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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon cover art

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2018-05-24

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Action

Franchise: Bloodstained · Modes: Single player

Releases: May 24, 2018 (Nintendo 3DS), May 24, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 24, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Jun 06, 2018 (Xbox One), May 24, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

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.

6
playing now
94%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (92 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a 2018 platform game developed and published by Inti Creates. It is a companion title to developer ArtPlay's 2019 game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and was conceived to fulfill the promise for a retro-style accompaniment to Ritual of the Night after its Kickstarter campaign exceeded crowdfunding goals. Curse of the Moon follows Zangetsu, a cursed swordsman hunting down demons for revenge, as well as three other playable characters named Miriam, Alfred and Gebel. It features an 8-bit aesthetic and gameplay style similar to Castlevania games on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), particularly Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1989).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 162 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (553 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 113k–271k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,513 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53153120182026Week of 2018-05-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-08-07 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992018-05-252026-08-292018-05-25 — best price $9.992018-11-22 — best price $6.992019-02-04 — best price $6.492019-10-28 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-04-30 — best price $4.992020-09-23 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-09-25 — best price $4.992021-11-06 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-05-02 — best price $4.992022-08-05 — best price $4.992022-10-27 — best price $4.992022-12-02 — best price $4.992023-02-06 — best price $4.992023-04-26 — best price $4.992023-07-31 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-13 — best price $4.992024-08-08 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $4.992024-12-11 — best price $4.992025-01-17 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-09-18 — best price $4.992025-11-08 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-16 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "Moonlight Temptation"
38%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)13,8106%15
Steam (Steam)7,53712%15
PS4 (PlayStation)6,89224%15
PS Vita (PlayStation)2,32431%15
Switch (Nintendo)2810%0
PS Vita (PlayStation)9747%15

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionGothicFantasyAdventureDifficultPlatformerDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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