Description
My planned play order of the Castlevania series in timeline order from https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Castlevania_Timeline with alt continuity games slotted between mainline as best as possible. Includes collections and remasters when applicable.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Main Story7½ HoursMain + Extra9 HoursCompletionist11½ Hours- 173%1 PlatformsPlayStation 2No notes.
- 277%4 PlatformsCastlevania III Dracula's Curse (JP) then CoD
Castlevania The Adventure then ReBirth
Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge
Castlevania (JP) thenHCR
Super Castlevania IV (JP)
Castlevania II Simon's Quest then HoD
Castlevania Bloodlines (JP) then PoR
Kid Dracula 
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Main Story12½ HoursMain + Extra17½ HoursCompletionist25½ Hours- 376%2 PlatformsPlayStation 2, XboxTakes place between Castlevania III Dracula's Curse and Castlevania The Adventure in Anniversary Collection
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
Main Story3½ HoursMain + Extra5 HoursCompletionist5½ Hours- 472%1 PlatformsWiiPlay between Castlevania The Adventure and Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge in Anniversary Collection
- 583%4 Platforms- Haunted Castle Revisited between original and Super Castlevania IV
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia then Legacy of Darkness
- Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin then Aria of Sorrow
- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow then Kid Dracula 
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Main Story6 HoursMain + Extra9½ HoursCompletionist14½ Hours- 664%1 PlatformsNintendo 64Takes place between Order of Ecclesia and Bloodlines
Castlevania Advance Collection
Main Story22½ HoursMain + Extra31½ HoursCompletionist45½ Hours- 783%4 Platforms- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance then Dracula X Chronicles
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon then Order of Ecclesia
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow then Dawn of Sorrow 
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Main Story5 HoursMain + Extra8 HoursCompletionist14 Hours- 876%1 PlatformsPlayStation PortableIncludes Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night which should be played in that order. Takes place between Harmony of Dissonance and Circle of the Moon in Advance Collection.
