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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is easily one of the best games of the year. Find out what we thought in our Castlevania: Belmont's Curse PS5 review!
Motion Twin and Evil Empire understood the assignment, crafting an amazing adventure any player can enjoy, and a brilliant love letter to series' fans.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is a must play title and a return to form for one of video gaming’s most prominent franchises.
This is a review of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, which releases on October 13th on Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and Switch
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (Xbox Series X/S) Review – 9.25/10: Castlevania is back, and between Rose Belmont and Evil Empire, it's in great hands. - Game Informer
The exploration and combat make for a simple session that can easily turn into hours of play you never get bored of. It’s an enthralling experience that tests the player while paying tribute to its roots. Belmont’s Curse isn’t just the game that Castlevania needed, but easily one of the best ones in the franchise.
Will Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse breathe new life into the franchise, or will it be another nail in the coffin?
We review Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a new adventure in the vast Konami universe. Is it worth checking out? Read our review.
Rose Belmont leads the way in a thrilling step forward in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. The franchise is in good hands with fresh ideas and a story long time fans will be able to dig their teeth into.
Castlevania: Belmonts Curse is a return to form for a beloved series that plays as great as it looks in every way.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse revives 2D Castlevania with excellent combat, fluid traversal, challenging bosses, and rewarding exploration despite weak music.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse provides satisfying combat and rewarding exploration but is marred by inconsistent movement, repetitive enemies, and a forgettable
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse offers a fantastic Metroidvania where persistence always pays off in this case.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse relaunches Konami's historic saga with a new gothic setting, refined gameplay, and high challenge.
As a long-time fan of the series, I'm super-excited to share my thoughts on the much-awaited Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and it's great stuff.
With its fast-paced combat and engaging exploration, the title honors the series' legacy, but stumbles on some of its own ideas.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse | Review | Konami's historic series returns and delivers a satisfying balance of exploration and action.
Castlevania fans have been waiting for years for another full-fledged installment in the series. Fortunately, Belmont's Curse shows that this genre-defining series can carve out a place for itself in this new era.
Despite being a game bearing the name of the mainline Castlevania series, The Curse of Belmont was only made into an excellent Metroidvania game.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is a confident return, balancing gothic roots with modern platforming and satisfying combat in a varied Parisian setting worth exploring. Its cryptic clues and aimless backtracking will test your patience if the demanding boss fights haven't already destroyed your will, but mastering its mechanics makes the struggle worthwhile for those who enjoy a challenge.
Despite some uneven difficulty and some iffy vice work, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse doesn't disappoint.
Castlevania's return lives up to the series reputation, and is well worth playing
No more bloody tears for Castlevania lovers
Castlevania is back, trading its usual stone-carved ruins for the burning streets of 15th century Paris
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse marks the series’ 40th anniversary and carries forward its immersive 2D Action-Exploration gameplay, introducing a new cast of characters and expansive locations.
After a decade-long absence, Castlevania will finally return on October 15, 2026, on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch with Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. Here's our review.
The fact that we're getting a new Castlevania game at all is pretty hard to believe. With various notable figures having left Konami, and going on to
The platforming with the whip mechanics are insanely good here, but Castlevania: Belmont's Curse doesn't completely play the part for series.
A long-awaited return that brings the series into the modern era with a fast-paced focus on action first.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse marks Konami's return to classic Castlevania (with the help of Evil Empire), and it's not pulling its punches.
Review: There are lots of things to love about Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, but it's an uneven experience on the whole.
Overall, Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse proves that Evil Empire knows exactly how to honor a legacy without being stuck in the past. It has its flaws—namely in its subdued soundtrack, uneven boss design and somewhat slow start—but its atmospheric world, deliberate combat, and rewarding exploration make it a a standout experience for Metroidvania fans.
With almost 20 years since the last 2D entry in the franchise, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse has some big shoes to fill.
The Belmont family wants to finally break their curse and get rid of their archenemy once and for all. But it will be hard, very hard.
Castlevania returns to the 'metroidvania' genre it helped popularize, and while it doesn't quite claim the crown, it proves it can still hold its own. Belmont's Curse is a fantastic 2D action game with excellent level design, a great atmosphere, and some of the best platforming challenges we've seen lately. The combat pacing is a bit unusual, but once you get used to controlling Rose, you won't want to stop until you've defeated Dracula.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse has excellent presentation and style, but some frustrations lead to a fairly uneven experience until it eventually finds its footing.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse represents a strong step forward in spite of some uneven design elements. The attractive aesthetic lends itself well to the gothic setting, and its numerous high points mostly outweigh its faults. I'd love to see what this team could do with a follow-up in the same vein, one that irons out some of the rough edges related to exploration and respawning. Rose is a compelling character in her own right, but the interactions between her and the souls she's captured add a nice degree of levity and charm to the story moments. It may not fly as high as some of its Castleva…
One of the founding fathers of the Metroidvania genre gets its first major new entry in over a decade, as Konami tries to revitalise one of its most storied franchises.
Konami has returned to one of their most storied franchises with Evil Empire's Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. The return is polished and sure to please a section of long time fans, while others, may need to adjust their expectations for full appreciation.
Konami has been on a roll in recent years, with Silent Hill in particular returning to the gaming lexicon in a spectacular fashion. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is a far more modest effort to kickstart interest in the series again, and I do think opinions on it will be divided. But I also think that Evil Empire was a far better pick for the series than MercurySteam and Belmont’s Curse is, thematically and stylistically, on the right track. In theory, if the stars align, Evil Empire could continue to build on this work and really make Castlevania their own.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is a worthy revival of the franchise and whose foundation could easily sustain the next big entry. However, it's own fundamentals need some serious work.
Ambitious, aggressive, and accomplished, Belmont's Curse whips out some of the best Castlevania highs you can experience - but can all end in bloody tears.
Konami’s iconic series makes a welcome return, but the bar has been raised during its absence…
A beloved franchise returning after nearly two decades is a big deal, sure, but it’s always healthy to be somewhat skeptical when a new developer tries its hand at such a thing. This time, though, any skepticism can be left at the door, as Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is not only a truly wonderful C
Our Castlevania: Belmont's Curse PC review finds it to be an excellent action game that forgets its a metroidvania
We played Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse at PAX West 2026 and came away impressed by Rose Belmont’s combat, responsive movement, and exploration.