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More about this game →Few titles capture what makes Castlevania unique: deep RPG systems, dark, oppressive atmosphere and combat magic. After measuring 13 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 50 most faithful alternatives. MediEvil, Alice: Madness Returns and MediEvil II top the ranking, with MediEvil at number one (95/100).
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The closest game to Castlevania is MediEvil — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Alice: Madness Returns and MediEvil II follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Castlevania. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with setting medieval, while skipping exploration and discovery
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, strong narrative focus and fantasy world, while skipping combat magic
This sequel to American McGee's Alice follows the protagonist, Alice Lidell, as she returns to the dark world of her subconsciousness, the nightmarish version of Lewis Carrol’s Wonderland.
Released 12 years after Castlevania.
✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and puzzle design.
≠ Missing: melee combat.
✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, open world exploration and fantasy world, while skipping precision platforming
The castle is the achievement: densely built, worth exploring on its own terms, and full of small detail. Spell-chaining combat is more involved than expected. Outside it, the open world follows a familiar checklist of camps and puzzles, and the main story resolves in a rush that leaves several threads sitting unfinished.
Where it drifts furthest from Castlevania: setting.
Released 24 years after Castlevania.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design
Released 12 years after Castlevania.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is a story-driven action-RPG based on table-top role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the part of the World of Darkness franchise. The game is setting a gothic urban fantasy where vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings live secretly by humans.
Released 5 years after Castlevania.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping precision platforming
Released 20 years after Castlevania.
✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, historical setting and setting mythology, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Castlevania: setting and progression.
Released 8 years after Castlevania.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, fantasy world and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping puzzle design
Released 4 years after Castlevania.
✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming.
≠ Missing: puzzle design.
Released 9 years after Castlevania.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, open world exploration and fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design
The third game in a series, it holds nothing back from the player. Open world adventures of the renowned monster slayer Geralt of Rivia are now even on a larger scale.
Where it drifts furthest from Castlevania: setting.
Released 16 years after Castlevania.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings open world exploration, while skipping precision platforming
Open-world traversal built around electricity: you climb, grind rails and fight in the same continuous motion, and it rarely asks you to stop moving. Combat stays readable even when the screen fills up. The karma system is the weak part — choices are signposted as obviously good or evil, so the moral framing lands flatter than the moment-to-moment play.
Released 12 years after Castlevania.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and horror tension, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Castlevania: progression.
Released 7 years after Castlevania.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design
Released 5 years after Castlevania.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and strong narrative focus, while skipping puzzle design
Capcom’s riveting samurai adventure returns! This version includes the original game’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story, plus a host of enhancements. Improved controls allow players to move and fight with analog-stick precision.
Where it drifts furthest from Castlevania: setting and visuals.
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Yakuza 4
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Puzzle
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RPG · Action RPG
Drakengard
RPG · Action RPG
Ninja Gaiden II
RPG · Action RPG
Breath of Fire IV
RPG · Turn-Based Strat
Gravity Rush
RPG · Adventure
Zenless Zone Zero
RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Adventure
Spider-Man 2
RPG · Action RPG
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
RPG · Action RPG
Ultimate Spider-Man
RPG · Action RPG
Ninja Blade
RPG · Action RPG
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
RPG · Action RPG
Bayonetta
Action RPG · Shooter
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RPG · Action RPG