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Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!

What works

  • Faithful classic smt gameplay with modern quality of life
  • Extensive touhou character roster and lore references
  • Engaging dungeon design and exploration
  • Deep party customization and fusion mechanics
  • Excellent soundtrack and pixel art

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui/menu clunk and inconvenience
  • Dungeon mazes can be tedious and repetitive
  • Story is minimal and not very compelling
  • Late game difficulty spikes and grind potential
  • Battery mechanic can be intrusive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Path of the Abyss

  • Epic Battle Fantasy 5

  • Dark Deity 2

  • Monsters' Den: Book of Dread

  • Caves of Lore

  • Kingsvein

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia but with less leadership over others

  • Dungeon Antiqua 2

  • Card Quest

  • Dungeons of Aether

  • Rabbit Hole

  • Aggelos

  • Cross Blitz

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Exploration, Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026