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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS (Pixel classic-style so i think it's normal) ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Pretty cool semi-"8-bit" styled game. Do note that this is NOT "metroidvania", its very much old school Castlevania 1 or 3 on NES with set levels with maybe one or two branching paths. But there is NO backtracking or other metroidvania stuff. Game also comes with quality of life…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Very good game. All inputs are functional, the bosses are solid, even the Ultimate Mode is quite balanced despite the fact that Zangetsu has all tools necessary to beat the game. All Achievements unlocked from a week playing. Very fun, although punishing, this game is still fair…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Demo now available for INTI CREATES' newest action platformer, Majogami!
Greetings Curse of the Moon fans! If you enjoyed the classic action in the Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon series, you'll want to check out INTI CREATES' new dark fantasy action platformer, Majogami.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Update (Build 2824730)
* Fixed an issue that would disconnect controllers during gameplay * Fixed an issue with the settings screen for mouse and keyboard controls
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Update (Build 2805994)
* Issues with the game display and various crashes have been fixed.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Update (Build 2802055)
・Fullscreen mode has been added ・Fixed an issue where certain gamepads would not function as expected ・Various other bug fixes
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Pixel Graphics · Retro · Platformer · Metroidvania · 2D · Side Scroller · Singleplayer · Gothic · Adventure · Difficult · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://curseofthemoon.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10 Processor: 2Ghz or faster processer Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space