Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 similar games & best alternatives

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is an brand new rogue shooter where you control a character of a varied cast to explore an all randomized labyrinth. Enjoy the excessive fun of reaping enemies and character training. With balanced difficulty, you can always find your place as either beginner or veteran!

What works
  • Addictive gameplay loop
  • Variety of characters and builds
  • Multiple game modes
  • Great music and art
  • Affordable price
Things to keep in mind
  • Grindy character and item unlocks
  • Some translation and ui issues
  • Repetitive enemy and map design
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some bugs and balance issues

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • Deathstate: Abyssal Edition

  • Escape From Duckov

  • Morsels

  • Zombotron

  • Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity

  • Keeper's Toll

  • Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Morsels

  • Kristala

  • Frogmonster
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Domination

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Expression

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  • Fantasy

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    "Set in the Touhou universe with magical characters, bullet hell fantasy combat, and a whimsical story."

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Leadership

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  • Relaxation

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  • Status

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  • Story

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  • Violence

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  • Survival

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    "Players must avoid damage and manage limited resources to survive through levels and bosses."

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