Every Devil May Cry game, ranked
All 4 Devil May Cry games we hold, spanning 2005 to 2019: 3 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 217,876 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Devil May Cry 5 (GamingPickz Score 8.7), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005) and follow the release-order timeline below.
The Devil May Cry games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 3 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
3 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 3 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
3 best Devil May Cry games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
Devil May Cry 5 at a glance Released 2019 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 96% positive of 170,072 Critics 89/100 Price $7.49 Steam Deck verified Install size 35 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 96% shrinks to 96.0 on 170,072 reviews, then blends with the 89 critic aggregate, giving 8.7.
What the data supports- 96% positive across 170,072 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
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Devil May Cry HD Collection
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.9GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceDevil May Cry HD Collection at a glance Released 2018 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 93% positive of 25,451 Critics No aggregate Price $9.89 Steam Deck unsupported Install size 12 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 93% shrinks to 92.9 on 25,451 reviews, giving 7.9. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Small install at 12 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
- 3
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Best for: Sinking a long time into one world
7.5GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceDevil May Cry 4 Special Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 87% positive of 22,353 Critics No aggregate Price $7.49 Steam Deck unsupported Install size 27 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 87% shrinks to 86.9 on 22,353 reviews, giving 7.5. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
Only the 3 Devil May Cry games with Steam review data can be scored and ranked. The complete series, scored or not, is charted in order below.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Devil May Cry game we can score is Devil May Cry 5 at 8.7. The lowest is Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition at 7.5, a 1.2-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2015 to 2019. The later entries score higher than the earlier ones: the series has been trending up.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition at $7.49. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Devil May Cry 5, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Devil May Cry entries on Steam:
- Verified: Devil May Cry 5
- Unsupported: Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition, Devil May Cry HD Collection
Platforms across the series
Where the 4 Devil May Cry games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 4 of 4 |
| PlayStation | 1 of 4 |
| Nintendo | 1 of 4 |
The Devil May Cry series, game by game
Every Devil May Cry game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2005
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
not scoredDevil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. The game is a prequel to the original Devil May Cry, featuring a younger Dante. Set a decade before the events of the first Devil May Cry in an enchanted tower called the Temen-ni-gru, the story… (Wikipedia)
Plot
See also: Characters of Devil May Cry Devil May Cry 3 starts with Dante's yet-unnamed shop in the early 1990s. A mysterious man, Arkham, arrives with an invitation from Dante's brother Vergil in the form of a demonic attack. After Dante defeats a group of demons, a huge tower erupts from the ground nearby. (Wikipedia)
Characters
Dante appears bare-chested underneath his coat, something that surprised the audience. This design was meant to fit his young personality as well as contrast Vergil's fully clothed look. Additionally, in contrast to Dante's longsword Rebellion and red clothing, Vergil was made to wield a Japanese katana and wear blue clothing. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception The review aggregator website Metacritic gave the original PlayStation 2 release an 84 out of 100, and the Special Edition an 87 out of 100. It was included on Game Informer s list of the top 50 games of 2005, and the special edition received a "Game of the Month" award. In 2010, IGN ranked it 18th on its list of the top 100 PlayStation 2 games, and a GamePro retrospective that year rated it the 28th-best game for the PS2. (Wikipedia)
- 2015
The smash-hit stylish action game DMC4 is back and better than ever, boasting new playable characters and game modes! (Steam)
Plot
See also: Characters of Devil May Cry Nero is a young demon hunter who lives on the isolated island of Fortuna and is also a member of the Order of the Sword: a religious sect of knights who worship the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda as a God. Dante arrives, and murders The Order's leader, the High Priest Sanctus, in front of the entire congregation. At the same time, an army of demons invades the city, putting everyone, including Nero's love interest… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical reception Reception Devil May Cry 4 received favorable reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic . Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu gave the game a "Platinum" rank as part of its review. It praised the difficulty balance and gameplay options. (Wikipedia)
- 2018
The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection! (Steam)
Plot
See also: Characters of Devil May Cry The events of the series begin two millennia before the first game with the demon Sparda, the Black Knight, defeating Demon World ruler Mundus . Sparda stops Mundus from conquering the human world by sealing several Hellgates and Temen-Ni-Gru (the last gate) with a ritual requiring his blood and the aid of a human priestess. Sparda meets Eva, who gives birth to his twin sons Dante and Vergil. (Wikipedia)
Reception
By December 31, 2025, the Devil May Cry series has sold 38 million units worldwide; each installment is a Capcom Platinum Title, selling over a million units. As of December 31, 2024, Devil May Cry 5 is the best-selling game in the series having sold approximately 10 million units worldwide through the combined sales of the Standard and Special Edition . The series has received generally positive reviews. (Wikipedia)
- 2019
The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for. (Steam)
Plot
See also: Characters of Devil May Cry Following the events of Devil May Cry 4 , Nero works as a demon hunter for Dante's Devil May Cry agency along with his friend, gunsmith Nico Goldstein. One afternoon, Nero is working at the agency when a hooded man enters. Nero offers the stranger food when he suddenly rips off his demonic Devil Bringer arm, which transforms into the Yamato sword. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Pre-release Following 2018's Tokyo Game Show , Devil May Cry 5 won the Future Division award from the Japan Game Awards . Some concern arose in the gaming community regarding the decision to include optional in-game purchases where the player can purchase red orbs used to upgrade characters. Capcom confirmed this in no way alters the game's designed progression system, and it is similar to that of Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition , which also allowed for… (Wikipedia)
Devil May Cry, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Common questions
How many Devil May Cry games are there?
We hold 4 Devil May Cry games in the catalogue, released between 2005 and 2019. 3 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Devil May Cry game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Devil May Cry 5 rates highest at 8.7. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Devil May Cry games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2005 to 2019. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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