The newest game in the Touhou Project series, Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers, is now available on the Steam store!

Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers Steam Store Page

Unconnected Marketeers is the 18th game in the Touhou Project series, a danmaku shmup series developed by Team Shanghai Alice. In addition to the series’ typical shmup elements, collecting Ability Cards at the end of each stage is now a key part of progressing in the game.

Defeat enemies while dodging myriad bullets as beautiful as fireworks.

Muster your technique and memorization ability to conquer a short but intense battle of skill!

In this game, you can equip various ability cards that have different effects.

What are the ability cards?
Who made them, and why?
Why are they being bought and sold?
What could it all mean?

With no answers in sight, the shrine maiden sets out to investigate.

—From the Steam store page

Though it was originally planned for a May 4th release at Gensou Kagura (a Touhou-only event inside BS-Fes Special), the state of emergency declared in Tokyo and the subsequent delay of the event to May 23rd shed doubts on the game’s release date. However, ZUN announced on Twitter that the game would be released on May 4th as planned—digitally through Steam.

この情勢ならイベント延期は仕方ないですね。イベントは延期になったからというわけではないですが、東方虹龍洞は予定通り、ダウンロード版はsteamから5/4に発売予定ですので、よろしくお願いしますー！

— 博麗神主 (@korindo) April 23, 2021

Hakurei Head Priest @korindo
“It’s unsurprising that the event was rescheduled given the circumstances. This isn’t necessarily because of the delay, but Touhou Kouryudou will release digitally on Steam as planned on May 4th. Don’t miss it!”

Doujin store announcements have revealed that physical copies will be available beginning May 13th.

上海アリス幻樂団さんの新作「東方虹龍洞　〜 Unconnected Marketeers.」予約開始しました！
必ず手に入れたい方は是非ご予約を！！
■秋葉原店https://t.co/slxvclOiiO
■通販予約https://t.co/wZZyMegMYc#akiba #東方 #touhou #東方プロジェクト #東方虹龍洞 #akbh #アキバホビー #akibahobby pic.twitter.com/4GBxsHBHCW

— アキバホビー秋葉原店 (@AKIBA_HOBBY1) April 19, 2021

Akiba Hobby Akihabara Store @AKIBA_HOBBY1
“The new Team Shanghai Alice game, Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers., is now available for pre-order! Make sure to reserve your copy now to get it!”

Whether you’ve played every game in the series or never touched a Touhou game before, we hope you’ll consider giving this one a try.

Editor: *lux