How many Castlevania games are there?
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Konami describes Castlevania as more than 30 titles. That is a publisher franchise-level statement, not an exact mainline count. This site's 21 game profiles, 4 collection profiles and separate Belmont's Curse hub are a smaller, selected inventory.
The official answer and its limit
Konami's 40th-anniversary page says the franchise has grown to more than 30 titles. The publisher does not enumerate an exact mainline membership list there. Therefore "26 mainline games" is not presented as an official answer, and neither 21 profiles nor 26 directory pages is a substitute for the franchise total.
Mainline, canon and 3D are different categories. A reboot can be an official Castlevania release without belonging to the traditional chronology. A remake is a separate playable version, while a straightforward port need not be counted as another work. Crossover expansions belong to another game and are not silently added to this count.
Counts you can reproduce
| Scope | Count | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Individual game profiles here | 21 | Enumerated in the games directory; excludes collection profiles |
| Separate new-game hub | 1 | Belmont's Curse |
| Collection products profiled | 4 | Anniversary, Advance, Dominus, Requiem |
| All pages under /games/, including its directory | 26 | 21 individual profiles + 4 packs + 1 directory; not 26 games |
| Playable entries across those packs | 19 | 8 + 4 + 5 + 2; 19 distinct roster labels, counting the remake separately |
These are site and product-roster counts, not a claim that the franchise has only 22 games. The directory names additional releases. Roster entries include the parody Kid Dracula, the original Haunted Castle and Haunted Castle Revisited; they are not all new principal-continuity stories.
The four modern collections are not four new stories. Anniversary has 8 games, Advance has 4, Dominus has 5 items including a remake, and Requiem has 2. Details are on collections compared.
- Anniversary Collection: 8 - Castlevania, Simon's Quest, Dracula's Curse, Super Castlevania IV, The Adventure, Belmont's Revenge, Bloodlines, Kid Dracula. Publisher roster.
- Advance Collection: 4 - Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, Dracula X. Publisher roster.
- Dominus Collection: 5 - Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia, Haunted Castle, Haunted Castle Revisited. Publisher roster.
- Requiem: 2 - Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night. Publisher roster.
What changes the total
Count a compilation once when counting products, but count its individual games when counting playable works. Count a port separately only when counting editions. Keep crossover DLC, pachislot and Netflix episodes outside a video-game-work total. The Lords of Shadow games are real franchise releases even though their continuity is separate.
Sources
Konami regional release history; Advance Collection: roster and Juste profile; Dominus Collection: roster; Belmont's Curse character profiles; Belmont's Curse setting; Steam US release-date API.
Older story dates and side-continuity labels: Castlevania Wiki chronology (secondary, community-maintained). Release dates and story years answer different questions.
Questions
How many Castlevania games does Konami say there are?
More than 30 titles, in its 40th-anniversary statement. It does not define an exact mainline membership list there. This page keeps that statement separate from its local inventory.
Do collections count as new stories?
No. Four compilation products contain 19 playable entries, including a parody and a remake. Those are different counting units.