Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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About the Game Bloodstained®︎: Ritual of the Night is the FULL game experience, an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG packing all of the best features you've come to know and love from the Metroidvania genre into a single, content-packed game. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist’s curse which slowly crystallizes her body.

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Developer:
ArtPlay
Publisher:
505 Games
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
18 June 2019
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (183)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (11056)

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About the Game

Bloodstained®︎: Ritual of the Night is the FULL game experience, an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG packing all of the best features you've come to know and love from the Metroidvania genre into a single, content-packed game.

Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist’s curse which slowly crystallizes her body. In order to save herself, and indeed, all of humanity, she must battle her way through a demon-infested castle summoned by Gebel, her old friend whose body and mind has become more crystal than flesh.

WHAT'S IN THE GAME?



13 FREE DLCs via future content updates. “Speed Demon” Update containing Speed Run Mode, Boss Rush Mode and the Pure Miriam outfit available at launch!



Addictingly tight and satisfying gameplay alongside a rich new story in the gothic dark fantasy style of Koji Igarashi, the celebrated godfather of "Igavania" games.



Story cut scenes and NPC interactions fully voice acted by a star-studded cast, including actors like David Hayter, Ray Chase and Erica Lindbeck to name just a few. (Seriously, we have a lot of voice acting star power in this game, it's kinda nuts...)

Three playable characters, two of which have yet to be revealed...



Literally a metric ton of weapons and spells, which you can upgrade, level up and visually customize.



Beautiful 2.5D graphics: 3D models crafted with a lot of love and care on a 2D game environment. That means lots of cool tricks that "regular" 2D can't do...

THE FUTURE

Expect a worryingly large amount of announcements and updates, everything from updating the look of this Steam page to the game in general. It's going to be one wild ride.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7
Processor:
AMD FX-4350 / Intel Core i5-4460
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD Radeon R9 280X / GeForce GTX 760
Storage:
10 GB available space

recommended*

OS:
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor:
AMD FX-6300 / Intel Core i5-4590
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD Radeon R9 290 / GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Storage:
10 GB available space

User reviews

BlastProcX
Recommended | 04 Jul 2026
23.7h played

I have played many Metroidvanias in my life, I have finally given Bloodstained the investment it deserves and from my experience, this review will explain to you why this game is worthy of your game library.

Helpful: 6
Muppet
Recommended | 08 Jul 2026
18.9h played

I had a love hate relationship with this game. On the plus side, there's a great variety of enemies, weapons, and abilities. Combat is fun, and there's plenty of biomes to play through. My greatest complaint is that

Helpful: 3
doombrian21
Recommended | 11 Jul 2026
17.9h played

After playing for 15 hours i can safely recommend this game. If you love SOTN your gonna love this one. Truly a homage to the metroidvania genre. Can't wait to 100% this game.

Helpful: 1
truecold stonecel
Not recommended | 06 Jul 2026
11.5h played

Progressively through the game it was more boring. I can't exactly say why. But I do know what i did not like. The combat is trying to be extremely bad like original castlevanias. But trying to be a successor to

Helpful: 2
BigBroTox
Recommended | 11 Jul 2026
30.2h played

Great game. I went and played it on NG+ after I beat it just to do it again, and get all the things I missed on the first playthrough. The game is more about building stats and getting gear than being a 2d platformer.

Helpful: 1
Lani4kea
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
19.8h played

The first metroidvania game I played and It did not disappoint, I am absolutely stunned by how good this game is and how easy it is to get into it. Definitely a must buy game if you haven't played this genre before.

Helpful: 1