Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls (悪魔城ドラキュラ Grimoire of Souls Akumajō Dorakyura Grimoire of Souls?) is a mobile game part of the Castlevania series, developed and published by Konami. It was released exclusively in Canada on September 20, 2019.
The game includes a variety of single player and multiplayer modes (co-op and PvP). It also incorporates role-playing elements, such as character growth and an experience-based system, as well as the use of in-game currency and microtransactions.
Service for the game was discontinued on September 9, 2020. However, in August 13, 2021 –almost one year after the discontinuation of the original version– Konami announced that it would be coming soon to iOS, tvOS, iPadOS and Mac via the subscription service on September 17, 2021.
Development[]
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls was first announced on April 17, 2018. The game then went through closed-beta stage and was slated to be released on the iOS platform. The closed beta ended on May 22, 2018. The game, according to a Konami press sheet, would also be available on Android devices and be released worldwide in 2019. Two more Castlevania products were released in the meantime: Castlevania Anniversary Collection and Castlevania Requiem.
News on Grimoire of Souls still being in development reemerged on September 2019, when an official trailer of the game was suddenly released without any prior announcement, although a release date was still not given. The game was finally made available on the Google App Store in Canada on the 20th of that same month, again, without any major announcement.
On July 8, 2020, it was announced that service for the game would be discontinued on September 9, 2020, without never having seen any export release. To coincide with that date, players were no longer able to purchase Gems since the day of the game's closure announcement.
However, 12 months later in August 13, 2021, Konami announced that the game would be re-released in Apple Arcade.