Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
1499. Paris is engulfed in flames as monstrous creatures suddenly emerge from the shadows. Trevor Belmont, the hero who defeated Dracula, ventures into the burning streets with his daughter, Rose Belmont…
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is an adventure developed by Evil Empire, released 15 October 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is an adventure game developed by Evil Empire and released in 2026. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Medieval Paris, Where the Tolling Bells Herald the End. 1499. Paris is engulfed as monstrous creatures suddenly emerge from the shadows. Armed with the legendary holy whip, the Vampire Killer, Trevor Belmont’s successor ventures into the burning streets and the looming castle to hunt down the beasts. Will she succeed in saving Paris from devastation…?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the 107th of 107 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. It arrived 2 years after Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 84 is 5 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.
How it was received
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 8400, 16 GB RAM and nVidia Geforce GTX1650. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse launched on 15 October 2026, within three weeks of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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