Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

You play as Zangetsu, a demon hunter traveling through dangerous stages toward a demon in a dark castle. The game is a side-scrolling action platformer built around jumping, attacking enemies, and confronting bosses.

Along the way, Zangetsu can encounter three other playable characters. Each has different combat and movement abilities, and you can switch between available characters during a stage to handle obstacles or reach alternate paths.

You can recruit allies, reject them, or take their powers, choices that affect your available abilities and the story’s outcome. Difficulty settings adjust the challenge, and multiple endings and stage routes provide reasons to replay.

Players who enjoy the game often praise its classic 8-bit action style, varied characters and their mid-stage switching, branching routes, pixel art, and soundtrack. Several appreciate having difficulty options, while some find the campaign short, the jump controls restrictive, or later runs repetitive. Opinions on the challenge vary.