TimeHou

A cozy Touhou shrine to build with friends

TimeHou is a free hangout game in your browser. Share a link, wander a little shrine in Gensokyo together, and come back later to find it grew while you were away.

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Free · no download · no account needed · works on phones

A floating island with a red-pillared shrine, cherry trees, a lily pond, a tea house and a food stall, with Reimu standing on the path

What you do

  • Hang out

    Walk around as a chibi avatar, chat, emote and strike poses. Pick your hair, outfit and accessories in the wardrobe.

  • Build together

    Place torii, lanterns, stalls, gardens and dozens of decorations. The shrine belongs to the whole group.

  • Gather faith, even offline

    What you build earns faith in real time, for up to a day while nobody's on. Spend it to grow the shrine.

  • Meet visitors

    34 Touhou characters drop by, drawn by what you've built and the time of day. Help with their favours to earn hearts and keepsakes.

  • Fish and forage

    44 fish across eight waters, some that only bite at certain hours or in a storm, and mushrooms to find in the Forest of Magic.

  • Dodge danmaku

    Practise against a visitor's own spell card in a short bullet-hell run, and chase the shrine's top five.

  • Restore Gensokyo

    Repair the bridges to eight neighbouring islands and bring each back in stages, from Misty Lake to Bhavaagra.

  • Days, weather and duties

    A day–night cycle, rain showers and thunderstorms, daily shrine duties, records and titles to earn.

The islands

Misty Lake in winter: a frozen lake, snowy pines, an igloo and Cirno
Misty Lake
Hakugyokurou's garden of pink cherry trees around the bare Saigyou Ayakashi
Hakugyokurou
The red-brick Scarlet Devil Mansion with its clock tower, fountain and gardens
Scarlet Devil Mansion
The Bamboo Forest of the Lost with a small house, a spring and stone paths
Bamboo Forest of the Lost

Also waiting to be restored: the Human Village, the Forest of Magic, the Youkai Mountain hot spring and Bhavaagra above the clouds. Visitors include Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Cirno, Sakuya Izayoi, Remilia and Flandre Scarlet, Sanae Kochiya, Suwako Moriya, Nitori Kawashiro, Aya Shameimaru, Kaguya Houraisan, Fujiwara no Mokou, Youmu Konpaku, Yuyuko Saigyouji, Yukari Yakumo, Tenshi Hinanawi and more.

How it grows

The whole world from above: the home shrine island joined by bridges to eight restored islands

Questions

Is it free?
Yes. It runs in your browser; there's nothing to download or buy.
How do my friends join?
Every shrine has its own link. Send it to them and they land in the same shrine.
Do I need an account?
No, you can play as a guest. An optional account (just a username and password, no email) keeps your progress across browsers.
Can I keep strangers out?
Yes. A shrine's owner can open it to everyone, only to friends with an invite, or to anyone who knows its PIN.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, with touch controls. It's built to play on a second screen while you talk.
Is this an official Touhou game?
No. It's an unofficial fan game based on Touhou Project by ZUN (Team Shanghai Alice).
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