All Castlevania games in release and chronological order

Take the Vampire Killer and go forth!

It hath been one hundred years since the last time Count Vlad Tepes Dracula dared show his pasty face, but with the premiere of Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne animated series on the immediate horizo🌠n, it might be good to revisit the ongoing conflict between Drac and the Belmont Clan.

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In this guide, we’ll be catering tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo two separate kinds of fans — those who wish to play the Castlevania series in the order it was released and those who wish to play the series in chronological order. To us, it doesn’t really matter which order you decide to play them, so long as you play them. 

It’s also worth noting that when we list the years/platforms these games were made available, we’re specifically referring to when and how you could play them in North America. So, if one of them was initially released in Japan in the 90s’ but didn’t see a North American release until 2007, we’ll list it as having been released in 2007. In any case, let’s jump into the world of Castlevania!

How to play Castlevania in order


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