The top results based on the latest update are 東方紺珠伝 ～ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. [Score: 3.7], 東方鬼形獣 〜 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. [Score: 3.6] and 東方憑依華 ～ Antinomy of Common Flowers. [Score: 3.4].
The top rated games you can find here are Geometry Dash [SteamPeek Rating: 10.9] ranked #204, Cuphead [SteamPeek Rating: 10.6] ranked #154 and Enter the Gungeon [SteamPeek Rating: 10.4] ranked #132.
Also don't forget to check the newest releases Demonizer [Release date: 2020-10-30] ranked #122, DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit [Release date: 2020-10-12] ranked #42 and Astral Gunners [Release date: 2020-10-01] ranked #114.
While it is tempting to play with the newest and the best, there might be some other gems in the results, like 東方神霊廟 〜 Ten Desires [SteamPeek Rating: 4.8] ranked #52, eXceed 2nd - Vampire REX [SteamPeek Rating: 4.6] ranked #53 and Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION [SteamPeek Rating: 6.5] ranked #54.
桜を見ながら西瓜を割り、紅葉を見ながら鍋をつつく こんな季節に誰がした！ イレギュラーでシーズナルなシューティング幻想！
Release date: 1 Apr, 2019
月の都から敵が攻めてきた！ その弾幕が過去最狂難易度を誇るのは当然だろう？ ピュアーでルナティックなシューティング幻想！
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Release date: 9 Sep, 2019
誰が強いのか、誰が賢いのか、誰が正しいのか 畜生の理に則って、全て弾幕で決めよう！ ワイルドでビーストライクなシューティング幻想！
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Release date: 5 Jan, 2018
今度の異変は二人で一人？ いまだ煽り続ける都市伝説が新たな異変を引き起こす 今度の異変は二人が一人！？ならば二人で解決するしかない！
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Release date: 28 Jul, 2017
Graze the enemy’s bullets, Charge them head-on, and Wreak Havoc!!An exhilarating and dangerous shoot-em-up! This is a game for those with courage and survival instinct!
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Release date: 4 Sep, 2018
東方Project第16.5弾！ 超能力女子高生「宇佐見菫子」に、突如襲いかかる幻想郷の住人達。その恐ろしくも美しい弾幕を、スマホに撮りまくり、SNS映えを狙おう！...
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Release date: 12 May, 2016
"Murasaki" is a puzzle explosion game. Use explosions to clear the screen of pesky obstacles filling it up. The only controls you need are the directional buttons and two other buttons (Z and X)!
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Release date: 11 Jan, 2018
"The Disappearing of Gensokyo" is a Touhou Project doujin game from MyACG Studio, a Chinese doujin game fan circle. We have re-imagined Touhou as an ARPG, creating this "Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG". We hope this game will be a good experience for those who are both new and knowledgeable of Touhou!
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Release date: 6 May, 2016
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
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Release date: 16 Aug, 2019
The Touhou fangame where you return balance to the world by breaking the scale. Dodge storms of bullets as you work to discover the source of the abnormality. Tired of playing by the rules? Then change the game - up the risk and reward. Break the balance and embrace Discord.
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Release date: 18 Jun, 2019
飛び出そう、いつも通りの弾幕へ それが結果として世界をひっくり返す事になるだろう プリティでデュアリスチックなシューティング幻想！
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Release date: 1 Apr, 2019
ルール無用の弾幕地獄週間！ 華麗に、ずる賢く、卑怯な手でしのぎきれ！
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Release date: 14 Nov, 2014
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! is a bullet hell type shoot’em’up starring the pudding-loving dog girl QP seen in 100% Orange Juice. Nothing can stand between QP and her pudding - not even difficulty options to reduce the experienced gamer to tears!
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Release date: 25 Aug, 2017
Star Waker allows you to command customizable spaceships with the mission to show your agility in order to save mankind.
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Release date: 2 Aug, 2012
eXceed 3rd reboots the eXceed storyline, taking it in a new direction. In this installment, Rayne Lindwurm, a descendent of the Dragon Clan, fights her way through a tournament to become one of the 7 Cardinal Lords who rule her world, Pandemonium.
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Release date: 12 May, 2015
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.
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Release date: 15 Jul, 2016
Stop time and project yourself through space with “Time-stop warp” magic, pass through physical obstacles, dodge incoming bullets and shoot down your enemies! A satisfying shooter, filled with dark humor!
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Release date: 18 Mar, 2019
Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival part II is a danmaku shooting game, which is the second part of Touhou Makuka Sai. The repeat of incident is coming again. Can the girls going to the netherworld solve the mystery?
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Release date: 18 Mar, 2014
The skies will be set aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Select from over 125 combinations of weapons, bodies, and propulsion systems and take to the skies to battle enemy fighter planes, battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Release date: 21 Dec, 2015
【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v
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Release date: 12 May, 2020
Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.
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Release date: 16 Aug, 2018
Fantastic Danmaku Festival is a Touhou Project fanfiction STG with colourful danmaku, beautiful remix music and original music. Besides the characters we know in Touhou Project, there is also a brand new original character named Nix in this game! With the Scarlet Devil mansion as their stage, the girls are soaring in the sky of Gensokyo!
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Release date: 16 Dec, 2016
Help Aru save Christmas in this humoristic, action-packed shooter set in the universe of QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
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Release date: 10 Aug, 2018
AstroViking is a horde-survival shoot em' up with RPG elements! Forge your own superpowered Viking with 60+ upgrades and take on an endless swarm of aliens!
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Release date: 19 Jul, 2019
A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!
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