A demo for Touhou Project tabletop-style RPG Marisa of Liartop Mountain is now available for PC via Steam, publisher Alliance Arts and developer Unknown X announced. It supports English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language options.
“Marisa of Liartop Mountain hearkens to a simpler time,” said Unknown X in a press release. “Books and tabletop games have a special way of sparking our imagination. We strove to make every dice roll carry that same suspense and imagination of classic board games of old. We look forward to Touhou fans going hands-on with the latest demo and providing their valuable feedback!”
Here is an overview of the game, via Alliance Arts:
Investigate the disappearance of famed Touhou heroine on a journey that hearkens back to classic tabletop RPGs. Marisa has vanished, and Shrine Maiden Reimu sets out to solve her mysterious disappearance. An oddly oversized book standing in Marisa’s room provides the only clue to her whereabouts.
As Reimu cracks open the book, magic envelops her, teleporting her inside the book to find the first trace of Marisa’s tracks. Determine fate with every roll of the dice on an adventure through a branching narrative of literary works. Read and experience each chapter to move through wondrous worlds.
Journey through part of the first chapter in the demo, with five chapters available at launch. With an unwritten future ahead, choose the path forward as story arc choices materialize on every page. Fight or flee from monsters, eat or bypass precariously placed morsels of food, and finish each chapter to create a one-of-a-kind adventure.
Marisa of Liartop Mountain is due out for PC via Steam in 2025.
Watch a new trailer below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.