Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a gothic horror action side-scrolling RPG set in 19th century England. A paranormal force has summoned a demon-infested castle, revealing crystal shards infused with…
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an adventure developed by ArtPlay, released 18 June 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Xbox One. The main story takes about 27 hrs to finish.
What Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an adventure game developed by ArtPlay and released in 2019. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, Google Stadia, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Bloodstained follows the protagonist Miriam, an orphan who is afflicted by an alchemist's curse, which is slowly turning her skin into crystal. To stop the curse, Miriam must explore a demon-filled castle and locate its summoner, Gebel, who has suffered from the curse for a long time.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 57 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Bloodstained series
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the second of 5 entries we hold in the Bloodstained series. It arrived a year after Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. The next entry was Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 in 2020. Its critic score of 82 is almost exactly the series average of 80. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 223 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 27 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-4350 / Intel Core i5-4460, 4 GB RAM and AMD Radeon R9 280X / GeForce GTX 760. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launched on 18 June 2019, within three weeks of Outer Wilds, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Outer Wilds, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 6 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 17
Dlc
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - IGA's Back Pack
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Japanesque Cosmetic Pack
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Magical Girl Cosmetic Pack
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Succubus Cosmetic Pack
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Miriam's Complete Cosmetic Bundle
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Classic II: Dominique's Curse
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