Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Draw the correct magic seal quickly, or your enemies will never die! Fight and explore through one of the largest castles ever seen in the series! Race another player through custom-made castle rooms in versus…

90 25 August 2005

Adventure Platform Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Horror

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is an adventure developed by Konami, released 25 August 2005 on Nintendo DS.

Verified 16 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 2005. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami. It is part of Konami's Castlevania video game series and the first Castlevania game released on the Nintendo DS. The game is the sequel to Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and incorporates many elements from its predecessor.

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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: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Castlevania series

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is the 47th of 108 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. It arrived 8 months after Akumajou Dracula. The next entry was Castlevania: Curse of Darkness in 2005. 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: Dawn of Sorrow holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 115 votes.

What it launched against

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow launched on 25 August 2005, within three weeks of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Burnout Revenge, Dungeon Siege 2 and Dungeon Siege II. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Burnout Revenge, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II.

Cheats and codes

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