun for fans, limited variety in enemies, maps, and gameplay systems coupled with some confusing or underdeveloped features detract from its lasting appeal.

    • “I also absolutely adore the fact that this game is very much skill based when you get down to the overall mechanics.”
    • “Easy to break mechanically but really fun, every character plays pretty uniquely and while the combat is easy to build for in such a way that you can shred almost anything aside from certain enemies, it does feel really good doing so.”
    • “Overall the gameplay loop is pretty simple, but there's a lot of gameplay here for people that like to collect everything and gain every achievement and people that like to play games where they can specialize the focus and gameplay style of their character a great deal and increase its power a great deal through equipment crafting and looting.”
    • “Also, this game hasn't received any updates in years, and the gameplay feels a lot like a mobile game: simple and a little dull.”
    • “You grind... to get more chances to grind... to unlock characters to grind... which you grind to unlock more characters... and all of it in a lackluster gameplay experience that doesn't really feel fun or rewarding.”
    • “There is no strategy, no gameplay finesse, and the only 'challenges' of the game are damage-gating bosses with unfair and unpredictable patterns that you can only memorize to get better at, and grinding just to unlock more things which are unlocked for a completely subpar core experience.”
  • story

    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    12% positive mentions, 79% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The story is generally short, straightforward, and centered around playing as Cirno, with limited character development or multiple story routes. While it includes some minimal cutscenes and quest elements, many find it minimal, repetitive, and lacking depth, serving more as a vehicle for gameplay than a rich narrative experience. Overall, the story offers enough context for 10-15 hours of play but may feel stale or underdeveloped to those seeking a deeper plot.

    • “Although the storyline is short, it is quite interesting.”
    • “Good news is it's perfectly playable and fun as it is, and the devs are working hard at adding additional content (other character's storylines, more stages, etc).”
    • “The gameplay is very captivating and addictive, the story is not that bad all things considered.”
    • “The story is boring and uninspired.”
    • “Progression through the story requires you to play as one particular character, limiting your playstyle.”
    • “Most difficulty is artificial; on the 'hard' story mode, every room simply spawns an absurd amount of enemies instead of providing interesting gameplay.”
  • music

    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    63% positive mentions, 30% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its quality, often highlighted as a standout feature with beautiful remixes of Touhou tracks and a fitting, energetic soundtrack that enhances gameplay. While most find the music superb and a strong point, a few critiques mention occasional amateurish arrangements or repetitive sound effects. Overall, the soundtrack consistently receives positive reception and is considered a key element contributing to the game's charm and addictiveness.

    • “The music is great, what you'd expect from any Touhou game.”
    • “The music is superb and the art is a wonderful surprise.”
    • “The music fits the thematic excellently as per the Touhou standard.”
    • “The music and sound effects seem like they are all free assets taken from the public domain (e.g. Star Wars lightsaber noises for some attacks) without any consideration if they were the right effects to use.”
    • “The visuals look alright, but the translation is of dubious quality and the soundtrack reeks of amateur arrangements - the mixing isn't very good, and if you know a couple Touhou tracks by ear, you'll notice most melodies have been mistranscribed in a very obvious manner.”
    • “But yeah, this game is not fun; there is no music for levels and noises of attacks, same enemies with no variety and no balance because of how fast you can kill everything even bosses.”
  • grinding

    27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 7% neutral mentions, 93% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is frequent and often feels drawn out, with many players finding it tedious and repetitive, especially when unlocking characters, costumes, and cosmetics. While some appreciate the manageable grind and story pacing, others criticize the lack of gameplay depth and emphasize that much of the content revolves around repetitive grinding rather than strategic progression. Overall, grinding can significantly extend playtime but may detract from enjoyment for those seeking varied or challenging gameplay.

    • “By the time you're leveling up one character, all the content will be gone, and all that's left is grinding, grinding, and then some more grinding.”
    • “But there are so few patterns for normal enemies to work with, and that makes encounters super dull and feel more like a grinding session rather than actual progression or fun gameplay.”
    • “The game encourages hoarding and equipment swapping for specialization, but then it does nothing to ease quality of life for these things and instead adds hundreds of hours of "content" with expensive skin and character grinding; I ignored these and stuck with Cirno, she's strong enough.”
  • graphics

    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 35% neutral mentions, 15% negative mentions

    Users generally praise the game's graphics, highlighting its impressive artwork, pixel art style, and overall visual design as a strong point. While some note the visuals are decent rather than outstanding, the art and aesthetic feel are consistently appreciated and complement the game's theme well.

    • “Great graphics for a Touhou fangame; the game looks great and the art is top notch as you'd expect.”
    • “Excellent graphics and design.”
    • “[b] Graphics & art 9/10 [/b]”
    • “For a loot-based roguelite shooter, it's very clear they focused on visuals over substance.”
    • “The visuals look alright, but the translation quality is dubious and the soundtrack mixing is poor; most melodies are obviously mistranscribed.”
    • “The pixel graphics really do the game wonders with the genre.”
  • humor

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor largely translates well from the original, featuring funny dialogue and entertaining character interactions that fans appreciate. While some find the humor charming and amusing, others feel it relies too heavily on outdated memes and annoying character portrayals. Overall, the humor adds a lighthearted, enjoyable layer to the gameplay for many players.

    • “The game is totally playable in English and even much of the humor of the original game translates well.”
    • “Easily one of my top Touhou games and roguelikes despite being fanmade; it's faithful to the original material, with fun and addicting gameplay, funny dialogue (Cirno), and looks amazing.”
    • “Funny, not as hardcore as other official Touhou games, and it gives chances to play a large number of Touhou characters—fantastic!”
  • replayability

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    Replayability in this rogue-like bullet hell is generally praised due to its wide roster of characters, multiple game modes, and randomized dungeons offering variety and depth. However, some users feel the grind for permanent overpowered equipment and limited character variety diminish the replay value. Overall, the game provides a solid, addictive experience with strong replay potential for its price.

    • “Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is a rogue-like bullet hell that is very fun and makes me giggle. It features many characters from Touhou titles 6-15, providing a lot of variety and replay value. It also has many different game modes.”
    • “Plenty of characters and various randomized dungeons with varying waves of enemies and bosses make it a blast with high replayability potential and extra unlockable game modes.”
    • “Many of the girls to unlock and many modes offer great replayability.”
    • “This is a rogue-like with its backbone being that it wants you to grind to get overpowered equipment that you keep with you forever, meaning replayability goes down the drain fast.”
    • “Other characters are playable but that's it.”
    • “It's gross, it's boring, and it has no variety or replayability like roguelikes should.”
  • stability

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game currently suffers from numerous bugs and frequent crashes, affecting menus, item usage, enemy behavior, and overall gameplay stability. However, as an early access title, the developers are responsive to feedback and improvements are ongoing, showing promising potential despite these issues.

    • “Game is also pretty buggy. I encountered bugs where the character menu would appear while I'm in the storage or shop menu. I had multiple times where I was not able to drop items because the drop option would not be highlighted when I was pointing at it. In a few occasions, enemies would spawn stuck in the border of the stage, unable to move, and sometimes items I clicked on to use would either not activate or would delete the item without giving me what it offers.”
    • “Also, it crashes a lot. It's still in early access, so I don't want to be too hard on it, but after playing for less than two hours and having 5 crashes or freezes, I think it's safe to say this just isn't great right now.”
    • “I realize the game is still early access, but even basic gameplay tends to get really buggy sometimes.”
  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is poor, with significant performance drops occurring when more than a few enemies appear on screen, suggesting either a lack of attention to performance or inadequate technical expertise from the developers.

    • “The game's performance is awful when there are more than 10 enemies on screen, which indicates that the developers either ignored performance issues or did not know how to fix them.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the game emotionally impactful, with certain elements—such as photographic negatives—carrying a deep emotional weight that can cause genuine distress over time.

    • “Took me a long time to realize the photographic negatives I was collecting have the potency to cause emotional damage.”
  • character development

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game’s strong character design, highlighting well-crafted and visually appealing characters.

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Play Times

10h Median play time
9h Average play time
3-15h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 3 analyzed playthroughs
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Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is a role playing shooter game with fantasy and anime themes. Common tags for Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 include indie, roguelite, female protagonist, pixel graphics, bullet hell and others.

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 9 hours playing Touhou Blooming Chaos 2.

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 was released on June 24, 2021.

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 was developed by 二色幽紫蝶.

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is a single player game.

Similar games include Dungreed, UnderMine, God Of Weapons, Neon Abyss, Twilight Survivors and others.