The 10 BEST Castlevania Games

[@mojoplays]

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[@kenterminateddq5311]

Castlevania: Rebirth?

[@scottnito2640]

@@mojoplays portrait of ruin instead of order of ecclesia and curse of darkness instead of lords of shadow

[@goteckwah]

Haunted Castle Revisited?

[@danielrecommends]

@mojoplays did you forget about Rondo of Blood? It should have made the list over one of the others like Dawn of Sorrow. While yes DOS is a fantastic game, it's more of the same as Aria of Sorrow. Rondo has multiple characters in Richter and Maria, branching paths, hidden paths and great boss encounters. Maybe its because the game was originally just for TurboGrafx 16 and not as many people got to play it?

[@lakrakthewhitegoblin3881]

Curse of darkness and lament of innocence

[@raxelleon8189]

Something tells me that the guys at WatchMojo knew about the announcement of the new Castlevania collection before today's Nintendo Direct.

[@branbrancb]

why wouldn’t they? many companies pay watch mojo for a lot of these videos to serve as promo for their franchises

[@theobscured_one]

Or them being released into dead by daylight

[@elizabetharr8551]

maybe they had it on hand?

[@bdgilliam7610]

The DS games now available with Castlevania Dominus Collection!!!

[@heroboygamebase2286]

The franchise needs a comeback.

[@bronzin1445]

You’d think Konami would have capitalized on the hype with the Netflix series

[@user-um1yl9pj1b]

I know right! Instead worrying about pachinko machines we could have a new entry in the franchise imagine set in modern times.

[@scottnito2640]

@@heroboygamebase2286 the Netflix shows were really good imo but I agree. I’m a huge fan of the games and I’d love another new great 2d castlevania game

[@Chamberz55]

All Konami needs to do is a Symphony style game in with the Netflix series art and it would be legendary. They can just sub it out to M2. Maybe now that there are no more collections to do, they will do something? We can pray, to Dracula.

[@FatedXircle]

Maybe not castlevania but it's successor, Bloodstained is the one we gotta keep giving support

[@_UPRC]

"Alyoucard"

[@Locke2825]

God damn it I was waiting for someone to say it lol take my thumbs up.

[@eliminoh_p7877]

I was gonna say the same thing 😂 wtf

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

Lament of Innocence was one 3D Castlevania game that was good before Lords of Shadows. It shows how the war between Dracula and the Belmont family first started.

[@scottnito2640]

I loved curse of darkness. Still my favorite 3D one

[@bronzin1445]

Lament of Innocence is actually my favourite. It’s basically what Castlevania 64 should have been

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

@@bronzin1445 indeed. What I love about the game was how the Belmonts & Dracula started off as friends, until Mathias’s first wife Elisabetha died from illness. Which drove him into insanity & revenge on God.

[@user-um1yl9pj1b]

And how the Vampire Killer whip was created honestly I think LOI is a really origin story for the series.

[@Rodlikespants]

I really liked lament of innocence at the time and its place during the era of the DMC like but it probably hasn’t aged that well

[@carlosmadrigalch.6533]

A totally mainstream top. Where is Rondo of Blood, Lament of innocence and Harmony of Dissonance?

[@CrazeeAdam]

Some things are "mainstream" because they really are that good though.

[@zzz43344]

Rondo of Blood absolutely should've been on here.

[@kg21bestpf94]

Harmony of Dissonance is such a great game it's for sure top 10

[@davidaitken8503]

​@@kg21bestpf94Harmony of Dissonance is the worst Castlevania game ever made and the only one I have ever sold. Even amongst the overrated Iga-vanias it sucks with beyond boring level design and combat.

[@stevesteve0521]

Rondo yes should be top 5, lament I always found boring despite beating it twice, a poormans version of dmc if you ask me and Harmony is by far the weakest of the 6 handheld metroidvania games and even though the composition of the soundtrack is good the quality of it is straight terrible

[@ZEROninja0]

Wow, it took WatchMojo 10 years to make an even worse Castlevania top 10 than last time. I'm actually impressed.

[@christopherbardier770]

Without watching: SOTN #1, Dawn/Aria of Sorrow #2, Rondo #3 Super Castlvania #4

[@kenterminateddq5311]

While it didn't get a mention, I think Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest gets a bad rep. Konami or someone should remake Simon's Quest since the exploration was really compelling but the clues were nonsense. Anyone else want to see Simon's Quest get remade to modern consoles or is it just me?

[@scottnito2640]

Would be pretty sick actually if they could incorporate modern ways to help guide players in game instead of relying on external guides and maybe tone down difficulty a little

[@carmawarlock8455]

It's weird that it gets such a bad wrap for the vagueness of the clues too, considering how obscure point and click adventure games were in that era. Some of those games were made obtuse to pad runtime. If you play any of them today it's a wonder how anybody got through them without guides. I don't know why Simon's Quest is the one that gets knocked for it

[@Rodlikespants]

I haven’t played it but Infernax is an indie game embodying that idea. Often when the original publishers don’t make the game the fans want someone else will do it for them!

[@mattiasolsson1523]

I didn’t like Castlevania 2 Simon’s quest, i had no idea were i was going and using KZbin every time make me feel like a noob.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

@@mattiasolsson1523 Some clues make sense while others didn't. I just like the exploration and the different type of whips. But I see your point. It's still not as bad as AVGN or others made it out to be.

[@jkemp6791]

There’s this masterpiece called “Rondo of Blood.” Maybe you’ve heard of it??? 🤦‍♂️

[@raphaelbernini2938]

You put "circle of the moon" but not "portrait of ruin"? What? 😑

[@brunotorres9669]

It's almost as if they're saying "we're counting down OUR picks" at the beginning of every video

[@denpherflare5365]

And the nes games are better too, according to mojo lol what a joke

[@GrossMiscalculations]

Top ten lists are subjective, my man.

[@wdavis911]

Complete bs, PoR is way better than CotM

[@bigevil66623]

They put Dawn of Sorrow on here above portrait of ruin. The fact Lords of Shadow is on this list is all you need to know this list is a joke full of hot takes to piss people off.

[@msw0322]

I'm a seasonal kind of guy these days, so I've made it an annual tradition to play the Castlevania games every October. It's just so fitting for that time of year. My favorites in no order are Super Castlevania IV, Belmont's Revenge, Bloodlines, and Symphony of the Night (though I still have yet to beat it lol).

[@matthewharris517]

For me it's Order of Ecclesia Best one on the DS

[@user-um1yl9pj1b]

I want Shanoa to comeback so bad.

[@sorahearts3317]

Plus in Symphony of the Night you can play the whole game as Richter Belmont and i believe Maria Renard

[@cool_roberT09]

Maria is only playable in the Saturn, PSP, and PS4 versions of SotN

[@sorahearts3317]

@@cool_roberT09 still playable in a version of SotN

[@Sullykevin]

My dad loved Portrait of Ruin when he was young.

[@carlosmadrigalch.6533]

damn, this sound soooo retro

[@Sullykevin]

@@carlosmadrigalch.6533 In it, you can travel to different dimensions using magical paintings found in the castle. It is played on the DS. And, it is very retro.

[@Godan_Void]

You made me feel so old lol

[@amazingvman]

@@Godan_Voidyeah, like, I played this being rather young 😭😭😭😭

[@kg21bestpf94]

Curse of Darkness needs to be in the top 10 it's such a great game

[@dexterjoshi]

Lament of innocence too

[@kg21bestpf94]

@@dexterjoshi I thought Curse of darkness was an upgrade in literally every aspect

[@dexterjoshi]

@@kg21bestpf94 i liked the orb system and sub weapons combination in lament of innocence

[@kg21bestpf94]

@@dexterjoshi yeah that was koo but in Curse you had so much more...the main one was you had different weapons not just one weapon...the camera was better, the movement, graphics...plus all the additions like weapon crafting, innocent devils, innocent devils being able to evolve, your weapon type dropping different crystals, the steal system, the game had a ton of variety but not in a lazy way (maybe besides the castle layout but it was actually still worse in lament) I thought everything was done well.

[@Citanoo]

Nice timing with this list, since now the three DS games just got a port collection announcement!

[@randymaramot3076]

I know that Symphony of the Night makes it to number one but there are other Castlevania titles worth playing. Those of the GameBoy Advance era, the Nintendo DS era, the Harmony of Despair and the mobile game Apple exclusive Grimoire of Souls(which is sadly took that wrong decision to obscurity).

[@Kepec85]

Castlevania from Fromsoftware sounds like a good idea

[@Godan_Void]

It's called Dark Souls 1 lol

[@oscaroscar7904]

Yeah they should make one and the series has alot of history could probably come up with a great story and it would be cool to have diffrent paths were one leads to a mini open world were another is more linear but were you as a beginer can choose a bigger open world but has to eventually get better and challange the linear path or you can choose the linear path but get a more relaxing experience once you reach the open world

[@brianberndt7133]

Surprised Lament of innocense, or Curse of Darkness were not on here.

[@scottnito2640]

I agree. To me they are both way better than LoS

[@sorahearts3317]

Lament of Innocence was so good. They did at least get mentioned.

[@Keepcalmandbangscrew]

@@sorahearts3317that soundtrack The story made me get the feels when I was in my 10s

[@stevesteve0521]

Shouldn’t be surprising they both stink

[@wild360]

Harmony of Despair should get an honorable mention. That was and still is addictive!

[@romanvillegas7280]

Awesome video!👍👍

[@SuperBadbruce]

Where is Castlevania II Simon's Quest? It´s my childhood, I love this game!

[@user034]

The problem with Castlevania 3 is that it adds too many branches that make it a bit tedious. Granth's route adds almost nothing of value. Alucard's route between levels 5 and 6 adds unnecessary branches. Also, being able to play it solo with Trevor adds challenge, and in level 7 of Alucard's route you almost necessarily have to use Alucard at some points.

[@SpectralSound.]

Interesting list..circle of the moon over ecclesia.Imo the peak of castlevania will always be the "metroidvania" style ones.Symphony,aria and the ds ones are S tier.Circle and harmony are A tier.The rest come after.Legendary series.🦹

[@MorbidThrasher666]

What a DAM sin that Dracula X The Rondo of Blood didnt get mentioned,its amazing!

[@raemdespairbringer]

Circle of the Moon, please play it, a well balanced difficulty/controls system, the music and backgrounds are pure pixel bliss

[@michelletackett9489]

I prefer Aria and Dawn of Sorrow over SOTN, just barely, but I can't complain about SOTN being no1. It's a classic!

[@papabear6611]

Castlevania 3 Dracula’s curse and Rondo of Blood are the absolute fucking best. Perfect linear gameplay

[@MatthewAshworth]

A good list! From those that are not mentioned, I personally would've included Curse of Darkness (a very underappreciated 3Dvania with a nice familiar-levelling system, memorable characters and amazing soundtrack), Portrait of Ruin (another DS Castlevania and here we can swap between two playable characters at will) and Rondo of Blood (one of the classic style Castlevanias which I think is way better than the NES ones).

[@TheDarkVyers]

Don't now how Bloodlines and Order of Ecclesia are at 7 & 6 while listing Circle of the Moon above them. Could have easily been replaced by one of these not on the list (Portrait of Ruin or Rondo of Blood). At least 1 and 2 are spot on.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Portrait of Ruin was one of my favorites. Dual protagonists, vibrant environments, great music and I like the idea of another powerful vampire lord throwing up his hands and saying 'Screw it, Dracula's failed to conquer humanity like ten times now! I *know* I can do better than him!'. That's the... spirit.

[@GroddFrokensteen]

1. Dracula's Curse 2. Symphony 3. Rondo 4. Super Castlevania 5. Dawn of Sorrow 6. Castlevania 7. Ecclesia 8. Simon's Quest (1st I played and love it) 9. Aria 10. Dissonance

[@leoevo05]

I truly believe Lord of shadows deserves more love. For me, it had a great twist in the end albeit predictable. I just love the story where the hero falls in darkness in the name love.

[@MegaThunberg]

Castlevania DS Collection please Konami!

[@bdgilliam7610]

lol it just dropped. Castlevania Dominus Collection.

[@r-rod8116]

They announced it earlier today. And it's available now for Switch & PS5.

[@NoName-cn3cp]

If SOTN isn't number one I will throw my phone out the window.

[@cbarbs1730]

As much as I agree the original Castlevania deserves to be on this list somewhere, I think it’s a little ridiculous do rank something so high based on how good it WAS. It being revolutionary back in the day has no effect on how fun it is to play almost 40 years after its release.

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

IMO top 3 are: 1. SoTN 2. Dawn Of Sorrow 3. Aria Of Sorrow

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

That I can agree with

[@INVINCIBLE117X]

There are no words to describe how much I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE LORDS OF SHADOW TRILOGY!!!!!!

[@undyingforce]

Anyone remember the pre-order bonuses when Portrait of Ruin came out? They don’t make’em like that anymore.

[@StraitShot]

Perfect Timing!

[@zeldafan2262]

I was about to post the same thing.

[@CBash31]

Decent list. Lament of Innocence should have been included. First 3D Castlevania to do it right.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Yeah that game is what got me into the series

[@mattjennings6706]

I know it's hard to believe, but SoTN has actually been surpassed (a few times) in the last 27 years. Nostalgia is important, but so is progress.

[@Ahmet-yu7jr]

Nope, big no. Top 10 Castlevania list without Rondo of Blood is not a top 10 Castlevania list.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

I honestly can’t image how you gonna drop a game as epic as rondo of blood. It was not only one of the best classic castlevania games but we might not even have symphony of the nights without it

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

Been a Castlevania fan since the 80's with the first game. I've never played Symphony of the Night but it's on my bucket list. I love Castlevania and Metroid so SOTN sounds like a match made in heaven.

[@Chigurh007]

Sotn will blow you away

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Well not sure if you played it by now but trust me and the user above, the game is awesome and still hold up to this, plus this game did create the term metroidvania

[@seanspear6224]

What a concidence to the reveal of the ds trilogy appearance on modern console

[@sade281]

Rondo of blood man the best one !! Better than those gameboy games!! Music / game play it’s perfect

[@brentarnold_piano]

Most people would include Rondo of Blood on a top ten list. Definitely over Bloodlines and Lords of Shadow. I also enjoyed Castlevania II: Simon's Quest growing up. It's darker than most Castlevania's.

[@zakirstocks9514]

All of the Best *Castlevania* Gaming franchises need a Comeback. I Absolutely missed all of these Memorable *Castlevania* Games SO much throughout the years!

[@Mintcar923]

Love the series but apparently I suck being I can never finish any of the games lol I do think Lords of Shadow is vastly underrated and deserves top 5 at the very least..

[@xXW1LDDOG13Xx]

The release of Dead by Daylight Castlevania Chapter and the announcement/release of Castlevania Dominus collection today… What a wonderful day to have a blessing!

[@axel88er19]

I loved Rondo of Blood

[@zzz43344]

Same

[@Yokai_Yuri]

No portrait if ruin? It's one of the best castlevania games, all the DS ones are. Symphony will remain objectively the best since it revolutionized the series while the rest just took the elements from symphony and improved upon them. Anyway Symphony, Super Castlevania 4, the DS titles, Aria of Sorrow, and the original are the best in the series.

[@silentrocco]

I just learned that Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards 😐🫥

[@Mauricio_Magus]

Decent list but it was missing Rondo of Blood which is my favorite Classicvania.

[@tinypinata505]

No Castlevania 64?? JK. Haha. I would've added part two to my list. It really was way ahead of its time.

[@hashmalin]

You forgot Curse of Darkness. It is infinitely underrated and the Netflix anime is based around it and SotN.

[@galmorzu]

Whoa, what was that last sword being used in the Aria of Sorrow part?

[@william68111]

😮 I am actually shocked Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (Dracula X Chronicles) is not on this list, it literally to me is the best in the series. I actually go back and forth which I like best between symphony of the night and rondo of blood but most of the time Rondo of Blood takes that number one spot.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Who’s a Castlevania fan and want a new game? Me!

[@bbertgilo1574]

Rondo of Blood is prolly the most underrated CV game there is...

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Rondo of Blood is better than the original Castlevania, as Lament of Innocence is better than Lord's of Shadow.

[@caetmoniza8907]

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006) is also a great Castlevania game

[@zarajenking]

I've never played the Castlevania games but I'm interested! Are they hard to play these games and which ones do people suggest I play first? 🤔

[@Chigurh007]

Symphony of the night Rondo of blood Aria of sorrow Dawn of sorrow Circle of the moon And super castlevania 4

[@zarajenking]

@@Chigurh007 Thanks for the suggestions!

[@TheIkkarus]

1 - Lament of Innocence 2 - Aria of Sorrow 3 - Symphony of the Night 4 - Dracula X Chronicles/Rondo of Blood 5 - Castlevania III Dracula's Curse 6 - Order of Ecclesia 7 - Portrait of Ruin 8 - Simon's Quest 9 - Bloodlines 10 - Super Castlevania IV

[@Crimson_Lockhart]

I have only played Castlevania: Harmony of Despair and its the reason why I want to play the rest.

[@Leopez02]

The only Castlevania game that I've played is Super Nintendo Castlevania, but about of the newier Castlevania games I really wan't to play Castlevania Shadow of Lords 1 & 2 that I have 1 on PC LOVE Konami and Nintendo's Castlevania games! 🌌🌑🌄🏰🧛🏼‍♂️💀😈❤️‍🔥

[@hypernovagamingstation]

We have a top 10 list without mentioning Rondo of Blood, Portrait of Ruin, and Harmony of Dissonance? Seems more likely the writer played 10 games and said that should be fine.

[@easymaje]

This top ten seems wrong, but I agree with number #1. I truly think you forgot one of the best DS castlevania game which is insane, no comment. I'll let someone else say it for me 😂.

[@LocalChoker]

Have you lost your God damn mind? Not putting Rondo of Blood on here is absolute madness. It objectively has the best soundtrack in the entire series and also some of the best level design. Yes circle of the moon is good, but is it better than portrait of ruin?

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Yeah how can they not add rondo of blood the game that gave us the fan favorite Belmont, richter and may of play a big part in giving us sotn. And like you said while circle of moon is fine, but hasn’t age that well compared to Portrait of ruins

[@davidaitken8503]

Super Castlevania 4, Castlevania 3, The Castlevania Adventure: Rebirth, and Rondo of Blood are easily better than any of the dumbed down Iga-vania entries. It doesn't surprise me that a mainstream casual crowd pandering channel like Watch Mojo would put that crap up on a pedestal though.

[@micaholson1052]

I get that this is someone's elses preferred top 10 list but not even including rondo of blood is a crime.

[@James-gj8rn]

I could never get into Castlevania Symphony of the Night, it was too hard and the difficulty was too much, i did enjoy Bloodstained Ritual of the Night though

[@UncleNemmy]

Why isn't Curse Of Darkness on here?

[@Nigel222]

Castlevania 1999 when?

[@cloverraven]

I’m the only person who loves harmony of dissonance

[@SSjMarkyMarrk]

Okay so im not the only one on the Castlevania hype rn 😂

[@Jeustful]

Lords of Shadows apart from the narrative and characters is not that good. It has blind spots with a fixed camera, horrorifying input delay and the DLC sucks. No Rondo of Blood?! This video is just wrong.

[@partofthetribe3277]

"I am Vlad Tempesh!" (Then throws fireball)

[@christophersaavedra8569]

11:23 My first Castlevania game. ❤

[@samyb4566]

I'm currently playing Castlevania Dracula X.

[@scottnito2640]

I like the list but I would definitely remove lords of shadow for curse of darkness and remove order of ecclesia for portrait of ruin

[@Talldude1980]

No Rondo Of Blood? Hersey!

[@XkaiX]

14:26 I’m just now learning that Alucard is Dracula backwards 😳

[@riverswater5688]

Lament of innocence is way better than castvlevania 3 on NES (frustrating controls) and Lords of shadow.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

I know everyone said this but… seriously no rondo of blood?

[@ferndogg310]

Alley-you-card

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

So fun these games are awesome

[@davidcase8972]

Where’s Rondo of Blood??? That’s a top 3 Castlevania game 🤷🤦‍♂️

[@TIDbitRETRO]

There is no universe where “Circle of The Moon” is a Top 10 Castlevania game. Hell no.

[@stijnstolze3018]

no rondo of blood, really?!

[@ridleyrage5283]

I love Castlevania as a series, and respect Konami for the masterpieces they (mostly used to) put out. I do however believe Konami are marketing idiots when it comes to this beloved franchise. I will never ever ever understand for the life of me why; as Ive been saying for many years, they didnt choose to port SOtN to PC - I legit believe they dont care about making millions and millions of dollars. And now, with the release of The Dominus Collection; a collection which shouldve come out years ago, imo, for Sony users, they chose to make it PS5 exclusive, while the og CV Collection and Advance Collection are on PS4, there's NO reason they shouldnt have made Dominus Collection cross-console...because its not one console exclusive, its released on multiple platforms! Its like how FF7 Remake was on PS4 and PS5, but FF7 Rebirth was PS5 exclusive. Well, why not make BOTH parts PS5 exclusive? THAT game (both parts) wouldve made SENSE as a PS5 exclusive to help promote the console's on-growing/lacking library. But I digress, thinking companies give a shit about their fans, its an easy mistake to make. As for Konami bringing back CV, again, this is cool and all...but we shouldve got this years ago, like, shortly after the Advance Collection, why they waited on this one is beyond me. I want Konami to bring CV back, in a big way with a brand new title at least. Their next sensible move would be to either re-release Harmony of Despair, or make a Harmony of Despair 2; which I think could work really well, learning from the mistakes of the og. Other than that, CV is a series thats made even better in the hands of fans with games like Migami's excellent The Lecarde Chronicles series, as well as their upcoming Chronicles of the Wolf game, and ofcourse, the amazing looking spoof, The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, and thats naming an extremely miniscule amount in the vast ocean of CV fan/inspired games. Thats my view (tmv)~

[@akhandtripathipyz9888]

Symphony of the night desrrves to be number 1

[@evolancer211]

I know Hungarian isn't your first language but want to try Bathory again lol

[@dthedarkartist6709]

I get tired of this "Lords of Shadows plays like God Of War" myth! Lords of Shadows plays like an expansion and smoothed out version of the combat of Castlevania: Lament Of Innocence, which came out in 2003. God Of War came out in 2005. God of war plays like Castlevania. Not the other way around!

[@akhandtripathipyz9888]

Portrait of Ruin 🐐

[@g-i-l3661]

Still there is no release of Symphony of the Night for PC and other consoles. They should just re-release the PSP version.

[@Twitch13MP]

I want the PS1 version with Cynthia Harrell's "I Am The Wind" in the credits. Unironically love that song.

[@thepikminbrawler1746]

SoTN is gonna be number 1 baby (I have only played that and the GBA ones, my opinion is very uninformed)

[@onaled515]

Ok what happened to Rondo of Blood?