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Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi

Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi returns as Prince Dracula in this classicvania horror platformer! Battle your way through the monster plagued countryside, evade deadly traps and pitfalls, overcome Dracula’s commanders in single combat, and discover the secret history of your monstrous foes.

Released Mar 29, 2024 Developer Tezcatek Platforms Windows Action-Adventure2D PlatformerCharacter Action GameSingleplayerSide Scroller
View on Steam ↗ $16.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

86.6%positive97 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“This is a fun Castlevania-style platformer that doesn't quite hit the heights of the best of that series, but also plays more than well enough to beat out a few actual entries as well. The pixel art is a bit of a meld between NES-style proportions and SNES color palette, and it…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Are you looking for a Castlevania that's actually Castlevania instead of a metroidvania? Well, Carpathian Night has you covered. It has all the difficulty of let's say Castlevania III but prettied up with QoL upgrades such as a dash and various skills to unlock. There's hidden…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great action platformer that pays homage to classic Castlevania, but still manages to differentiate itself.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

22achievements
5.1%median completion
0.7%rarest: Saint of the Kelemen Monastery
72.0% of players 65.5% of players 39.3% of players 31.8% of players 26.6% of players 23.2% of players 16.3% of players 13.6% of players 10.4% of players 6.4% of players 5.6% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 3.7% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 72.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
72.0%The journey begins… — Defeat the Faun.
65.5%Deathless — Complete a level with 0 deaths.
39.3%Skillful Pyromancer — Unlock the Censer Spin skill.
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Saint of the Kelemen Monastery — Obtain 100% completion in the Wicked Campaign as Abbot Dorin.
0.8%Queen of the Vampires — Obtain 100% completion in the Wicked Campaign as Irina Dracul.
1.0%Irina Dracul - Grandmaster Vampire Hunter — Complete the Wicked Campaign as Irina Dracul.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 13, 2025
Progression Bug fix

Many players reported a bug introduced in the latest update, that prevents progress at the end of a level. My deepest apologies for this bug, but it should be fixed now. We will try to do better movin

Mar 07, 2025
Skill Unlock Notification and Player Guide

-Player Guide now found under Pause Menu. -Skill Unlock Notification popup appears after collecting 4th gem.

Aug 13, 2024
Audio Controls and Cloud Saves

Audio Controls can now be accessed through the player pause screen menu. https://i.imgur.com/4MZvXLx.png Cloud Saves were enabled a few weeks ago as well. Happy hunting!

Jun 25, 2024
Achievements

This update introduces Achievements to Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi! There are 22 achievements total. Unfortunately, they do not retroactively unlock if you have done some of these things bef

Apr 11, 2024
Bug fix and keyboard controls

Bug fix: Player can no longer walk off screen to the left of Castle Entrance. Keyboard controls: WASD - Movement Dash - F key Attack - L key Pause - Escape Submit - Return Cancel - Backspace

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction
Player tagsAction-Adventure · 2D Platformer · Character Action Game · Singleplayer · Side Scroller · Horror · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Gothic · Vampire · Werewolves · Zombies (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements22
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) and Windows 10 Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support. Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable. Storage: 200 MB available space