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!
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Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 2.5Kreviews | 92% | — | $1M |
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Reviews
It's not metal gear
I am thoroughly impressed by Castlevania. I had tried the original titles and a 3Ds title (Lords of Shadow) before the advance collections, but this was a treat to discover. Before Aria of Sorrow, I did not get Castlevania, though at some point, I think past the 2nd/3rd area I got hooked. It is precisely my aesthetic, and while story can be minimal or simplistic, a lot of the fun is exploring, seeing the characters get more options, and I see how this genre inspired so many future titles. As of this review I've beat Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance, and both alone are worth getting for the price on steam off sale. The former can be played pretty blind, but I had to use a guide about 4-5 times for Dissonance, mostly at the end; beating the games are easier than clearing/completing them. Spoiler warning: [spoiler]With Dissonance you need to get 5 Dracula relics, which 2 are incredibly obtuse: Fang and Rib. I figured out the rib myself because of the crush shoes, which the game does not explain its mechanics, but the Fang I had to look up precisely where the hidden slide spot was- I knew the general area but could not find out exactly where. Anyways. Only other place I really looked up in Dissonance was where the last furniture/summon book, because I never would have found the wizard vase otherwise[/spoiler] The other two are hit or miss imo, but not bad games. Soma (AOS) plays the best and has the most satisfying character movement/fluidity. Juste takes a bit to adjust to but can be very versatile. I agree with other reviewers that Juste can make some parts of the game trivial when you find some certain spell/item combinations, and bosses become less about difficulty and more about vibe/aesthetic. On the subject, [spoiler]Chaos[/spoiler] was probably my favorite given the creativity with its design, followed by [spoiler]Death[/spoiler] from [spoiler]HOD[/spoiler] Apologies for spoilers, but just in case I wanted the option for people who are on the fence to learn themselves. As for Circle of the Moon and Dracula X, I was not as invested in finishing them as of this review, but I might come back for the former, Circle of the Moon if I feel like it. Controls are the most clunky in those games, especially Dracula X, and that particular title is more akin to the original castlevanias in that it isn't an open world like metroidvania, which by the way, these titles were the original second half of the term, castlevanias. These games and metroid started those design decisions. Anyways, I've chattered enough. If you've read this far enough and you're on the fence, try Aria of Sorrow and see if it's for you. If so, and it's your vibe, then I'd try Dissonance. Those two ease imo to the experience, and it's what I happened to try. edit was because I botched the spoilers.
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14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Aug 27: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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Languages: English, Japanese
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 110 reviews with recorded playtime.
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大体面白い 暁月は図抜けてクオリティが高い ソウルはもっと入手しやすくしてほしかったけど
love these games but i have lost progress bc the games keep on crashing whenever i save
Ok, first things first: Hey Konami... [b]Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on Steam WHEN??!![/b] Now, with that out of the way, there is not much I can add to which other reviewers have explained here more thoroughly. The Castlevania Advance Collection is an excellent collection of Castlevania games from the GBA era, with [i]Castlevania: Dracula X / Vampire Kiss[/i] as a nice little "eh why not" bonus. A bit of a negative point is that in Circle of the Moon, the movement is a bit awkward since you initially walk very slowly, and once you get the Dash Boots you have to double-tap to the right or left every time you want to run... but you kinda get used to it. Adding a way to toggle running on and off would've been a great Quality of Life feature. On the two subsequent games, your standard speed is a middle-ground between walking and running. But besides that, every GBA game here is awesome in its own right, with tight controls, cool environments to explore, varied enemies to beat, and different skills to obtain. The DSS system in Circle of the Moon has some pretty cool combinations, although the Souls system in Aria of Sorrow was my favorite - very varied and original! And in the future, I very much look forward to playing Magician Mode in Circle of the Moon, and the Extra-Character modes in Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow. Oh, and Dracula X is... and ok and thankfully short game. Definitely has some cheap/unfair enemy placements, but I still beat it. Some excellent additions to this collection are 10 different save-state slots per game, and a rewind function. These features make this collection [b]much[/b] more worth it to buy, and should have been included in the first Castlevania Anniversary Collection. There is also an encyclopedia of enemies and items for each game, a gallery with concept art and scans of the game manuals from different regions, and a jukebox with all the music from the games. So, should you get the Castlevania Advance Collection? Well, with all the extra-features included, and If you enjoy exploration-action-platformers (you know... Metroid[b]Vania[/b] games), I would say getting this collection IS worth it [b]on sale with a 50%+ discount[/b]. And hey, if you actually buy this collection instead of just emulating the games, that should encourage Konami to keep making Castlevania games, and one day port or remaster Symphony of the Night on Steam... one can dream, right?
I bought this for Aria of Sorrow, but surprisingly found that Circle of the Moon was actually quite fun. I did spend the entire game with only a few DSS cards but found that bosses are still doable, though you may need to rely on the cross for that extra oomph. There's definitely more backtracking than I'm used to, but after getting used to the backtracking and the low drop rate of cards, there is a really solid game here. Also a surprise, I quite enjoyed Dracula X. I really thought i would have to force myself to play it, but it was actually really fun to play through. Just the classic Castlevania music with old school Castlevania gameplay is super satisfying. Harmony of Dissonance on the other hand, I found this to be really disappointing. The music is really what kills the experience for me. I didn't want to say this, but it really earns the "dissonance" in the title. I'm not sure if I will finish this game tbh. I initially played this to take a break from Circle of the Moon, but quickly found this to be the worst game of the collection (imo). The magic system is really cool if not op, but can't say I'm a fan of the dashing. The bosses were pretty boring, which is usually a big part of what drives me to Castlevania games. Aria was pretty good. I started the series with Dawn of Sorrow, so pretty interesting to see how things evolved and changed since Aria of Sorrow. The movement doesn't feel quite as refined as in Dawn of Sorrow, but still a fun experience.
It's good, mostly for those who played the games back in the day. Aria af Sorrow is by far the best title in this set, but the others are a refreshing reminder of how games can get better over time and experience.
Good old games.
probably the best of the three collections
Meu primeiro contato com essa franquia foi o Symphony of the Night, essa coletânea do advance é maravilhosa, de longe meu favorito aqui foi o Aria of Sorrow. Recomendo.
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