Games I Played in 2026 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Console: GBA Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe Release Date: June 11th, 2001 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is a metroidvania with an equal focus on both combat and platforming, with a fairly hefty amount of exploration. This is the first Castlevania game following the legendary Symphony of the Night to adopt a similar structure to it. Most notably, Circle of the Moon is not only included in the Castlevania Advance Collection (which is what I played it on), but it's the only game in the collection represented on the cover art. Outside of playing the very first Castlevania on an NES emulator and using save states as a teenager and watching a playthrough of Symphony of the Night , this is my first actual Castlevania game, so I was quite excited to finally play one.