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Touhou: Hotline Sanzu

An arcade shooter / immersive sim where you solve problems with guns, backstabs, and strategic use of vents.

10 August 2022

Touhou: Hotline Sanzu is an arcade developed by Yal, released 10 August 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Touhou: Hotline Sanzu is

Touhou: Hotline Sanzu is an arcade game developed by Yal and released in 2022. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A dark reimagining of the Touhou universe as a corporate dystopia, shamelessly ripping off inspired by games like Hotline Miami and Cruelty Squad. A "Cleaner" at Sanzu Corporation, Reimu finds herself trapped in a whirlwind of fairy drug trade, corporate-sanctioned mass murder and nonsensical architecture as she tries to find out who sends her cryptic phonecalls and find a way to either death or a better-paying job. In a world where Styx, Sanzu and every other river separating life and death has been privatized, dying is a privilege for only the richest and mortal office workers are stuck in an endless cycle of pain and overtime.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Touhou: Hotline Sanzu launched on 10 August 2022, within three weeks of Cult of the Lamb, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Immortality and Tinykin.

Released around the same time: Cult of the Lamb, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Immortality, Tinykin.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Touhou: Hotline Sanzu come out?
Touhou: Hotline Sanzu was released on 10 August 2022 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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