Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Reviews
With outstanding exploration packed with mind-blowing secrets and exceptional gameplay, Belmont’s Curse stands out in an oversaturated market, proving that Castlevania is still one of the kings of the genre.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Castlevania returns to 2D with a visually stunning experience packed with great ideas. With Rose Belmont wielding the whip, the legacy of the vampire-hunting family is in very good hands.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the glorious comeback the franchise desperately needed. Evil Empire successfully blends their fast-paced combat philosophy with the traditional igavania structure, delivering a thrilling and fluid adventure. While the weapon variety feels a bit shallow and some platforming checkpoints are frustratingly placed, the surprisingly deep narrative, the clever Tarot mechanics, and a bold electronic/orchestral soundtrack make it a highly satisfying experience. A must-play injection of vitality for the iconic series.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is Konami's trump card for bringing one of its most legendary franchises back to life. It is a modern Castlevania adapted to the latest mechanics of the Metroidvania genre, featuring classic touches and meticulous attention to detail.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Castlevania returns to the 'Metroidvania' genre it helped popularize. It doesn't takes the crown, but it proves it can still put up a serious fight. Belmont's Curse is a great 2D action game featuring excellent level design, a fantastic atmosphere, and some of the best platforming challenges we've seen in a long time. The combat pacing takes time to get a hold on, but once you learn to control Rose, you won't want to stop until you've defeated Dracula.
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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, its subdued soundtrack, uneven boss design, and somewhat slow start—but its atmospheric world, deliberate combat, and rewarding exploration make it a standout experience for Metroidvania fans.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse doesn’t return to lecture the industry on how to make a Metroidvania. The market has had plenty of time to figure that out on its own. That is likely the biggest difference between this comeback and what would have happened had the series never faded away. In 1997, Symphony of the Night could write the rules. In 2026, Belmont’s Curse has to fight for attention against games that spent years polishing the very ideas Castlevania helped pioneer. Even so, it manages to carve out its own space.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the return I’ve been waiting for from one of the most important franchises in video game history. Evil Empire managed to capture the essence of classic Metroidvanias while also introducing excellent new ideas. With stunning artistic direction and unforgettable boss battles, Rose Belmont’s journey is one that makes you want to explore every last corner of the map. For those who, like me, have always preferred Castlevania in its 2D roots, the feeling is wonderful: the Belmonts are back, and may many more games follow!
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
With Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, Evil Empire has brought the series back to life with an excellent Metroidvania that easily outshines much of the 2026 competition.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse delivers where it matters most and gets the fundamentals right. The gameplay is fun, encouraging you to explore Paris and Dracula’s castle, and we actually kept playing until we had uncovered 100% of the map and found every secret. In our view, that’s all a Castlevania game really needs to do. That makes it easy to forgive the merely decent soundtrack and somewhat generic story. The only real downside is the limited replay value, as there are no extra game modes to keep you coming back.
Review in German | Read full review
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse delivers a promising return for the series, combining fast-paced combat, a diverse arsenal of weapons, and an interconnected world full of secrets. Its strength shines in the clever utilization of the whip, special abilities, and boss encounters within an experience that respects its classic roots while giving them a modern touch. Although some of its elements feel familiar to fans of this genre, it possesses the necessary components to deliver an enjoyable and distinctive adventure for action and exploration enthusiasts.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Castlevania: Belmonts Curse is an excellent return to form for one of gamings most enduring franchises ever and worthy of the legacy.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is, in large part, the revival of the franchise I had always hoped for. Introducing many fresh ideas and advancing the series' legacy—without being tethered to the past or merely copying what came before—the new title features masterful level design and delivers a highly competent Metroidvania experience on all fronts, even if a few details stray slightly from the core Castlevania formula.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Overall I love Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse. When it was first announced I was simply thrilled that this legendary series was finally making a proper comeback, and after experiencing the sheer quality of this successor I’m convinced that it’s here to stay. Evil Empire shows an obvious love and admiration for the Konami series and while I’d liked its difficulty to have a bit more of a kick, I think it’ll be fine for most players.
I think Konami and its development team hit the right notes with Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, especially when it comes to reintroducing a long dormant franchise to a wider audience. It’s a game of three distinct acts: a somewhat generic opening third, a middle portion that gradually picks up the pace, and a truly mesmerizing final stretch that finally feels like good old Castlevania at its finest.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse stands as one of the best 2D and Metroidvania gaming experiences, thanks to its distinctive artistic identity and gothic atmosphere. With rich exploration and varied, enjoyable gameplay that blends combat and movement, it delivers an adventure well worth experiencing.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Castlevania Belmont’s Curse is a great game (and ridiculous price) whether you are fans of the license or newcomer. This is one of the titles of the year. Irreproachable in its realization and its staging, we will evaluate our pleasure not to the martial victories on the bosses, but to discover the passages and secrets of the map and the level design. A grand cru.
Review in French | Read full review
Evil Empire continues to impress by adding a drawn art style and impressive visuals to the game overall. Not just from character designs but bosses, enemies, and environments too. And while its soundtrack is not the best part, the rest of the sound design fits well into the game. If you are a Castlevania or Metroidvania fan, or even a newcomer, it’s a strong entry for a titan of a series. And one that all players should try to experience as soon as they can.
Evil Empire’s Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse draws heavily from the lore, characters, story, and presentation, but the gameplay has shifted away from many of its RPG roots. This shift is met with tightly polished execution; however, there is a lingering sense that this isn’t what some fans were expecting.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is the comeback fans have been waiting for for over a decade: a metroidvania that is classic in structure but modern in sensibility, crafted by a studio that knows the genre inside out and proves it with incredibly rich traversal, memorable bosses and outstanding art direction.
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