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Castlevania Advance Collection

KONAMI · 2021-09-23

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Franchise: Castlevania · Modes: Single player

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!

50
playing now
92%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
94/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
91/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

50 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 50 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 23% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,518 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.57-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.59 at IndieGala Store (2026-02-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.57 · on sale 85 of 143 observed days · $2.98 above the all-time low (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

95272026-08-07 00:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 68 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 65 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 75 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 69 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 95 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 73 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 65 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 74 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 75 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 78 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 38 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 55 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 57 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.54$6.542021-09-242026-08-292021-09-24 — 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 $11.662026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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.

Player tags

2DRetroActionDemonsClassicVampirePlatformerExplorationDark FantasyMetroidvania

Census log

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

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