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Within the “Puzzle” category, the closest game to Castlevania is MediEvil — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. MediEvil II and Alice: Madness Returns 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
✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and puzzle design.
≠ Missing: melee combat.
✓ 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.
✓ 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 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.
✓ 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.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with open world exploration, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping action RPG combat
Where it drifts furthest from Castlevania: setting.
Released 3 years after Castlevania.