Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Name: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Rating: 8 (2703 reviews)

Developer / Publisher: Konami

Aug 25, 2005

Visual

pixel
side scroll

Structure

ability gated
exploration
interconnected map
non linear
utility gated
boss gated
fast travel
post game

Combat

contact damage

Features

boss rush
difficulty options
equipment
leveling
multiple characters
multiple endings
New Game+

Themes

fantasy
gothic

Summary

Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!

Last updated August 17, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Steam
Nintendo
- Switch 2
- Switch
- DS
PlayStation
- PS5
Xbox
- Series X|S

Resources

Links

IGDB
Website

Maps

Demajen

Other

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Developer / Publisher: Konami

1997

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- utility gated
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- fast travel
- post game
- contact damage
- equipment
- gothic
- leveling
- multiple characters
- multiple endings
- New Game+
- Differences
- Has Romhack
- item gated
- RPG
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Developer / Publisher: Konami

2006

94%

Very Positive

2,703 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- interconnected map
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- fast travel
- contact damage
- boss rush
- difficulty options
- equipment
- gothic
- leveling
- multiple characters
- multiple endings
- New Game+
- Differences
- Has Romhack
- item gated
- Co-op
- companion combat
- RPG
- isometric
- Semi-Linear
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Developer / Publisher: Konami

2008

94%

Very Positive

2,703 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- non linear
- pixel
- side scroll
- fast travel
- contact damage
- boss rush
- difficulty options
- equipment
- fantasy
- gothic
- leveling
- multiple endings
- Differences
- Has Overworld
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Developer: Konami, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo

Publisher: Konami

2002

92%

Very Positive

2,488 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- pixel
- side scroll
- fast travel
- contact damage
- boss rush
- equipment
- gothic
- leveling
- multiple endings
- Differences
- Has Romhack
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Developer: Konami, Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe

Publisher: Gradiente, Konami

2001

92%

Very Positive

2,488 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- interconnected map
- non linear
- pixel
- side scroll
- fast travel
- post game
- contact damage
- equipment
- gothic
- leveling
- Differences
- Has Romhack
- item gated
- story gated
- companion combat
- RPG
Shonen Jump's Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2

Developer / Publisher: Konami

2005

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- exploration
- interconnected map
- pixel
- side scroll
- fast travel
- equipment
- New Game+
- Differences
- Has Hub
- action
- companion combat
- Semi-Linear
Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku

Developer / Publisher: Konami

1998

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- side scroll
- boss gated
- equipment
- gothic
- leveling
- multiple endings
- Differences
- companion combat
- RPG
- Semi-Linear
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Developer: Konami

Publisher: Konami, Palcom, Playtronic

1990

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- contact damage
- equipment
- fantasy
- gothic
- multiple characters
- multiple endings
- Differences
- 8-Bit
- action
- Ranged Combat
- timer
- medieval
- discrete levels
- Semi-Linear
- no map
- proto-Metroidvania
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls

Developer / Publisher: Konami

2019

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- side scroll
- contact damage
- boss rush
- equipment
- fantasy
- gothic
- leveling
- multiple characters
- Differences
- 2.5D
- Has Hub
- story gated
- action
- combo combat
- Co-op
- cosmetics
- RPG
- discrete levels
- linear
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

Developer / Publisher: Konami

2010

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss rush
- equipment
- gothic
- multiple characters
- Differences
- action
- Co-op
- gore
- discrete levels
Faxanadu

Developer: Hudson Soft, Konami

Publisher: Konami, Hudson Soft, Nintendo

1987

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- exploration
- interconnected map
- pixel
- side scroll
- contact damage
- equipment
- fantasy
- leveling
- Differences
- Has Romhack
- item gated
- 8-Bit
- RPG
- proto-Metroidvania
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Developer / Publisher: Konami

2007

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- side scroll
- boss rush
- gothic
- multiple characters
- Differences
- remake
- item gated
- 2.5D
- discrete levels

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

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