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Castlevania Advance Collection

KONAMI · 2021-09-23

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Action

Franchise: Castlevania · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 23, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 23, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 24, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Count Dracula is once more back from the dead... Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces!

Castlevania Advance Collection is an Action game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2529 reviews).

192
playing now
92%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
94/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
91/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
4.78★
PlayStation Store rating (2,109 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

192 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Castlevania is a video game series created and published by Konami. The series debuted in Japan on September 26, 1986, with Akumajō Dracula , which was later released as Castlevania in the United States and PAL. Titles in the series have been released on numerous video game consoles, handheld game consoles, and personal computer platforms, and several have been re-released on multiple platforms and included as part of compilation packages.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 192 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 227 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,600 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.70 at Nuuvem (2026-09-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.57 · on sale 80 of 137 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23023020212026Week of 2021-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

333302026-09-14 22:00 — 62 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 31 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 43 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 49 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 61 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 47 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 52 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 93 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 170 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 176 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 131 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 203 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 231 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 215 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 333 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 241 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 159 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 236 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 232 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 196 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 205 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 197 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 192 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
42621Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 426 · peak 684Nov 2021 — avg 78 · peak 154Jan 2022 — avg 63 · peak 125Mar 2022 — avg 25 · peak 59May 2022 — avg 42 · peak 93Jul 2022 — avg 48 · peak 93Sep 2022 — avg 35 · peak 73Nov 2022 — avg 68 · peak 168Jan 2023 — avg 44 · peak 91Mar 2023 — avg 33 · peak 69May 2023 — avg 32 · peak 72Jul 2023 — avg 36 · peak 63Sep 2023 — avg 49 · peak 187Nov 2023 — avg 52 · peak 112Jan 2024 — avg 38 · peak 74Mar 2024 — avg 27 · peak 57May 2024 — avg 31 · peak 65Jul 2024 — avg 39 · peak 70Sep 2024 — avg 117 · peak 232Nov 2024 — avg 111 · peak 250Jan 2025 — avg 86 · peak 150Mar 2025 — avg 59 · peak 127May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 74Jul 2025 — avg 52 · peak 85Sep 2025 — avg 40 · peak 90Nov 2025 — avg 51 · peak 112Jan 2026 — avg 51 · peak 115Mar 2026 — avg 53 · peak 127May 2026 — avg 42 · peak 96Jul 2026 — avg 68 · peak 114Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 98
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.54$6.542021-09-242026-10-102021-09-24 — best price $19.992022-01-08 — best price $19.002022-04-22 — best price $15.482022-07-08 — best price $17.302022-09-14 — best price $10.642022-12-22 — best price $9.422023-02-06 — best price $21.432023-03-15 — best price $21.072023-05-03 — best price $10.002023-05-25 — best price $21.422023-07-03 — best price $12.862023-08-02 — best price $21.862023-09-06 — best price $21.412023-10-11 — best price $21.202023-11-20 — best price $10.792023-12-14 — best price $21.942024-02-02 — best price $21.562024-04-04 — best price $11.402024-05-17 — best price $19.002024-08-20 — best price $9.692024-12-03 — best price $19.002025-02-12 — best price $10.452025-05-07 — best price $14.392025-06-27 — best price $10.992025-09-17 — best price $19.002025-11-21 — best price $12.862026-02-05 — best price $19.992026-04-16 — best price $9.502026-05-15 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $23.212026-06-27 — best price $11.382026-07-18 — best price $22.852026-08-07 — best price $23.032026-08-25 — best price $11.662026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

375862026-06-01 — 142 pageviews2026-06-05 — 119 pageviews2026-06-09 — 226 pageviews2026-06-13 — 125 pageviews2026-06-17 — 102 pageviews2026-06-21 — 120 pageviews2026-06-25 — 96 pageviews2026-06-29 — 131 pageviews2026-07-03 — 121 pageviews2026-07-07 — 113 pageviews2026-07-11 — 96 pageviews2026-07-15 — 139 pageviews2026-07-19 — 171 pageviews2026-07-23 — 113 pageviews2026-07-27 — 122 pageviews2026-07-31 — 120 pageviews2026-08-04 — 107 pageviews2026-08-08 — 115 pageviews2026-08-12 — 119 pageviews2026-08-16 — 91 pageviews2026-08-20 — 141 pageviews2026-08-24 — 149 pageviews2026-08-28 — 131 pageviews2026-09-01 — 123 pageviews2026-09-05 — 129 pageviews2026-09-09 — 140 pageviews2026-09-13 — 138 pageviews2026-09-17 — 108 pageviews2026-09-21 — 161 pageviews2026-09-25 — 375 pageviews2026-09-29 — 273 pageviews2026-10-03 — 298 pageviews2026-10-07 — 239 pageviews2026-10-11 — 212 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
45.3%
earned "The Grudge of a Dead Soldier"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)6,32135%49
Steam (Steam)4,86910%48
Xbox One (Xbox)2,36213%48
Switch (Nintendo)9870%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRetroActionDemonsClassicVampirePlatformerExplorationDark FantasyMetroidvania

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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