Last updated on December 9th, 2025 at 09:39 am
Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis – Action Game Review
Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis is a Action/Casual game from mitsuo kuwamura, first launched in 5th September 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 395+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis Stand Out
【Overview】
This game is the Fan-Made STG Game of [The Touhou Project](Boss Rush Style).
I made it so we can play it on our SmartPhone.
【How to Play】
[Move]
Slide your favorite spot on the screen and your character will move.
(It is easy to avoid because you can’t hide hit judgment by sliding your fingers slightly under your character)
[Shot]
Shots are fired automatically.
You can switch shot ON / OFF on the setting menu.
[Bomb]
Erase the bullet in the screen, and damage the boss.
However, the laser can not be erased. (Because I can not to disappear only for the part that Bomb hit for the original game)
※You can choose from 3 ways to fire bomb. (From Config Menu)
(1)Double Tap Style
If you double tap the screen, you can shoot the Bomb.
The sensitivity of double tap can be changed by setting.
(Increasing the number makes it easier to shoot bombs, but it also increases mistakes)
(2)Bomb Button Style
If you push the button, Bomb will fire.
Button position and transparency can be changed by setting.
(3)Bomb Invalid Style
It is challenge with no bomb. Brave.
【Menu】
[Stage]
You can play 12 stages「紅〜天、Extra、Phantasm」.
Please destroy the boss that attacks one after another, and aim for the update of high score and clear rank.
[Spell Practice]
You can practice SpellCard that you played more than once at [stage].
[Boss Practice]
You can practice a boss that you played more than once at [stage].
[Boss Rush]
You can play this mode after clearing the stage 「Phantasm」.
You can challenge the boss of each stage in succession.
【Notes】
Please feel free to contact me with any comments, questions, opinions, etc. on this game.
Mail：[email protected]
Twitter：https://twitter.com/supportappKNEA1
【Corresponding Terminal】
iOS6 or later is supported.
You can play iPhone/iPad.
【Reference】
Primary Production Source:
[Team Shanghai Alice]
【BGM Reference】
[Title&Menu BGM]
Arrange BGM on Title/Menu：猫舌ロロ様
[Game BGM]
・Arrange BGM on 紅〜天 stage：クロネコラウンジ様
・Arrange BGM on Extra stage(on way)・・・FD様(@fd1005)
・Arrange BGM on Extra stage(boss)・・・音雨様
・Arrange BGM on Phantasm stage(on way)・・・まつりみ様
・Arrange BGM on Phantasm stage(boss)・・・ちぇあ様
【SE Reference】
[niconi・commons]
[maoudamashii]
[taira-komori]
etc.
【Image Reference】
[maceknight]
[Grn（@grn_dmf）]
[dairi & haruka]
[Touhou Danmaku Material Collection]
[WARGO pattern]
[BEIZ Graphics]
etc.
【Translation Reference】
[Helped Menber]
霖沁旖、3rd eye、SCP Foundation、博丽早苗、and Other…
[Special Thanks]
THBWiki
【Other】
This app images and sound effects (some exceptions) is using the free material.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th April 2021
Recent improvements include:
【Bug Fix】
・Fixed a bug in SpellPractice that caused the game to freeze if the player was hit and the boss was defeated at the same time.(Second Fix)
・Some text strings have been modified.
・Fixed a bug that caused some bullets to remain when switching between normal bullets and SpellCards.
Download & Availability
Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is just so refreshing – it reminds us of the days when games werent packed with predatory game design choices. Its just classic Touhou gameplay, art and soundtrack. Thats really all you need, but be warned if youre not already into these kinds of games it might seem boring since almost all modern games abuse your dopamine circuits.
We very much thank you for creating this game. We LOVE TOUHOU.
There is no rival, no substitute, simply the best.
We love this game sm (re-installing).
Add more levels for Touhou 17 and 18 that would be cool. Maybe the Phantasmagoria-style games too if youre up to it. Still really good for mobile Touhou though. Also is the icon Mimas last Spell? Thats a nice addition.
The game in general is just very fun and can be very addictive especially for those who specialize in skill type games.
First thing out of the way, for those concerned over the monetary aspect of this game: This is one of the few games we've seen on the App Store that has no monetary strings attached, for one. No front-payment, no advertisements, no microtransactions. And for how much content is in here, that's awesome. Every Touhou character playable in at least one of the shooter games(besides Hatate/Sumireko) are playable, with 2 Shot Types to select from. Every Touhou game from 6-16 is represented as its own abridged version, under a 'stage' with 1/3 of their Japanese title's kanji as their symbol. Like the description for the game says, it goes straight to each boss, with no stage portions in between, but we believe this is actually a good thing in this game's case. Music from the games are also remixed, but keep the same melody. The remixes have an EDM style overall, with some other instruments or styles occasionally in there depending on character. Like, how the Prismriver Sisters have the instruments they have in their band as the leads, or Nue's theme is filled with distorts and glitchy effects. Though, Yamame's theme here kind of sounds like some kind of unreleased instrumental Black-Eyed Peas song, which is pretty funny to us. Most patterns are partially based off of their respective character's in their respective game, though some of them are original and build off of it(like how some of Seija's spell cards are based off of the cheat items she uses in Impossible Spell Card). Some are also completely original, like Satori's. Touch controls work great, especially on a tablet using a stylus. It feels super satisfying to play a Touhou game with such free movement, though one could argue it makes the game a little too easy. It stands on its own, too, with its original unlockable stages; which we won't spoil, but trust us, we loved the surprise as someone who's loved Touhou since we were a child. It also unlocks for every character once you unlock it with one shot type, which is very nice. A minor nitpick is the overall grammar. We don't blame the developers, as English is a hard language to master, but there is some clunky grammar and typos here and there. Spell Cards with a topic-and-quote naming scheme only have the second "quoted" part of their names, instead of being in full, and overall most of them have different names than their usual even if they're directly based on a pre-existing one. Name tags for each boss character in the main game(or at least an option for it) would be helpful for new fans too, and also is something the official games do. Only big downside is that this game is slightly outdated, as the last update was 2 years ago, so no stages for Touhou 17 and 18. PC-98(1-5) and Phantasmagoria(9 & 19) aren't included either, but they're usually left out in these kinds of things anyway. Even though Phantasmagoria could easily be included as a split-screen multiplayer mode, we believe.
The game is amazing and theres no denying that its almost perfect but could you add a story like feature? Though when you do play the game it is story like but what we mean is like adding those little fuzzballs like the real touhou and probably adding texts as well.But nevertheless its a great game.
Dont change the language bc the english one just stops existing and some of the spellcards are just wrong but for the most part this is just all the touhou games up to hidden star in four seasons.
Im so happy we found a game like this. We always thought the Touhou games were just lame and overly-exaggerating hard, and they are hard but not lame. Assuming this is pretty much a Touhou game (regardless if it is or not its still awesome), we love this game so much. The stages/chapters for each Japanese letter symbol or whatever that come in different colors and stuff, why are they so long?! (Not that Im complaining or anything add more stages/chapters!!!) we want this game to last forever (we mean if it does then cool but just in case it doesntmake it last forever ) 10/10 game fr we love the overly complicated and chaotic gameplay, we feel pro playing this game. >:) we would recommend to everybody, we aint a bot so just take our word for it whoever is reading.
Like seriously, this has to be the best games to play the actual danmaku games itself, but anyways we highly suggested picking this game up since it free anyways.
Its perfect, no bugs or gameplay issues found. And the gameplay is pretty good aswell.
Very cute on kijins special. We HIGHLY agree.
The game is very fun and is pretty much just a touhou game. The easy modes are pretty chill and the harder modes are challenging and takes lots of time to beat. Sadly, we think development stopped because the last update was last year, but still fun to play when youre bored so give it a try.
Our PC cant run the original game so we used this as a last resort all in all this is pretty good and somehow it runs more smoothly on our phone.
Add more levels for Touhou 17 and 18 that would be cool.
We cant wait for the next game.
The quality could be better, but this is very impressive.
No more words need to be exchanged, it's just that good.
Very good Touhou fangame, Ive enjoyed it quite a lot! Will you be adding stages based on the new Touhou games Wily Beast and Weakest Creature (Touhou 17) and Unconnected Marketeers (Touhou 18)? We think it would be really neat to see your interpretation of those games.
We play this more than normal touhou. Its easy to access by being on mobile. We think having these controls (touchscreen, stylus, etc) is better than having keyboard controls. Also the ads are handled very well (they appear as banners on the bottom of the screen so it doesnt bother us at all). Great music, good ui. It was also a good decision to only include bosses. Also, idk if the real touhou games do this, but some of the bullet patterns were really creative and were able to change the map and essentially change the game genre at points.
Though, we feel like the bomb button should be adjustable in size, for those with smaller display screens.
Ive never played a Touhou game, but this is really fun. Even if its not an actual licensed game, we still enjoyed ourselves. Thanks.
Sometimes im not home, and we miss our touhou. So what do we do? We pull out this game and now im not homesick anymore. Easy peesy.
Now this is a proper Touhou game, and it even reuses sound effects and assets from the official ZUN games! The spellcards are also lifted directly from the originals, and features multiple playable characters, even Seija! The extra stages were completely unexpected and awesome, and the final final boss was a fantastic surprise! Love that the dev showed some love to the PC-98 era >< 5/5, the best Touhou game to hit mobile devices, even surpassing the official Touhou games on mobile(looking at you Lost Word)>< The most proper way to do things, is the homemade way~~.
We loved the Touhou games as a child and was jealous that some fan made games were put on Android but IOS didnt have any. Now our dreams have come true. So much nostalgia, the game is on point as well, and the music a cover of the original.
This is the best game Ive seen on the App Store Ive never played touhou because we dont have a pc so we decided to look up touhou on a whim and we found this hidden gem this needs more support Ill be sure to tell all of our friends about it.
Good for passing time, still recommend to get the real games thoough. Very good graphics and very similar to the actual games, even for touhou 6 they added the enemy arrow at the bottom when the real game doesnt have it. Would mainly play this in class to pass time or if you dont have a pc.
Our only suggestion for improvement would be to add a pay to remove ads option, this is allowed by Zun if you werent aware.
Im really happy that a game like this exists and the effort put in. Our biggest issue is that when trying to play with an apple pen the game wont let us and tries to write instead. We also hope more of the games will be added in the future.
This Feels Like Just A Official Touhou Game! We Love The Creativity Of The Names Of The Spellcards, But There Is Just One Thing Though. If This Game Gets Updated Ever Again, we Want To See Touhou Characters From 17-19! No Hate Though.
Its virtually impossible to tap the Bomb button on an iPad. Please add a 2-finger press mode to activate the bomb. The idea is to activate the bomb whenever two-finger is detected, regardless the their positions.
Well made game but we would rate 5 stars If we we could change the screen resolution for our iPhone 12 there is about half an inch of the top of our screen that is black and we would pay to remove ads since the bottom part of our screen has an ad at all times.
This game looks like it was made in PowerPoint but its more of a touhou game than touhou Lostword so 5 stars.
Hi! We really enjoy playing this game, however, when playing the DDC (Double Dealing Character) we noticed a word that appears to be Transcend or something like that. We cant tell if this is just us, but thats what it looks like. Could you tell us what this is? We dont want it to ruin the enjoyment of this game so please answer honestly. Thanks :).
First: If you are playing boss rush and get Utsuho using Solar Deity Of Inferno and then get marisa(this probably works with other characters, this is our example) Marisa gets no healthbar. Second: If you have Spotify or Apple Music on while playing, theres a chance the boss music will play anyways. Overall though, fun game, passes the vibe check. [Edit: It does work with other things, not always but Yukari used Alternative Danmaku Barrier and then the Tsukumo sisters also had no healthbar].
We play touhou and this is best. Because we like bullets games.
Overall great game but the audio rarely plays and the music room doesnt even open.
The music doesnt play when we fight bosses, but good touhou game.
Okay first of all, we played this game very early on during its time where the extra stages werent added yet and bombs were all the same (double tap, then a force field appears similar to the bombs used in Touhou 10). We remember leaving a review where we really liked the game especially compared to the devs previous games, lots of great improvements made and content they added. However, we had written in the review how we wished bombing could be better because either the double tap doesnt register, its too sensitive sometimes, or its just too hard to react in time to bomb. We remember suggesting that they could change it so that theres a special button for bombing somewhere on the screen, and if it blocks the screen too much/too distracting, there could even be an option to make the button semi transparent. Coming back to this game after some time, what do we find… The dev actually did it!!! Not only that, characters also have unique bombs to themselves and lots of other qol features. We cant believe it, maybe its because Ive been playing other really popular games but the developers dont always listen to feedback and it can feel like youre talking to thin air. But this developer is not the same, it feels like they really want to make the best game experience possible and we are so pleased with how this game has become even better than it was before! We definitely recommend this game to anyone, give this game a shot for sure.
The music. The spells. The game play. 11\10 Probably the best touhou game in the App Store at the moment.
Love the game, please update to full screen on IPhone X and above.
We were skeptical at first since we couldnt imagine that there was a quality mobile Touhou game that Ive never heard of, but this is an absolutely phenomenal game! Everything from the level of detail of each boss to the inclusion of every major playable character makes this game a masterpiece. Plus, it appears like the creator is actively trying to address every problem that has been mentioned in the reviews! We personally have no issues with this game and it has become one of our favorite games of all time! This game is truly a representation of what the Touhou community is capable of. Thanks to the creator for making such an amazing game and we hope this gets the attention it deserves in the future.
Given that the game has been updated to what it is, it has become closer of becoming an authentic touhou experience. The deathbombing is balanced enough that it isnt as abusable as it was when first implemented. There are a variety of characters and stages to play, so that is a goal for completionists to keep playing the game. A potential feature worth considering is the addition of the pc-98 era of touhou as well as the recent touhou game, Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. The fighting game-only characters could have their own series where all of them are grouped together; the same goes for characters that was introduced in touhou 3 and touhou 9. In terms of characters we personally want to play as, it would be yuka kazami and mima. They both have a shottype featured in touhou 5. A potential second shottype for yuka is her shottype in touhou Frantically Forbidden Fruit. For mima, it could be the orreries that circle around her when you fight her in touhou 2. Yukas special trait could be that the deathbomb time is slower, while mimas special trait could be a higher set of default bombs. Yukas bomb could be summoning sunflowers that is high in power and range but is low on its duration and stability. Mimas bomb could be her Tower of Babel spell in this game, wherein it is low on power and range but is high in its duration and stability. Thats all of the ideas in our head to make the game even better than it already is, it would be a pleasant surprise for us if this does get implemented in the game. Have a good day and thank you for reading our review. Edit: Just finished playing the Boss Rush All on Lunatic – there seems to be a problem with Byakurens HP Bar as it is invisible when we reached her battle. Other than that graphical glitch, we thoroughly enjoyed this update. Another bug in Boss Rush All seems to be that Marisa and Sanaes bomb causes a glitch where the bosses multiply and lag the device. Additionally, when the boss is defeated, the next boss would not appear.
This game is really fun and the extra 2 levels are amazing for a reason we will not spoil. This is the best touhou related app on the app store(Probably until lost word finally releases) but either way this is one fun app.
Can you guys add moving animations for the characters so it will look better.
We love this game a lot but theres a bug after you play a music from the music room all the title music or the stage music wont be played.
This is a great game. Has remixes and art for every single character and is challenging too. We can barely beat EOSD on lunatic. Fun though, and the extra and phantasm stages are a really great addition.
This game is really great although there is a bug with the clock notifications where it will ring for a split second then. The game and clock notif will close and you will lose all of your progress. This hurts bad especially for low/bad lunaplayers like us trying to get better than half a second later we lose all our progress. Please fix! <3.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 5.5
- Size: 320.84 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [mitsuo kuwamura]()
Last updated: 18th April 2021 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: mitsuo kuwamura