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.

147

games

platforms

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

Bee Storm

ARCD 2001-05-21

Steel Dragon EX

PS2 2003-10-23

Vixx

X16 2021

Mushihime-Sama Futari Black Label

ARCD 2007-12-11

DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu

ARCD 2008-05-22

Psyvariar: Medium Unit

ARCD 1999

LIN 2007

PS4 2017-02-28

FLA 2008-10-30

ARCD 1999

Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas

ARCD 2009-06-14

Giga Wing 2

DC 2001-01-18

The first video game about Bullet Hell was released in 1993.

Cave, AMI and Atlus has published most of these games

Parent groups

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

Related site

Bullet hell at Wikipedia

Platforms

Linux		48
Arcade		37
X360		12
Windows		11
PS2		10
Dreamcast		5
Mac OS X		3
Saturn		3
PS4		2
PS		2
Mobile		2
iOS		2
Flash		1
PS Vita		1
BSD		1
GameCube		1
Switch		1
NEC PC9801		1
Apple II E		1
Commander X16		1
Xbox		1
PS3		1

Bullet Hell

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