Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is a 1999 action-adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo 64. A prequel and expanded version of Castlevania, also released on the Nintendo 64 earlier the same year, it contains a revision of the original game with improved graphics, added villains, and alternate versions of some levels.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1999
- Developer
- Not recorded
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 30 November 1999 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Not recorded |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Platforms | Nintendo 64 |
| Genres | Action Adventure |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2553121, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness? How long to beat it
Total play time for Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is about 14.6 hours to do everything, and around 6.4 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 6.4h | 34 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 9.5h | 12 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 14.6h | 12 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 58ahead of 12% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 22ahead of 67% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
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Common questions about Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
What platforms is Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness on?
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is available on Nintendo 64. It first released in 1999.
How long does it take to beat Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness?
about 6.4 hours for the main story, 9.5 hours with the main extras, 14.6 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.