The Top of The Dream

The Top of The Dream

东方有顶天制作组 · July 17, 2021 · Bullet Hell, Shooter, 2D, Adventure, Linear

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About The Top of The Dream

《The Top of The Dream》 is a retro style bullet screen shooting game created by the The Top of The Legend fan game production team.Game backgroundThe monsters and residents of Fantasia have all dreamed of an unknown place in the sky, and the gods of Fantasia have also noticed the strange changes in their dreams. Hakurei Reimu, troubled by dreams, went alone to the sky to explore the truthGame mechanicsBorrowing the power of dreams in the dream, the firepower will increase with one's own wakefulness state. Consuming some wakefulness value can release the dream barrier, greatly increasing the firepower value and providing protection against attacks in the barrier. After the barrier is completed, the full screen bullet will be eliminated and dropped objects will be collected.Card rulesBoss will sing talismans and start releasing powerful barrage during battles. When releasing the token, the boss will hold the shield, and the shield will not be damaged during its existence. Attacks on the shield will reduce its duration.At the end of the symbol card time, if it has not been hit by barrage attacks/body attacks, it is considered as "symbol card full avoidance", otherwise it is considered as "time end".Break the token before the end of the token time. If it does not lose health, it is considered a "successful collection". Otherwise, it is considered a "failed collection".Author's wordsThis game is generally biased towards STG beginners, with a user-friendly level continuation mechanism, and with sufficient planning, firepower and skill resources are relatively abundant. Although the density and difficulty of the barrage are higher than most N and H, if the barrier mechanism can be fully understood and utilized for bomb evasion and firepower coverage, it is enough to break these epic talismans. Finally, during the challenging bottom of the game or when completing the game, I hope you can enjoy the fun brought by this game!Additionally, due to the limitations of the game's size, we apologize for not being able to achieve difficulty grading!

The Top of The Dream — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Dec 5, 2024
The ver1.1.0 update made this a quite playable game. You can probably ignore all negative reviews from before November that talked about no music or bugs.
11 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 19, 2025
[h1] Another Touhou shmup. Not bad but gets a bit repetitive and gets harder with each stage so repeating same level is mandatory. Instead of bombs use temporal invulnerability to devastate enemies. Each level have some boss fight. I was willing to give positive review almost until got to the point of no return. Didn't have enough time to start over. Overall not bad game but keep your eyes bulged out and hands ready for something better in this genre genre. [/h1]
7 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 31, 2024
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2 found this helpful
Not recommended Oct 6, 2023
It's the EuroShmup of 2hu. It's got: Slow pacing, basic enemy patterns, and doesn't require much skill or thought to play. It also lacks music, and just has this weird and unfinished feeling. So, I guess it exists? It has some decent boss bullet patterns, but overall just isn't that fun, even for the price of FREE dollars and 99 Reimus.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 12, 2026
i like the artstyle, gameplay is classic touhou but this reminds me of the touhou browser port game
Recommended Jun 24, 2025
me like bullet hell games

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