Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Fair · RPG · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $3.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 22.5h
- Value
- $0.18/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4400 (VRAM 128MB), 799 MB of storage. Windows only.
Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection traces the origins of the historic vampire franchise. Included is a unique eBook with details provided by developers, artists and others inspired by the Castlevania legacy which sheds a fresh light into the world of Castlevania.
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The value story
December 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $3.99. It has been discounted 52 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Apotheon ($14.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Castle In The Darkness ($9.99, scores 43).
13 of the 608 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 542 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
15% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
109 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 19:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Bless me father, for I have sinned. It has been at least 30 years since my last confession. I confess that I spent about 100 dollars....American dollars....on a console controller to play a game on my PC. I know that I've committed a mortal sin against the PC gaming gods and their divine keyboard/mouse interface....but I couldn't help it father! I have recently purchased some old NES games on this Steam service on...
Brings back memories of getting a Nintendo and the game for christmas the 1st year nintendo was out
The only reason I don't recommend buying the collection is that the sound was completely broken, just bass boosted on the left ear for no reason, and I found no way to fix me. So just get the games elsewhere On the games themselves: -Castlevania (1986) Classic classicvania, just a very solid game. 8.5/10 -Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1987) Old adventure game, unplayable without a guide. With a guide it also kinda...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
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Castlevania Anniversary Collection scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1018010/castlevania-anniversary-collectionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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