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Bullet Hell

Game genre theme

A sub-genre of shmup where the whole screen is literally filled with projectiles, usually with the main challenge being avoiding those bullets (often by recognizing/memorizing firing patterns) rather than destroying enemies.

155
games
22
platforms

Alternate names: Manic shooter, Curtain fire, Danmaku, 弾幕, Maniac Shooters

Batsugun (Arcade)
Batsugun
ARCD 1993
DonPachi (PlayStation)
DonPachi
PS1 1996-10-18
Psyvariar: Medium Unit (Arcade)
Psyvariar: Medium Unit
ARCD 1999
Homura (PlayStation 2)
Homura
PS2 2005-12-01
Akai Katana Shin (Arcade)
Akai Katana Shin
ARCD 2012
Triggerheart Exelica (Xbox 360)
Triggerheart Exelica
X360 2008-02
DoDonPachi (Saturn)
DoDonPachi
SAT 1997-09-18
Mobile Light Force 2 (PlayStation 2)
Mobile Light Force 2
PS2 2002-06-27
OMG: Our Manic Game (Mobile phone)
OMG: Our Manic Game
MOB 2010-10-21
DoDonPachi (PlayStation)
DoDonPachi
PS1 1998-09-10
Dangun Feveron (Arcade)
Dangun Feveron
ARCD 1998
Crimzon Clover (Arcade)
Crimzon Clover
ARCD 2013-04-25

Popular tags

actionadventure actionrpg adventurerpg arenashooter fixedshooter roguelite scrollingshooter twinstickshooter

Parent groups

Scrolling shooter, Shoot 'em up, UVL: Tags that may need renaming

Games by year

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The first Bullet Hell video game was released in 1983.

Cave, Success and AMI published most of these games.

Related site

Bullet hell at Wikipedia

Platforms

Linux 49
Arcade 37
Windows 14
X360 12
PS2 10
Dreamcast 6
Mac OS X 3
Switch 3
Saturn 3
Mobile 2
iOS 2
PS4 2
PS 2
Apple II E 2
Xbox 1
PS3 1
Flash 1
PS Vita 1
BSD 1
GameCube 1
NEC PC9801 1
Commander X16 1

Most common companies

Cave21
Success5
AMI5
Atlus5
Taito4
Capcom4
AJTilley.com3
Sega2
TOMAGameStudio2
ESP2
Kongregate2
Kaneko2
Arika2
Hikware2
Headup Games2