Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is the first of the series to be based on the action/RPG structure of Castlevania:Symphony of the Night rather than the level-based action style of all previous Castlevania…

90 21 March 2001

Adventure Platform Role-playing (RPG) Action Horror

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is an adventure developed by Konami, released 21 March 2001 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 2001. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Taking place in 1830, Circle of the Moon is set in one of the fictional universes of the Castlevania series. The premise of the original series is the eternal conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula. Circle of the Moon's protagonist, however, is Nathan Graves, whose parents died a decade ago to banish Dracula. Morris Baldwin, who helped in Dracula's banishment, trained him to defeat Dracula and the monsters; Morris ultimately chose him as his successor and gave him the "Hunter Whip", to the displeasure of Hugh, Morris' son who trained alongside him. At an old castle, Camilla, a minion of Dracula, revives him, only to be interrupted by the…

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Castlevania series

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is the 36th of 108 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was Castlevania Chronicles in 2001. Its critic score of 90 is 11 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.

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How it was received

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Players rate it 79, 11 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon launched on 21 March 2001, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Worms World Party, Cossacks: European Wars and Pro Evolution Soccer. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Worms World Party, Cossacks: European Wars, Pro Evolution Soccer.

Cheats and codes

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