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Games like Castlevania 1986
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Castlevania
Games closest to Castlevania
Samurai Shodown II 1994Also classical in form, grave and unpretentious
Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege 2026Also classical in form, nostalgic and grave
Blaster Master 1988Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
Dragon: Marked for Death 2019Also classical in form, grave and unpretentious
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood 1993Also classical in form, grave and resolved
Rittai Ninja Katsugeki Tenchu: Shinobi Gaisen 1999Also classical in form, grave and unpretentious
Alien Breed 3D 1995Also classical in form, unpretentious and grave
Mortal Kombat 1992Also classical in form, unpretentious and grave
Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues 1993Also classical in form, grave and unpretentious
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge 2023Also classical in form and unpretentious
Deliverance: Stormlord II 1990Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
Ninja Gaiden 1988Also classical in form, unpretentious and grave
The same feel, in other forms
Albums
- The Empire 2016Also classical in form, grave and resolved
- The Waste Lands 1992Also classical in form, grave and bleak
- The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! 2022Also classical in form, grave and bleak
Films
The Limehouse Golem 2016Also classical in form and grave
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades 1972Also classical in form, grave and resolved
Books
Karen Memory 2015Also classical in form and grave
The Armageddon Rag 1983Also classical in form, grave and nostalgic
Murder as a fine art 2013Also classical in form and grave
Series
Perry Mason 2020Also classical in form and grave
Goblin Slayer 2018Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
Blade of the Immortal 2019Also classical in form, grave and bleak
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