You Can Try Castlevania: Belmont's Curse For Free On October 1

If you're like me, you've been as green as a Nova Skeleton with envy, reading the previews of all the lucky people who played the upcoming Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. Thankfully, the wait before the release is going to be made a bit easier for anyone who wasn't able to get their passports sorted before TGS or Gamescom.

As confirmed today, Konami will grace us with a free demo for Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse on October 1, giving access to the opening chapter ahead of the game’s full launch. The demo arrives on all major digital storefronts and includes save data transfer, allowing you to keep your progress in the full game.

I'm someone who appreciates being able to carry on from a demo, so this is one of the most welcome features to get me excited.

Throughout the aforementioned preview season, Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse was repeatedly described as a standout by attendees and press. One of our writers returned from a hands‑on session with nothing but praise. On my end, this demo may also spark a desire to revisit older entries, even the Lords of Shadow titles that I still have untouched from my own backlog.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Save Transfer Makes For An Unmissable Demo

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Everything we've seen and heard about the game so far positions Belmont’s Curse as a double-sided spiritual successor to the core series and the excellent Castlevania DLC created for Dead Cells. That expansion proved that Evil Empire and Motion Twin could replicate the atmosphere of the series, and this demo should settle any doubts about the two teams handling a full Castlevania game.

As confirmed on its official website, Konami warns that progress can only be moved to the full game when both versions are played on the same platform and account. So that means no cross-platform/cross-save support with this demo. Certain features will be restricted, but the publisher hasn't really specified which systems will be limited and how they compare to the final game.

Performance targets were also detailed for the game. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse runs at 60 frames per second on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. The Switch version is the outlier, outputting at 30 frames per second. Storage requirements vary slightly, ranging from 3GB on Nintendo’s handheld-hybrid to 6GB on PlayStation 5.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

Platformer Action Adventure RPG Systems OpenCritic ReviewsReleased October 15, 2026 ESRB Teen / Blood, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence Developer(s) Evil Empire, Motion Twin Publisher(s) Konami 5 Images

Genre(s) Platformer, Action, Adventure, RPG