The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest is an excellent tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic NES era Castlevania games, which sees you attempting to resurrect Count Dracula so that you can kick his ass!

In The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest you take on the role of a vampire hunting hero called Simon Quest who has set out to slay Dracula. However, when he gets to … Read More

Dire Vengeance, a game being developed by Magic Shot Games, is a fast paced 2D action platformer with a heavy influence from the Castlevania games of old.

You play as Pandora, an extremely talented warrior who must decide the fate of the very world she protects. With her enchanted armour, that absorbs the souls of all that she vanquishes, you gain the ability to … Read More

A Dragon Named Coal combines all the best bits of Castlevania, Thomas Was Alone and Dragon Age into a charming pixel art metroidvania action RPG in a dark fantasy setting where you play as an adorable little dragon with a little red scarf and a gigantic sword.

We first covered A Dragon Named Coal when they were accepting beta sign-ups last year, and loved the … Read More

A Dragon Named Coal is a dark fairytale inspired by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that features branching story mechanics inspired by Dragon Age: Origins. Coming to mobile, desktop, and consoles, it’s still in its early development stages but already it looks like a cool retro pixel art Metroidvania game with some interesting ideas.

Like Dragon Age: Origins, ADNC has NPC characters that evolve … Read More

Inexistence is a great retro platformer with RPG elements, inspired by Castlevania, Metroid, Mario & Mega Man, that perfectly recreates the feeling of playing a classic SNES game.

It’s great fun exploring the world of Inexistence, with classic retro platforming, puzzles, hidden treasures, items, an RPG style levelling up system and big boss battles.  It’s like a mash-up of everything you liked about classic 16-bit … Read More