# Castlevania: SotN — user reviews > 1,100 indexed App Store user reviews of Castlevania by KONAMI, rated 3.90/5 from 1,791 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/castlevania-sotn/id1435456830/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/castlevania-sotn/id1435456830.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,011 · 4★ 260 · 3★ 166 · 2★ 114 · 1★ 240 ## What do users think of Castlevania? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Faithful port of a classic game - 🎮 Works well with controllers - 💰 Great value for the price **Cons** - 🎮 Unresponsive touch controls - 🔍 Small action buttons - 🐛 Bugs and glitches (clock room issue, save system issues) **Commonly reported bugs** - Clock room not functioning properly - Save system issues (not saving, losing progress) - Audio issues (no sound, pitch/speed problems) **Most requested features** - Customizable controls and button layout - Original voice acting option - Improved cutscene quality - Cloud save support ## Newest reviews (11 of 1,100) ### 3/5 — O controle é ruim *2026-05-16* Amo o jogo mas os botões de comando não funcionam de forma natural. Triste demais ### 3/5 — Not bad! *2026-04-24, version 1.0.5* Decent port, but needs controller support. ### 3/5 — Please *2026-04-10, version 1.0.5* Please let me map the controller buttons. I have a retro controller and it has no R3 button, so how am I supposed to open the map? ### 2/5 — これはアカンわ😩 *2026-03-30, version 1.0.5* 操作性が悪いことは当然として、 iPadで遊ぶとグラフィックが終わってる。 特に文字のフォントは酷すぎる。 iPadで遊ぶ時だけでも 縦画面で遊べるようにするべき。絶対に。 ゲームコントローラーは必須レベル。 説明書も無し。 諸々残念なガッカリ移植😩 ### 2/5 — 落ちる *2026-03-29, version 1.0.5* フローズンシェイドを倒すと落ちてしまい やり直しに、評価下げました。名作だけに残念 ### 4/5 — The clock froze D: *2026-03-15, version 1.0.5* Idk what I did but the clock room's big clock froze and isn't updating to game time. Unfortunately (no spoilers) this blocks a lot of the later game. This is still a great game, the touch controls are a bit of a challenge but having a game anywhere is worth it. Thank you, Konami workers! ### 2/5 — Terrible controls! *2026-02-19, version 1.0.5* Awful port of this game. The controls are unresponsive and slow leading to frustrating gameplay. Original game was 10/10. This app version not so much ### 4/5 — Please 😭 *2026-02-05* S’il vous plaît konami il faut un filtre qui pixelise moins les graphismes. Car là sur iPad sa fait mal au yeux. Ça serai vraiment top merci d’avance. ### 4/5 — Weird Bluetooth audio *2026-01-20, version 1.0.5* Game is nearly perfect, and strangely easy to play with the on-screen buttons. However, when connected to any Bluetooth audio output, the audio is slowed down considerably. Doesn’t break the game, but it does make it a disorienting experience. ### 3/5 — Bug *2026-01-20, version 1.0.5* Bellissimo gioco ma c’è un bug: quando trovo i cuori la salute non aumenta ### 3/5 — Controls *2025-12-31, version 1.0.5* game itself is flawless, however there is room on the borders to move the buttons OUT of the actual game area, and enough room to have all 3 of alucards transformations be their own buttons. on a ps4/5 controller, the map is bound to right stick up/down which can be glitchy and frustrating with the map getting 'stuck' on screen, being able to rebind buttons would solve this completely. address this, its not even hard. i could do it myself. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worst game play ever *2026-08-20, version 1.0.5* The game is terrible. Overall - save your money. There is nothing about how to get more health. You essentially need to start a new character. They should owe me the 3 bucks. What a bunch of chumps. This game is terrible. Lucky it’s only 1 star. ### 1/5 — 操作が難し過ぎる *2026-05-23* 10分で20回ゲームオーバーになります。 初期体力が非常に少ない70程度で、敵に一撃で5から9くらい喰らうので直ぐに体力がゼロになる。 操作がシビア過ぎるため、階段を登って上に辿り着いても、方向キーやジャンプキーがうまく動作せず、下まで落とされる。 ジャンプ攻撃のタイミングがシビアで敵に当たらない。 その間に一方的に敵に殴られてゲームオーバー。 コンティニューで続きからやろうにも、体力が一桁から開始で、また直ぐにゲームオーバー。 しかも、ゲームオーバーの表示が長く、省略も出来ないので、ただでさえ操作でイライラしているのに、バカにされた気分でスマホをぶん投げたくなります。 方向キーやコマンドキーの動作判定が狭いのが原因だと思う。 数日練習しているが、さっぱり慣れない。 先に進めない。 怒りと絶望で血圧が上がります。 昔他の機種で楽しくやっていたのに残念過ぎる。 ### 1/5 — Only works with Airpidos *2026-05-15, version 1.0.5* I’m not able to listen the music with out AirPods. Please fix it ### 1/5 — Poor audio *2026-04-21, version 1.0.5* The conversations are boring… I was expecting the original audio from ps1. Shame. But the game itself it’s good ### 1/5 — Can’t seem to do anything *2026-03-28, version 1.0.5* At the start I suddenly got into battle with Dracula and I just couldn’t seem to hurt him. He killed me then some girl pops up and I’m suddenly immortal. Just bought this game and installed it. What’s going on? ### 1/5 — Great game but buggy *2026-01-16, version 1.0.5* Nearly a 30 year old bug that crashes the game after a specific cutscene.. waste of time ### 1/5 — Incomplete *2026-01-09, version 1.0.5* It ended after Richard was defeated? The castle was to supposed to turn upside down after that. ### 1/5 — Actualicen!!! *2025-12-17, version 1.0.5* Escribí hace un año y ahora descargué en iPhone 17 pro max y sigue igual, actualicen la app, los controles están muy apiñados, la zona táctil de los botones y el control es MUY pequeña, si mueves dos milímetros el dedo y deja de responder, modifiquen que se puede poner los botones a gusto y también el joystick que se pueda mover de lugar. ### 1/5 — Clunky and not worth the money *2025-12-12, version 1.0.5* On-screen controls are somewhat unresponsive unless hit very precisely, and when one’s character dies the game saves to rather awkward points, such as mere seconds before demise; this results in either just reliving the moment of death over and over again, or restarting from the beginning. The second option wouldn’t be a problem except for the absolutely unnecessary opening ‘level’ that sets up the game’s main play. It takes too long and there’s no real point to it expect for introducing the main storyline. ### 1/5 — CONTROLS ARE STILL TERRIBLE *2025-11-29, version 1.0.5* DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MMD1 WHICH STANDS FOR MYTONIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TYPE 1 BECAUSE I HAVE IT AND NOT ALL THAT GOOD WITH THE TERRIBLE CONTROLS I HAVEN’T PLAYED THIS GAME FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IT SEEMS YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO UPDATE IT WITH EASIER CONTROLS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME!!!!!!!!!!👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Extremely Smooth (and Accurate) Experience *2026-07-31, version 1.0.5* Disclaimer: I used a controller attachment for my experience with this game. I have experimented with the touch controls, which seemed to be fine by my standards. Just keep in mind that most of what I’ll say is from someone who used a controller add-on. I consider myself to be a massive fan of the Castlevania franchise. With that being said, this is the only port of the game that I have actually brought myself to finish. Being able to have the convenience of just opening up this app and playing the game was honestly the best part of the experience. Whether I’m a passenger in the car, bored at school, or just chilling in bed, this game was readily available on my phone at all times. As long as you don’t care about the very specific things, you will love this port of the game. This is a phenomenal Castlevania entry, and I highly recommend it for anybody looking to get into the franchise. It has: a wonderful soundtrack, stunning visuals for its time that still hold up well in today’s age, intriguing gameplay mechanics within its puzzles(to expand the castle’s explorability) and combat(bat, wolf, and mist transformations), and a classic RPG leveling-up system in which you’re encouraged to explore the entire castle to find every item, armor, and weapon. Not to mention that you can play as other characters aside from Alucard, such as the iconic Richter Belmont & Maria Renard! If you’re looking for a convinient way to play this, just buy it already. It’s so cheap for the amount of hours you will have enjoying yourself. Also, Alucard is just so cool… ### 5/5 — Perfeito *2026-04-30* Port muito bom de um jogo que definiu um genero. ### 5/5 — Remake *2026-04-08, version 1.0.5* Konami, por favor saca ya un Remake o un SOTN 2, será un éxito garantizado. ### 5/5 — キーコンフィングの実装をお願いいたします。 *2026-02-10, version 1.0.5* 今も楽しくプレイしています。 コントローラーが使えるのはありがたいですが、キーコンフィングの実装をお願いします。 ### 5/5 — No hay ninguna castlevania mejof *2026-02-10, version 1.0.5* Simplemente un clasico de PS1 el mejor juego de este tipo hasta el dia de hoy ### 5/5 — Game freezes bug *2026-01-11, version 1.0.5* The game freezes when u get to the royal palace and go thru the bottom left entrance.alucard just freezes at the red door, and I have to keep starting over.i thought it was my phone. But a year later it still does this ### 5/5 — Base *2026-01-09, version 1.0.5* Very good port! ### 5/5 — Una Joya *2026-01-07, version 1.0.5* Excelente versión para revivir un clásico de PlayStation. Puedes jugarlo con táctil o con un Control (PS4 o Backbone). ### 5/5 — goat *2025-12-26, version 1.0.5* goat ### 5/5 — Es bueno pero… *2025-12-24, version 1.0.5* Es casi igual a la última vez que lo jugué pero no son los diálogos originales, da igual. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*