The Castlevania Series

This section is a quick-reference to all things Castlevania. Within you will find quick-pages about various topics of the series, which will then direct you to storyline discussions, reviews, character bios, and additional references. If you ever wanted a quick, easy to use directory of all things Castlevania, this is the section for you.

We do also have a Postmortem for the Castlevania series that looks at the overall trends of the series to think about how we got to a point where Konami has, essentially abandoned developing any new, mainline games for the franchise.

Titles are organized by date of their first release. Reference the full release schedule of all Castlevania titles to see exact dates for each region. You can compare this to the various video game generations to get a sense of the evolution of the wide game market in and around the Castlevania series.

The Video Games

In-Continuity Entries

The following entires are considered "in-continuity" for the main series (via at least one of the recent "official" timelines released by Konami). Remakes/re-releases and related materials are listed within the following pages.

Lords of Shadow Series

The following entries are part of the Lords of Shadow sub-series. These games exist within their own continuity seperate from the larger series.

Castlevania Netflix Series

The following entries are part of the Castlevania Netflix streaming series. These shows exist within their own continuity seperate from (but informed by) the larger series.

Non-continuity Entries

The following entries were either removed from the main continuity of the series, or were designed to exist as seperate entities.

Canceled Games

The following games were originally in-development for release, even had artwork shown for them, but were then eventually cancelled. They are tracked here for posterity.

Additional Konami Games

Over the eras, Konami has put out a number of other games that have crossed over with the Castlevania. These titles have built up quite the solid multiverse for the game company.

Getsu Fuma Den
  • Getsu Fuma Den (1988, Nintendo Famicom)
  • Getsu Fuma Den: Undying Moon (2021, Microsoft Windows & Nintendo Switch)
Konami Wai Wai
Parodius
Kid Dracula
Krazy Racing
  • Konami Krazy Racers (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
  • Krazy Kart Racing (2009, Mobile Phones)
Additional Konami Games
  • Hai no Majutsushi (1989, MSX2 Home Computer)
  • Jikkyo Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage (1996, Nintendo Super Famicom)
  • Evolution Skateboarding (2002, Various Systems)
  • DreamMix TV World Fighters (2003, Nintendo Game Cube & Sony Playstation 2)
  • New International Track & Field (2008, Nintendo DS)
  • Kingdom Dragonion (2015, Mobile Phones)
  • Otomedius Excellent (2011, Microsoft XBox 360)
  • Jikkyou Powerful Soccer (2016, Mobile Phones)
  • Super Bomberman R (2017, Various Systems)
  • Pixel Puzzle Collection (2018, Mobile Phones)

Other Games

These games are not only outside of any official continuity, but also were developed by companies other than Konami. They feature characters from the Castlevania series in entires far outside the official series.

  • Brawlhalla (2014, Various Systems)
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Nintendo Switch)
  • Dead Cells ((2018, Various Systems)
  • OBAKEIDORO! (2019, Nintendo Switch)
  • Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania (2023, Various Systems)

Gambling Machines

Konami has a history of making of Pachislot, Pachinko, and other types of games based on their various properties. These are, eseentially, gambling machines where the players play for tokens they can turn in for prizes and such at the pachinko parlors. They're Japanese-exclusive and, by and large, have very little plot to them despite featuring artwork and characters from Castlevania (other other Konami franchises).