Castlevania: Symphony of the Night cover art

Game entry

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

1997 · Metroidvania, Action RPG, Action-adventure, Platformer, Horror · PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Saturn · Konami

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is ranked no. 119 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,829 and 78% of duels won. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Hollow Knight: 21 duels settled, 15 to 6. In its strongest family it holds position no. 4 out of 78 (1997).

World rank

no. 119

ELO score

1,829

Wins

78%

Duels played

765

About Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Having been awoken from his eternal slumber by the reappearance of Castlevania, Alucard must once again face the evil minions of darkness. Use your vampiric powers, along with weapons, potions, and other magical relics to change the tide of battle.

A mixture of platform and role-playing action with many hidden areas and secrets. Can you discover them all?

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,829 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

All Metroidvania games →
  1. 1 Metroid Prime2002 · Metroidvania 1,988
  2. 4 Dead Cells2018 · Metroidvania 1,953
  3. 21 Ori and the Will of the Wisps2020 · Metroidvania 1,905
  4. 51 Ori and the Blind Forest2015 · Metroidvania 1,878
  5. 64 Hollow Knight2017 · Metroidvania 1,867

Keep exploring

Around this spot

The games Castlevania: Symphony of the Night sits between in the world ranking.

The standing

Where Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Castlevania: Symphony of the Night stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 4 out of 78 (1997).

Where Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 119 5,110
Metroidvania 9 96
1990s 24 655
1997 4 78

The community

The debate

24 comments

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  1. thompson_raleigh

    I've been showing this to my daughter recently, she's ten, and she got hooked on the castle exploration faster than I expected honestly.

  2. Ibáñez5

    Le funciona casi todo salvo el ritmo final, que se estira más de lo necesario.

    CritByte

    Je l'ai relancé récemment sans nostalgie et la difficulté inégale se confirme... certaines zones sont clairement mieux calibrées que d'autres, mais l'ensemble tient encore très bien.

  3. Peltier8

    Face à Super Metroid, il gagne en ambiance gothique, il perd en précision des sauts.

    ChristineRunner

    Ça gagne, enfin sur la précision des sauts je nuancerais un peu, mais l'ambiance compense tout.

  4. FrameKid2

    Cuatrocientos y pico duelos jugados y sigue con un porcentaje de victorias altísimo, eso dice mucho.

  5. froyer

    Je l'avais emprunté à un copain de classe sans savoir dans quoi je mettais les pieds, et je me souviens qu'on en parlait tous les deux à la récré le lendemain.

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