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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is the complete edition of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a dark and vivid new re-imagining of the Castlevania mythology. It is the end of days and ungodly powers isolate the Earth.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
33 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“The story is very immersive and keeps you engaged. Old school puzzles and nice difficulty level, well thought characters and responsive controls”
“I played Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition as my first real contact with the Castlevania series, having only a vague idea of what the franchise was before starting. From the start, the game gives a strong…”
“It has really enjoyable combat which is incredibly satisfying to learn and use. The game also has beautiful music and scenery which really pulls you in. The game is also really long and has taken me many hours just to…”
21 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“Lords of shadow attempts to merge the Castlevania series with God of War style gameplay, and in doing so does a great disservice to both franchises, as well as featuring a handful of shoddily executed Shadow of the…”
“I played Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition as my first real contact with the Castlevania series, having only a vague idea of what the franchise was before starting. From the start, the game gives a strong…”
“It has really enjoyable combat which is incredibly satisfying to learn and use. The game also has beautiful music and scenery which really pulls you in. The game is also really long and has taken me many hours just to…”
15 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“The story is very immersive and keeps you engaged. Old school puzzles and nice difficulty level, well thought characters and responsive controls”
“Lords of shadow attempts to merge the Castlevania series with God of War style gameplay, and in doing so does a great disservice to both franchises, as well as featuring a handful of shoddily executed Shadow of the…”
“great story, great gameplay, great ost.”
12 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“It has really enjoyable combat which is incredibly satisfying to learn and use. The game also has beautiful music and scenery which really pulls you in. The game is also really long and has taken me many hours just to…”
“This game really shines with its art direction, music and world-building, but unfortunately that doesnt translate into gameplay which fails to live up to the standards set by this franchise. They abandoned the core of…”
“great story, great gameplay, great ost.”
4 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“Only flaw with this game is the DLC last boss, besides that it's pretty much perfect. Play it if you like good stuff. 16 years later and I still come back to it occasionally.”
“I've played this game through several times on other platforms. In all honesty its one of my favorite games, despite a few flaws. fun game, worth the really low price.”
“a forever memory, great game”
25 of the 89 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Only flaw with this game is the DLC last boss, besides that it's pretty much perfect. Play it if you like good stuff. 16 years later and I still come back to it occasionally.”
“Lords of shadow attempts to merge the Castlevania series with God of War style gameplay, and in doing so does a great disservice to both franchises, as well as featuring a handful of shoddily executed Shadow of the…”
“This game really shines with its art direction, music and world-building, but unfortunately that doesnt translate into gameplay which fails to live up to the standards set by this franchise. They abandoned the core of…”
12 of the 89 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“God I love this game dude, my favourite interpretation of Castlevania and honestly really enjoyed it the whole way through, some parts were iffy but I also played on Mouse and Keyboard so I had some difficulty spawned…”
“Story and music is good. The combat is ok, you have no camera control whatsoever , which is really frustrating and controls in general are awful. The DLCs are meh, the boss on the last DLC is genuienly awful. Get it on…”
“Es un buen juego de acción, muy parecido a los God of War originales. Tiene bastantes partes de plataformas que generalmente son decentes, aunque algunas partes son muy complicadas por el control o sobre todo por la…”
5 of the 89 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Good story but too long for my taste. Combat gets very repetetive and not much variety in the boss fights. Only worth it for the nostalgia, doesn't hold well in current times.”
“I can see why people liked this game when it came out but it just doesn't hold up anymore. It's alright but gets repetitive and it's fairly long”
“5.5/10, Игру стоит проходить только ради боссов, они сделаны классно, за исключением ебучего QTE с вращением, которое на клавиатуре делается раз через раз. Боёвка скудная, сюжетно игра средняя, чувствуется подзатянутой.”
4 of the 89 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is a good hack and slash, but it's not much in terms of story. Great excuse to enjoy Castlevania”
“5.5/10, Игру стоит проходить только ради боссов, они сделаны классно, за исключением ебучего QTE с вращением, которое на клавиатуре делается раз через раз. Боёвка скудная, сюжетно игра средняя, чувствуется подзатянутой.”
Counted across 89 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This game certainly has a lot of strengths; notably the art direction here is really top notch for a game of this era. The fixed camera perspective really let a lot the environments really stand out and look beautiful! This is helped by the main character Gabriel being dressed…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Probably my favourite hack and slash game of all time. Great levels, great voice acting and quite a long game. Gets a bad rep but honestly probably one of the better Castlevania games in my mind”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“I played on the highest difficulty so my review is based on that. This game is sadly ruined by one issue the stays throughout the entirety of the game. Every advanced combo, aerial attack, and AOE attack have little to no hit stun and result in you being punished. This results…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Castlevania Lords of Shadow update.
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Castlevania Lords of Shadow update.
Castlevania has been updated to allow you to make the game start in windowed mode. This is for http://steamcommunity.com/app/234080/discussions/0/864977479835901859/#p1 To use this enter -windowed in
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Hack and Slash · Vampire · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Gothic · Quick-Time Events · Third Person · Medieval · Dark Fantasy · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Official site | http://www.konami.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP – Service Pack 3 Processor: 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Direct X9 compatible video card 512Mb Ram DirectX®: 9.0 Hard Drive: 15 GB HD space Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection Additional: Keyboard or Xinput compatible Joypad for control