Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a action, pixel graphics and retro game developed and published by INTI CREATES CO. and LTD..
Released on May 24th 2018 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 4,237 reviews of which 4,002 were positive and 235 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon into these genres:

Action Pixel Graphics Retro Platformer Metroidvania 2D Side Scroller Singleplayer Gothic Adventure Difficult Female Protagonist Indie Fantasy Arcade Dark Fantasy Anime Vampire Great Soundtrack Classic

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10
Processor: 2Ghz or faster processer
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512MB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce)
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

If you're a fan of classic "Classicvania" games like Castlevania III, you're in for a treat. This game captures that old-school feel perfectly, with precise platforming and fantastic level design. The characters work seamlessly together, adding depth and variety to the gameplay. On top of that, there's plenty of replay value. For me, this is exactly what a video game should be: no fluff, no unnecessary gimmicks, just pure retro fun. Highly recommended!

Dec. 2024

classicvania, but with some modern design. Would recommend to any classicvania fan.

Oct. 2024

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a well refined modern take on the classic Castlevania titles. It takes everything that made Castlevania 3 so good and expands on those concepts while ironing out all of that old NES jank. The levels are well crafted with fair checkpoints and the enemies/bosses always properly telegraph their attacks. The multiple characters and routes add a lot of replay value, and even in times of frustration that sweet soundtrack will keep pushing you forward. If your a fan of the ClassicVanias, then you owe it to yourself to play this game. I highly recommend this one. 💯

Oct. 2024

great game i guess but playing this has been kind of a pain. some may call these mere pet peeves and minor complaints but to me its just making me think id rather fire up mesen instead. its clearly a good classicvania game with good graphics and interesting mechanics but for me - it wont go full screen - doesn't detect all controllers - when it does it sometimes doesnt detect input on controller and thats enough for me to be irritated. still getting past that, its great. those issues arent enough for me to leave a negative review

July 2024

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a seriously fun game with some serious problems. This game acts like a spiritual successor to the first 3 Castlevania games on the NES, but most strongly with the 3rd due to its multiple different characters. And the character system strongly resembled that of Little Samson as well. I really enjoyed that aspects. Each character plays and feels quite different, with both strengths and weaknesses, and they can be interchangeably be used to progress into areas or use pathways the other cannot. Of course I have my preferences, but they felt pretty balanced from a moment-to-moment basis. For the first few levels I absolutely adored this game. While I have a tough time pushing myself through the first 3 Castlevania games due to their stiff controls + limited whip control; this game is no different from that. However, what it does change is how there's vastly less insta-death pits, enemies push you around much less, and enemies are also much more lenient with being within attack range. That's what really allowed me to push through this game for the most part, and obviously also because it's quite short. Frankly, maybe the game is too easy. I played it on 'Veteran' and never ran out of lives once. Yet, the final level and final boss was just a miserable experience. Like the rest of the game it's not that hard, but it's just really tedious. I almost stopped playing due to that. This is the game's sole majour problem. Firstly, the last level is filled to the brim with these flowing streams of termites or whatnot which will appear in unmarked areas with unmarked patterns, to it turns into an inherent memory-game whenever they appear. The final boss was the worst offender, wherein their first stage they spew the same termites with unmarked spawns and unmarked patterns. Actually, sometimes they are truly unavoidable due to the only safe spot being inhabited by the boss. So no matter what you do you will be hit. And the second stage of the boss-fight is so unclear, as you have to continuously jump through a laser that only damages at the bottom, with no indication of such. You get hit once you die. And it's so wizard-emphasized that it just feels lame. Also there's no audio settings. Stupid. I'm quite sure that the last part of the game was rushed out or something alike, as it just did not feel play-tested at all. Still, I absolutely adored the first part of the game. But again, this is a really good game. I just really disliked the last section of the game.

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9.99€

9.1

4,002

235

Online players

Developer

INTI CREATES CO., LTD.

Publisher

INTI CREATES CO., LTD.

Release 24 May 2018

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