Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Launches October 15: Price, Editions and PC Specs

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse arrives on Thursday, October 15, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch, according to Konami’s official site. It is a new 2D action-exploration game set 23 years after Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, and the standard edition costs $29.99.

Konami developed the game jointly with Evil Empire, the studio that handled updates and DLC for Dead Cells, while Dead Cells creator Motion Twin worked in an advisory role. This guide covers the unlock time, what each edition includes, what your PC needs and how the Switch version compares.

Release date and unlock time

Konami’s announced release date is October 15 on all platforms, although storefront dates can differ by region and time zone. When Konami announced the date in June, it said the Switch date would come later. It then set the same October 15 date for Switch in a July 15 update.

The Konami pages cited here do not list an unlock time. The PlayStation Store lists 4 a.m. UTC on October 15, which is midnight Eastern or 9 p.m. Pacific on October 14. This is the US PlayStation Store’s listed release time; it does not confirm the unlock time on other platforms. Steam’s US listing also shows October 14.

Price and editions

Digital pre-orders include an Alucard Style Costume for Rose Belmont, according to Konami’s launch announcement. Konami also lists the costume as an early-purchase bonus for the physical Midnight Edition; check the retailer’s eligibility terms.

A few details are easy to miss. The only physical version is the Midnight Edition. Konami’s product page notes that obtaining the Alucard Style Costume with the physical version requires an additional download from the online store. The Sound & Art Gallery is also a separate application rather than a menu inside the game.

Konami’s European announcement adds a SteelBook and a Rose Belmont tarot card with physical pre-orders at select EMEA retailers. That offer names no US retailers.

PC system requirements

The Steam listing asks for a GTX 1650 at minimum and an RTX 3060 for the recommended tier, with Windows 11 listed for both. PC players can also buy it through the Microsoft Store as an Xbox on PC game.

The Steam listing checked on October 12 did not display a Steam Deck compatibility rating.

PS5, Xbox and Switch: how the versions compare

Konami lists 60 fps for the other platforms and 30 fps for Switch. Its minimum required capacity figures are 8 GB for Standard and 10 GB for Midnight, or 4 GB and 6 GB respectively on Switch. Nintendo currently estimates the standard Switch download at 4.2 GB.

It is sold as a Nintendo Switch game, and Nintendo’s eShop listing says it runs on Switch 2 the same way it does on Switch.

Spoken dialogue is in English and Japanese, with on-screen text in 11 languages. The PlayStation Store lists 10 accessibility features for the PS5 version, including volume controls, basic subtitles and controller remapping.

Is it suitable for younger players?

The ESRB rates it Teen for blood, mild suggestive themes and violence. Its summary says players use swords, whips and spears against creatures such as skeletons and zombies, with blood-splatter effects, some levels showing bloodstains and corpses, and some female characters and creatures in revealing outfits. The ESRB lists no interactive elements, such as in-game purchases.

What kind of Castlevania this is

The story opens in 1499, with Paris in flames as monsters pour out of the shadows. Trevor Belmont, who defeated Dracula, heads into the city with his daughter, Rose, and Rose is the character you control.

Konami describes a whip that doubles as a way to swing through levels, seven categories of weapons and relics with attack and defense effects. Bosses include series regulars Death, Medusa and Carmilla, plus new ones such as Joan of Arc. Beaten bosses are sealed into Rose’s tarot cards as “Arcana” that she can use in battle.

Because the studios behind it are both tied to the roguelite Dead Cells, some fans wondered whether this would be one too. Konami says it is not.

“It is not a roguelike or roguelite game,” said Tommy Williams, Konami’s head of communications in the Americas, in a statement shared by The Verge and reported by Nintendo Everything. He described it as a game where players “freely explore vast, elaborately crafted maps.”

Try it before you buy

A free demo covering the opening chapter is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and Steam. Konami says demo progress carries over to the full game, as long as you keep the demo save, play both on the same platform and account, and update the full game to its latest version.

The first review score is in. Famitsu’s four reviewers each gave it 8 out of 10, for 32 out of 40, Nintendo Everything reported. Three of the four called it demanding, and one noted that damage and the number of potions can be adjusted. Two praised the whip-based movement, while another said swinging on the whip might feel sluggish to some players.

RPG Site’s hands-on preview from PAX West said the game “looks just as good as it plays,” but the writer was not yet sold on the soundtrack. OpenCritic listed no reviews for the game as of October 12.

Castlevania is one of several games launching this month. Our October and November release calendar lists the rest, and PC players planning ahead can also check the Phantom Blade Zero system requirements for another game due in late October.