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.
153
games
22platforms
Alternate names: Manic shooter, Curtain fire, Danmaku, 弾幕, Maniac Shooters
X360 2011-04-27
ARCD 2007
PS2 2005
X16 2021
X360 2011-02-03
ARCD 2001
ARCD 1995
ARCD 2003
WIN 2000
PS2 2005-12-01
DC 2001-01-18
X360 2008-02
The first Bullet Hell video game was released in 1983.
Parent groups
Scrolling shooter, Shoot 'em up, UVL: Tags that may need renaming