Dracula: Love Kills
Dracula: Love Kills
Game
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Dracula: Origin
Developer Frogwares
Dracula: Origin is a point-and-click adventure game for the PC based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Released by Frogwares in 2008, it follows the company's catalogue of adventure games such as the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. The game follows Professor Abraham Van Helsing as the protagonist through a unique take on the origin of Dracula. His adventures span several locations, such as London, Egypt,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
510 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
134 positive · 49 negative
95% range 66–79%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 31 | 16 | 269 |
| Steam reviews | 134 | 49 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
150 of 207 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
72% recommend · 137 yes, 53 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (289 of 387 positive).
Players praise the game's gothic atmosphere and visuals. [1][2][3] Some find the puzzles either too simple or frustratingly obscure. [4][5][6] A few reviewers note the need for a guide due to pixel hunting. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
Started playing it and like the aesthetic, I can live with janky visuals and actually it looks quite good. It seems the puzzles aren't too hard so far. But I figured out the answer for one puzzle and couldn't continue until I figured out how to get the player character to know the answer, so can be a little stupid like that. Decided to give up when I had to look something up online and it said I had to collect bees …
- [1]
NOTE-- I received this game as a gift from a Steam friend, not from the developer. Dracula Origin is a classic point-and-click game from 2008 with many of the good and bad things that come along with it. It doesn't belong alongside the beloved classics, but I think it's a good game that's worth playing. Unfortunately it hasn't been in a bundle for almost 3 years. So on to the pros and cons: (+) Pretty nice graphics …
- [2]
pros ✅ stunning looking and detailed graphics which aged quite well ✅ character models and cutscenes looks decent ✅ there are nice variety and many complex, challenging puzzles. there are also inventory puzzles you can combine some items ✅ when you press the space button, hotspots are highlighted, so there is no need to pixelhunt ✅ a decent and intriguing gothic story based on Bram Stoker's Dracula ✅ background …
- [3]
Not a bad point-and-click game. Some nice moody 2D backgrounds and music. The big bad and other vampires don't get much screen time, sadly. As far as Dracula adaptation - not the best one, but not the worst one either.
- [4]
This game is a prequel to the “Dracula: Love Kills” (although “Love Kills” start contradicts the “Origin's” ending). “Dracula: Origin” has a rather beautiful design and interesting story with some nice variations of the classic Stoker's novel, although I felt a bit bored in the beginning and, at one point, thought of quitting the game completely. As to the puzzles, they are either too simple, or too difficult and …
Summarised from 34 of the 313 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
72% of the 190 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Dracula: Origin. The complaint that keeps coming up: puzzles often require trial and error. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Dracula: Origin received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. PC Format complimented the game's atmosphere and mood. GameRevolution was more negative to the game.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 510 · most liked firstProud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...
neutral · AI labelView post →ME: Why did Dracula go to the baseball game? ME: Because he wanted to see the bats. 🙂 WARDEN: Maybe the worst choice of last words I've ever heard. Ok, he's ready. Throw the switch. ME: (does not die no matter how high they crank the voltage, but does feel exponentially increasing amount of pain)
neutral · AI labelView post →You couldn't submit Frankenstein, IT, Carmilla, The Only Good Indians, Books of Blood, The Jaunt, The Raft, Off Season, A Game in Yellow, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Dracula, or The Haunting of Hill House under these rules.
neutral · AI labelView post →Despite the fact that it’s a good game, 007: First Light does suffer from a heavy case of Surf Dracula.
neutral · AI labelView post →Drăculești is LIVE on Kickstarter Play as Renfield, survive the terror of Castle Dracula, and find love in the darkest night in this seductive romantic horror narrative game. Starring Ray Chase as Dracula. Voice/Casting direction by @jennyyokobori.bsky.social 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...
neutral · AI labelView post →I can think of one right now, we all can, ok here it is uhhhhh vampires are trying to bring back Dracula at the Super Bowl, does that make any sense? No but I’d watch it, we all would, Blade would say “this is game time, not fang time” and it would be close enough to rhyming that we’d let it go
neutral · AI labelView post →The demo for Lady Dracula, my "Castlevania for girls," has been released. Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/4044270/... Wishlist Lady Dracula: store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/... Glitch art (TV shots) by @glitchwolfe.studio Music by @mikhailagkonov.bsky.social Game by me. #castlevania
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a weird west miniatures game where the first line of the rulebook is "The year is 1875. Dracula has been elected President of the United States" right there, that's a Blade movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →A Metroidvania is a game where Samus Aran fights Dracula. I'm not sure what everyone else is making but it's definitely not that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Castlevania isn't just cool because of the game structure, it's cool because the premise is "Dracula gets all the Universal Monsters together to take over the world."
neutral · AI labelView post →“Muppet Dracula with Deadly as Dracula” do u hear yourself. That’s a Gonzo role. The chickens are the brides. Get your head in the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bro they are straight up fuckin on the playfield art for the 1993 "Bram Stoker's Dracula" licensed pinball game
neutral · AI labelView post →I just found out that in Marvel Rivals if you're playing the Dracula's Castle Map, and you're playing as Moon Knight, when time starts to run out he'll say "Time for Dracula to pay up." God bless the people shoving as much fanservice into this game as they possibly can.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Castlevania-like "Lady Dracula" will be releasing an official Demo soon. Wishlist on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/Lady_Dracula/ Glitch art and footage by @glitchwolfe.studio Music by @mikhailagkonov.bsky.social Game by me #indiegame #castlevania #glitchart #pixelart #vampire
neutral · AI labelView post →the demo for my Castlevania-like "Lady Dracula" that i've been making since 2023 currently has less than 100 reviews. you can help me survive as a starving artist by trying it out (15-30 minute playtime) and leaving a brief (maybe a sentence) review here: store.steampowered.com/app/4044270/...
neutral · AI labelView post →So a fun game my team plays is “how many Dracula references can we get by Cat”. add another to the list, I guess
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic storybook series game set in the world of classic monster novels you bring back the werehog Shadow is Dracula Omega is Frankeggstein's Monster
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna need Konami to have Graham McTavish voice Dracula more from now on. He was great in the Castlevania show. Having him in the new game? Yeah. Nah. Keep him on for possible future games. Maybe a 1999 one finally? #castlevania
neutral · AI labelView post →8-bit Classicvania game 'Lady Dracula' officially announced. Coming 2025. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3624840 #indiegame #indiegames #steam
neutral · AI labelView post →I like Bloodstained a lot but that game would inarguably just be better if Dracula was in it
neutral · AI labelView post →I put Donkey Kong barrels in Castlevania. Wishlist Lady Dracula: store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/... Footage by @glitchwolfe.studio Music by @mikhailagkonov.bsky.social Game by me #castlevania #donkeykong #pixelart #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Y'know, with all the attempts at 3D Castlevania, it's kinda surprising there was never one that was a remake of the first game starring Simon. Apparently that was originally the plan for Lords of Shadows. Though I probably wouldn't take the Dracula twist well if it was Simon. lol
neutral · AI labelView post →NOTE-- I received this game as a gift from a Steam friend, not from the developer. Dracula Origin is a classic point-and-click game from 2008 with many of the good and bad things that come along with it. It doesn't belong alongside the beloved classics, but I think it's a good game that's worth playing. Unfortunately it hasn't been in a bundle for almost 3 years. So on to the pros and cons: (+) Pretty nice graphics for 2008, and it holds up pretty well, IMO. Animations are a bit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →praise for fledgling manor includes: "what is a video game?"- Count Dracula "I'm not blurbing your game if you asked dracula."- Nosferatu "hi it's me Blade :)"- Blade
neutral · AI labelView post →Want to play a Vampire game made by actual lifelong goths? You might like my upcoming Castlevania-like, "Lady Dracula." Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/... Glitch art & footage by @glitchwolfe.studio Music by @mikhailagkonov.bsky.social Game by me #castlevania #vampire
neutral · AI labelView post →Dracula if you're reading this, we promise we're familiar with your game
neutral · AI labelView post →Started playing it and like the aesthetic, I can live with janky visuals and actually it looks quite good. It seems the puzzles aren't too hard so far. But I figured out the answer for one puzzle and couldn't continue until I figured out how to get the player character to know the answer, so can be a little stupid like that. Decided to give up when I had to look something up online and it said I had to collect bees in a cloth and feed them to a butler, in no way would I have figured that out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The witch shopkeeper from Kid Dracula (Game Boy):
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is a prequel to the “Dracula: Love Kills” (although “Love Kills” start contradicts the “Origin's” ending). “Dracula: Origin” has a rather beautiful design and interesting story with some nice variations of the classic Stoker's novel, although I felt a bit bored in the beginning and, at one point, thought of quitting the game completely. As to the puzzles, they are either too simple, or too difficult and rely heavily on trial and error and dialogue re-reading, which I personally…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100%'d the game, almost all achievements, only one missing is the speedrun one. Dracula is dead and dusted. I don't know if this game is for everyone, but it sure does feel tailor-made for me. Got me through a very stressful time in my life this past week. 9/10, probably my favorite Castlevania game
positive · AI labelView post →Is Bloodlines 2 a different game that was given the brand name? Was it originally a game about playing Dracula? It was, wasn't it
neutral · AI labelView post →Discourse Dracula: What is a Fighting Game?
neutral · AI labelView post →Now that I've returned from Portland Retro Game Expo, I can finally show this off! I got to meet Robert Belgrade (Alucard, Signas, O.D.) and Michael Guinn (Dracula, Harry Mason, Ridge Racer announcer), and asked them to sign this lovely canvas print for me! They were absolutely wonderful!
neutral · AI labelView post →[Openbox] Gentoo lives!. cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/43069591 > * **OS:** Gentoo Linux (arm64) > * **DS:** X11 (Xorg; may switch to Xylophone in the future) > * **WM:** Openbox > > ----- > > * **Theme:** Dracula > * **Openbox Theme:** Surreal_Gentoo (modified to use Dracula colours) > * **Icons:** Papirus-Dark > > ----- > > * **Browsers:** Tor Browser, Librewolf, Lynx > * **Terminal:** XTerm > * **Shell:** ksh93 > * **Editor:** GNU nano
neutral · AI labelView post →New Game announcement: SURF DRACULA Character creation takes place over multiple sessions before concluding in a cliffhanger - just before the surfing begins...
neutral · AI labelView post →SNES Dracula X is a fine and respectable video game with reasonable hitboxes
positive · AI labelView post →Maria Renard, Tera, and Iris from Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles by artist Ayami Kojima. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_castleva...
neutral · AI labelView post →Count Dracula Duck from the Ducktales game! A cool boss battle, I wish he is an actual character on the show too. #ducktales #dracula #vampire #disney #pokemon #fakemon
neutral · AI labelView post →Your game should have a Dracula in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Belmont's Curse is a fine fun game but I really don't like how that "darkness" Rose has to conquer is that she's angry at Dracula and the creatures of the night for killing her mother and cursing her. No other Belmont has been browbeaten for their anger and their "darkness" like this.
negative · AI labelView post →Dracula, Succubus, and Death from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night by artist Ayami Kojima. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_castleva...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula This guy was a collab by me and John Singer Sargent for the front of a journaling game by me and my son.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dracula and The End character designs from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness by artist Ayami Kojima. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_castleva...
neutral · AI labelView post →It was good to get back to our regular game night after having to make an unplanned trip back to Ontario. We played Fury of Dracula, Dojo, and LotR The TwobTowers The Trick Taking Game. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Dracula and Death from Castlevania Judgment by artist Takeshi Obata. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_castleva...
neutral · AI labelView post →nice to have a game-specific corollary to TV's Surf Dracula
neutral · AI labelView post →Symphony of the Night is lowkey the perfect halloween game bc it has all the classic horror movie monsters >Dracula (obviously) >Frankenstein’s monster >the Werewolf >and the Mummy literally just a greatest hits collection of black and white horror
neutral · AI labelView post →[Openbox] Gentoo lives!. * **OS:** Gentoo Linux (arm64) * **DS:** X11 (Xorg; may switch to Xylophone in the future) * **WM:** Openbox ----- * **Theme:** Dracula * **Openbox Theme:** Surreal_Gentoo (modified to use Dracula colours) * **Icons:** Papirus-Dark ----- * **Browsers:** Tor Browser, Librewolf, Lynx * **Terminal:** XTerm * **Shell:** ksh93 * **Editor:** GNU nano
neutral · AI labelView post →is Alucard's Organization XIII game Dracula X
neutral · AI labelView post →Your Daily Dracula – The Gothic Game (1992)
neutral · AI labelView post →A mysterious cult seeks to resurrect the power of Dracula in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, an action RPG by Konami for the DS and sequel to 2003's Aria of Sorrow. This 2005 ad from Japan shows off the cast with screenshots providing a glimpse of its 'Magic Seal' gameplay using the DS' touchscreen!
neutral · AI labelView post →Dracula and Shaft from Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles by artist Ayami Kojima. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_castleva...
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this game. While the story and puzzles are pretty good, and the graphics held up well, the mechanics were very frustrating. For many objects, the click area is so small that it creates unreasonable frustration. If you're willing to pixel-hunt, some of the puzzles are very rewarding. (Also, loses points for having multiple dogs, but no ability to pet any of them)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an excellent Dracula game. I had a blast going through all the puzzles and trying to find out in what order you were supposed to do things. I strongly recomend this game for those who like puzzle games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't have to force myself to finish this game like I find myself doing with many adventure games. Something new was always going on and nothing felt redundant or stale. The puzzles in this game are good and makes sense. With enough hunting of clues, you can solve them. I recommend it for those who enjoy puzzle adventure games!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New blog post time! This week's game is Dracula: Crazy Vampire, a GBC game that is way more mundane than its name suggests. It offers a bit of novel roleplay in that you have suck blood to heal and avoid sunlight, but the level design is such a nightmare that it ruins the whole thing #blog #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Completed Belmont's Curse 100%. Very fun game, movement/combat feels really fluid especially once you unlock movement upgrades. Graham McTavish voicing Dracula again from the Netflix series was a treat. My ONLY gripe is the music isn't BAD, it's just not memorable (Bloody Tears was good though).
positive · AI labelView post →Dracula: Origin is an amazing game! Vampires are always great <3 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦⭐️🟦🟦🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦🟦🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️⭐️🟦🟦⭐️⭐️⭐️🟦🟦⭐️⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️⭐️⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️⭐️⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟨⭐⭐🟨🟨⭐⭐⭐🟨🟨⭐⭐🟨 🟨⭐🟨⭐⭐🟨🟨🟨⭐⭐🟨⭐🟨 🟨⭐🟨🟨⭐⭐🟨⭐⭐🟨🟨⭐🟨 🟨⭐🟨🟨⭐🟨⭐🟨⭐🟨🟨⭐🟨 🟨⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⭐⭐⭐🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⭐🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ME: Wow. It's so bold in CASTLEVANIA: BELMONT'S CURSE that when you get to Dracula the screen just goes black... Ah, wait a minute... This is a bug and I can't proceed in the game!
negative · AI labelView post →I believe I got this game from a humble bundle. It would have been good if I didnt need to look at an online guide for most of it. It was a very complex game to the point I couldnt even enjoy it. There are no instructions or guides in the game when it comes to solving puzzles. It's just like here you go figure it all out. I usually love games like this. It got boring after awhile as well. So, if you want some frustration in your life get this game.
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