What follows is the Top 25 as voted by IGN readers, with a handy comparison below that shows your picks alongside the IGN and Nintendo Life’s list.

The best DS games of all time prove the dual-screen console was more than a Nintendo gimmick. Released back in 2004, the ...

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is considered one of the main series Castlevania games, and it was the last one to release for the Game Boy Advance. It sees players step into the role of Soma Cruz, a ...

The granddaddy of the franchise has to be recognized. Later entries would greatly improve on the original, but the first Castlevania was still a massive hit on release and is more than playable today.

Castlevania has a convoluted timeline with 15 mainline games, excluding reboots and remakes. The series started with Leon ...

One of the best Castlevania games of all time is officially 22 years old. No, I'm not talking about Symphony of the Night, though this one deserves just as much praise, with some considering it to be ...

Join 100K+ fans and never miss breaking news, fan theories, trailers & exclusive content. By severing Dracula’s tie to the power of Chaos, Belmont ended his dark reign. However, a subtle hint in ...

A new update for the Castlevania Dominus Collection this October 2024 adds some new stuff while also fixing a variety of bugs that players have been experiencing. The full patch notes for this were ...

Konami and M2 have been treating the Castlevania series exceptionally well in recent years. Sure, we haven’t gotten any new entries, but they’ve been keeping the series’ backlog pretty fresh with the ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

The moment he picked up his first SNES controller, he knew gaming was going to be a lifelong passion. From adventures with Link to repelling the Covenant with Master Chief to even climbing ever-higher ...