3DS | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (VC) | 2014 | Action-Platform | Konami | See NES |
DS | Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow | 2005 | Action-Platform | Konami | Metroidvania direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow with a more anime design aesthetic, requires the stylus to draw symbols |
DS | Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia | 2008 | Action-Platform | Konami | Last of the DS Metroidvanias, featuring a glyph combination system to customize movement and combat abilities |
DS | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin | 2006 | Action-Platform | Konami | Metroidvania with highly varied level design and two switchable playable protagonists - CHARLOTTEJONATHANCHARLOTTE |
GBA | Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | 2003 | Action-Platform | KCET | Metroidvania with the addition of collecting enemy souls to augment abilities |
GBA | Castlevania: Circle of the Moon | 2001 | Action-Platform | KCEK | Metroidvania with a dual card system to customize abilities |
GBA | Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance | 2002 | Action-Platform | KCET | Metroidvania with room decorating and traveling between dimensions to progress |
NES | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest | 1988 | Action-Platform | Konami | Surprise! Contains a day/night system and XP/leveling |
PS2 | Castlevania: Curse of Darkness | 2005 | Action | Konami | Hacky-slashy-spooky, uses items to increase stats |
PS3 | Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (DL only) | 2011 | Action-Platform | Konami | Massive crossover metroidvania with local multiplayer and character growth based on equipment |
PS3 | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSone Classics) | 2007 | Action-Platform | Konami | See PSX |
PS4 | Castlevania Advance Collection (DL only) | 2021 | Action-Platform | Konami | See XS |
PS4 | Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood (DL only) | 2018 | Action-Platform | Konami | An upscaled version of The Dracula X Chronicles, including all improvements present |
PSP | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles | 2007 | Action-Platform | Konami | Contains a remade version of Rondo of Blood and an unlockable version of Symphony of the Night with dialogue translation closer to the original Japanese |
PSX | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | 1997 | Action-Platform | Konami | THE Metroidvania |
Switch | Castlevania Advance Collection (DL only) | 2021 | Action-Platform | Konami | See XS |
Vita | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (DL only) | 2012 | Action-Platform | Konami | See PSP |
Wii U | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (VC) | 2014 | Action-Platform | Konami | See NES |
Wii U | Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (VC) | 2014 | Action-Platform | KCET | See GBA |
Xbox | Castlevania: Curse of Darkness | 2005 | Action | Konami | 3D ARPG - level Hector's stats with items and his familiars with good ol' XP |
Xbox 360 | Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (DL only) | 2010 | Action-Platform | Konami | Large-scale Metroidvania crossover with an emphasis on online co-op, stats based on gear and skill grinding |
Xbox 360 | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (DL only) | 2007 | Action-Platform | Konami | Mostly the same as the PSX version, but removes FMV cutscenes |
Xbox One | Castlevania Advance Collection (DL only) | 2021 | Action-Platform | Konami | See XS |
Xbox One | Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (DL only) | 2019 | Action-Platform | Konami | See PS3 |
Xbox Series | Castlevania Advance Collection (DL only) | 2021 | Action-Platform | Konami | Contains Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, and Dracula X all with modern QoL features |