Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)

All time rank: 32 of 1,000
1990s rank: 11 of 276
1997 rank: 2 of 29
List appearances: 64 lists
Developers: Konami, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Platforms: PlayStationSega Saturn
Genres: Action RPGMetroidvania
Series: Castlevania
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100%: ~15h
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

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2025 Dexerto
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2024 IGN
The 100 Best PlayStation Games of All Time #14
2024 Moustique
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2023 British GQ
The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts #62
2023 GLHF
The best 100 games of all time, ranked #2
2022 Gamereactor
Best Ever: Spel #16
2022 GLHF
The 100 best video games of all time, ranked #2
2022 IGN
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time #14
2021 GamesRadar+
The 50 best games of all time #45
2020 GQ Spain
Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia #25
2020 Hardcore Gaming 101
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2020 Slant Magazine
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time #28
2019 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #12
2019 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #53
2018 Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time #43
2018 GamesTM
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time #39
2018 Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play #1
2018 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #12
2018 Slant Magazine
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #27
2017 Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames #70
2017 Gamereactor
Gamereactor's Top 100 bedste spil nogensinde #9
2017 Jeuxvideo
Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps #39
2017 Polygon
The 500 best games of all time #18
2016 Digitally Downloaded
The top 100 of all time! #14
2015 Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames #63
2015 GamesRadar+
The 100 Best Games of All-Time #47
2015 GamesTM
100 Greatest Games of All Time #1
2015 IGN
Top 100 Games of All Time #27
2015 Power Unlimited
Top 100 Beste Video Games Aller Tijden #39
2014 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #35
2014 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #19
2014 Slant Magazine
100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #42
2013 EP Daily
Top 100 Games & Movies Of All Time! #27
2013 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #33
2013 GamingBolt
Top 100 greatest video games ever made #66
2013 NA
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die #1
2012 G4
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #35
2012 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #36
2011 Gamereactor
Game Reactor top 100 #62
2011 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #35
2011 Jeuxvideo
Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps #57
2010 GamesTM
100 Greatest Games Of All Time #1
2010 The Phoenix
Top 50 Games of All Time #7
2009 Edge
The 100 Best Games To Play Today #35
2009 Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time #24
2009 Jeux Video Network
Les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo de tous les temps #29
2007 Edge
Edge's Top 100 Games of All Time #33
2007 IGN
The Top 100 Games of All Time #15
2005 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games #16
2003 Entertainment Weekly
We rank the 100 greatest early video games #24
2003 GameSpot
The Greatest Games of All Time #1
2003 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time #17
2002 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games Ever #4
2001 GameSpy
GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time #20
2000 Edge
The 100 best games of all time #33
1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games of All Time #12
Decade 1
2005 GameSpy
Top 25 PSone Games of All-Time #2
Miscellaneous 3
2023 Edge
The 100 Greatest Games of Edge's Lifetime #55
2020 IGN
The 25 Best PS1 Games Of All Time #3
2010 Gamereactor
De 10 bästa Playstation-spelen #10
End of year 1
2021 Goomba Stomp
The Best Games of the 1990s (1997) #1

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