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:
Mostly Positive (100)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (10994)

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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

gouhadouken2003
Recommended | 11 May 2026
82.0h played

Feels like SOTN but with B+ music. The 4 champs to pic add replayability even more fun than original when you unblock the correct skills. Graphics are cool and detailed with a smooth control too. Bloodless skills can be

Helpful: 0
Toxic Spill
Not recommended | 28 May 2026
227h played

You can't play this without allowing Epic Games' spyware to run on your system. As somebody who bought the game when it first released in 2019 who is no longer able to play a game they purchased, I can't exactly

Helpful: 4
J0ust
Recommended | 17 May 2026
33.7h played

Recommended....but on sale. With due respect to Iga, SOTN was a long time ago, and Bloodstained shows he's taken zero cues from all the similarly inspired games that have come since. This plays exactly like a HD version

Helpful: 2
Problematic Loser
Recommended | 25 May 2026
14.8h played

My impressions have settled on Bloodstained being just an alright game that captures the feel of old-school metroidvanias. The 2.5D style looks nice with some memorable backdrops, though the aesthetic isnt cohesive,

Helpful: 2
seldric
Recommended | 22 May 2026
53.7h played

I had a really great time with this. Would recommend it for any fans of metroidvanias. It was sitting in my library unplayed for a long while. I should have played this one earlier.

Helpful: 0
ThePaxPenguin
Recommended | 09 May 2026
24.8h played

Sitting down to fully finish this game, all I can say is this game is extremely polished and big. so much to do, and fun things to discover. though some features were weird to use like invert. But the bosses and

Helpful: 0