[ Castlevania ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete play and watch order for the Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) franchise — Konami's classic 1986–2008 action-platformer timeline defined by Koji Igarashi, MercurySteam's Lords of Shadow reboot trilogy, and the two Netflix animated series (Castlevania and Castlevania: Nocturne). Includes both release and Konami's officially-published chronological canon order for the classic games.
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1986Konami's 1986 Famicom Disk System original, directed by Hitoshi Akamatsu and released on NES in North America in 1987. Vampire hunter Simon…
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1986A 1986 MSX2 release exclusive to Japan, developed by Konami alongside the Famicom Castlevania. Simon Belmont's mansion-storming scenario is…
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1987Konami's 1987 Famicom Disk System sequel, set seven years after the original Castlevania. Simon Belmont, slowly dying from Dracula's deathbe…
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1988Konami's 1988 arcade-only Castlevania entry, also released as Akumajō Dracula in Japan. Simon Belmont's bride Selena is abducted by the reaw…
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1989Konami's 1989 Famicom prequel to the original Castlevania, set in 1476 during the Belmonts' earliest confrontation with the count. Trevor Be…
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1989Konami's 1989 Game Boy entry and the franchise's handheld debut. Christopher Belmont, an ancestor of Simon and descendant of Trevor, enters…
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1991Konami's 1991 Game Boy sequel to Castlevania: The Adventure. Fifteen years after his first victory, Christopher Belmont must rescue his son…
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1991Konami's 1991 SNES launch-window Castlevania, developed by a team led by Masahiro Ueno. Simon Belmont's confrontation with the reawakened Dr…
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1993Konami's 1993 Sharp X68000 release, titled Akumajō Dracula in Japan and later ported worldwide to PlayStation in 2001 as Castlevania Chronic…
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1993Konami's 1993 PC Engine Super CD-ROM² entry, released in Japan as Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo. Richter Belmont, descendant of Simon and…
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1994Konami's 1994 Sega Genesis entry, released in Japan as Vampire Killer and in Europe as Castlevania: The New Generation. Set during World War…
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1995Konami's 1995 SNES Castlevania, released in Japan as Akumajō Dracula XX. A reworked adaptation of Rondo of Blood with new stages, simpler br…
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1997Konami's 1997 Game Boy entry developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya. Sonia Belmont, the first Belmont vampire hunter, takes up he…
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1997Konami's 1997 PlayStation entry directed by Toru Hagihara with Koji Igarashi as assistant director — the title that established the 'Metroid…
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1999Konami's 1999 Nintendo 64 entry, the franchise's first 3D Castlevania, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe. Belmont descendant R…
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1999Konami's 1999 Nintendo 64 expanded follow-up to the same year's Castlevania, again developed by KCE Kobe. The man-beast Cornell, a were-cat…
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2001Konami's 2001 Game Boy Advance launch title, the franchise's first GBA entry. In an old Austrian castle in 1830, Dracula's cultists revive t…
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2002Konami's 2002 Game Boy Advance entry produced by Koji Igarashi — the second of the GBA Castlevanias and IGA's reassertion of the main canon…
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2003Konami's 2003 Game Boy Advance Castlevania, again produced by Koji Igarashi. In 2035, Japanese high-school student Soma Cruz is transported…
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2003Konami's 2003 PlayStation 2 entry produced by Koji Igarashi — the canonical origin story of the Belmont feud with Dracula, replacing the ret…
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2005Konami's 2005 PlayStation 2 and Xbox Castlevania produced by Koji Igarashi — the franchise's second 3D mainline entry and a direct sequel to…
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2005Konami's 2005 Nintendo DS Castlevania and direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow, produced by Koji Igarashi. One year after the 2035 eclipse incide…
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2006Konami's 2006 Nintendo DS Castlevania produced by Koji Igarashi — direct sequel to Bloodlines, with online co-op as a series first. Set in 1…
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2008Konami's 2008 Nintendo DS Castlevania produced by Koji Igarashi and the final entry in the classic-canon thread before the Lords of Shadow r…
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