Faithful Castlevania/SotN successor
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is the closest thing to Castlevania Symphony of the Night.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%ArtPlay2019Metroidvania · RPG · Action
The verdict
A content-rich Igarashi Metroidvania that closely recaptures Castlevania: SotN. Skip it if you dislike stiff movement, grinding, obscure progression, or a forced Epic login.
Great for
Castlevania and SotN fans who love exploration, loot, builds and grinding
Main risk
The forced Epic Online Services update can block launch, plus clunky combat and obscure progression
What changed in the last 30 days
47 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly cite the update adding Epic Online Services: infinite loading, forced Epic login and a softlock popup. Fairly confident this is behind the drop.
47 recent reviews
What players love
Huge variety of weapons, shards and builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Lots of room for build experimentation with various shard powers and equipment.”
Steam review · 35.9 h played ↗
Great music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The gothic atmosphere, the references, the art, the music, the gameplay, the characters, the locations”
Steam review · 59.2 h played ↗
Rewarding exploration and secrets
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Playing makes it feel like I ALWAYS have somewhere to go, no matter what, and that actually makes me feel motivated to backtrack and explore earlier areas.”
Steam review · 94.9 h played ↗
Massive content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The sheer amount of content here is staggering.”
Steam review · 37.3 h played ↗
Fun invert and shard abilities
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“The way they reimagined the upside down castle segment of SOTN by adding a mechanic that allows the player to flip the whole game world upside down at any time”
Steam review · 54.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Epic login breaks launch and ending
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Years after release the game now requires a connection to Epics cross-platform services.”
Steam review · 65.4 h played ↗
Clunky, stiff movement and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the controls. They are atrocious. Miriam controls somewhat like Alucard - as in, stiff, wooden and entirely unsuited for a 2D platformer wannabe.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Ugly 3D visuals and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It has that Unreal engine ugliness where everything is kind of shiny and wet looking.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Obscure progression forcing walkthroughs
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The intended path needs you to farm a specific monster (out of 71) for an ability, with no indication whatsoever.”
Steam review · 25.8 h played ↗
Excessive grinding and bloated crafting
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“SO. MUCH. GRINDING. Also about fourteen different systems too many.”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Crashes and fatal errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“This game consistently crashes to desktop in the first level”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorAMD FX-4350 / Intel Core i5-4460
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 280X / GeForce GTX 760
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorAMD FX-6300 / Intel Core i5-4590
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 290 / GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorAMD FX-4350 / Intel Core i5-4460
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 280X / GeForce GTX 760
Storage10 GB available space
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