Deathsmiles

Deathsmiles
Deathsmiles
Developer	Cave
Publishers	AMI JP: AMI (arcade); JP: Cave (Xbox 360); NA: Aksys Games; EU: Rising Star Games; WW: Degica (Windows); JP: City Connection (PS4, Xbox One, Switch); ;
Director	Junya Inoue
Producer	Kenichi Takano
Designers	Atsushi Aburano ; Toshiyuki Kuroiwa ; Akira Wakabayashi ; Hiroyuki Tanaka
Programmer	Takashi Ichimura Yuji Inoue ; Tsuneki Ikeda;
Artist	Junya Inoue
Composer	Manabu Namiki
Platforms	Arcade; Xbox 360; iOS; Android; Microsoft Windows; PlayStation 4; Xbox One; Nintendo Switch;
Release	October 19, 2007 Arcade; JP: October 19, 2007; Mega Black Label; JP: October 10, 2008; Xbox 360; JP: April 23, 2009; NA: June 29, 2010; EU: February 18, 2011; AU: March 10, 2011; iOS; WW: July 7, 2011; Android; NA: July 17, 2013; Windows; WW: March 10, 2016; PS4, Xbox One, Switch JP: December 16, 2021; WW: December 15, 2021; ;
Genre	Scrolling shooter
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	CAVE CV1000-B

Deathsmiles (デススマイルズ, Desusumairuzu) is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game by Japanese developer Cave, released in late 2007. It has heavy occult and gothic influences. It is the second Cave shooter to be played using a horizontally-oriented monitor (the first being Progear, and the third being Akai Katana). It was the first Cave shooter released in North America on a console, and the first one in Europe. Cave has also released it for iOS. A sequel, Deathsmiles II, was released to Japanese arcades on May 14, 2009. A compilation of both Deathsmiles I and Deathsmiles II was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in Japan on December 16, 2021.