Reception
| Game | Game Rankings | Metacritic |
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| Castlevania (GBA Re-Release) |
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| Simon's Quest |
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| The Adventure |
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| Dracula's Curse |
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| Belmont's Revenge |
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| Super Castlevania IV |
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| Dracula X |
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| Bloodlines |
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| Symphony of the Night |
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| Legends |
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| Castlevania (1999) |
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| Legacy of Darkness |
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| Circle of the Moon |
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| Chronicles |
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| Harmony of Dissonance |
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| Aria of Sorrow |
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| Lament of Innocence |
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| Dawn of Sorrow |
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| Curse of Darkness (PS2) |
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| Portrait of Ruin |
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| The Dracula X Chronicles |
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| Judgment |
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| Order of Ecclesia |
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| The Adventure ReBirth |
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| Encore of the Night (iOS) |
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| Lords of Shadow |
83.33% (PS3) |
83 (Xbox 360) |
The Castlevania franchise has received significant amount of critical acclaim, with the most acclaimed game being Symphony of the Night for the PlayStation and the most panned being Judgment, with aggregate scores of 93 and 49, respectively, on Metacritic and 93.38% and 52.71%, respectively, on GameRankings.
Many of the games have appeared on lists of "best games ever". Symphony of the Night appeared at #16 on IGN "Top 100 games" and was one of the first to be introduced on the GameSpot "The Greatest Games of All Time". Both acclaimed the game to successfully making a game in 2D while the industry was moving to 3D. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse was named the 9th best 8-bit game by GameTrailers. Super Castlevania IV was named the 11th best game of the SNES by ScrewAttack on their "Top 20 SNES Games". The series as a whole was also named one the 4th best franchises in game ever by IGN, behind only Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda and Mario, and citing Symphony of the Night, Aria of Sorrow and Super Castlevania IV as highlights. Aria of Sorrow was also named the 2nd best game on the Game Boy Advance and one of the must buy for the system, according to the same website. Three games appeared on Nintendo Power "Top 200 Games", namely Castlevania, Aria of Sorrow and Circle of the Moon, at #23, #22 and #108 respectively.
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