Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, originally released for the NES console in 1987, is often regarded as a polarizing entry in the beloved Castlevania series. However, in recent years, the game has experienced a significant revival thanks to fan-driven projects and modern remakes that aim to address its shortcomings while preserving its unique charm.

Castlevania Chronicles II - Simon's Quest (AKA: Super Castlevania Chronicles 2) is a fan-created remake of the classic 8-bit video game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest on the NES console. This homage project seeks to modernize one of the franchise's most cherished titles by enhancing its graphics, refining gameplay mechanics, introducing new content, and ultimately making it an essential experience for saga enthusiasts.

Dead Cells is a 2D action adventure game for PC, game console and mobile platforms that combines the elements and gameplays of Roguelike, Metroidvania and Soulslike games, developed and published by Motion Twin from France. If you like games such as The Binding of Isaac, Enter the Gungeon, Metroid and Castlevania, then Dead Cells should not to be missed.

Blasphemous is a Metroidvania (Castlevania-like) and Soulslike action adventure video game for both PC and game consoles, developed by The Game Kitchen from Spain in 2019, using Unity. Although the religiously charged plot and beautiful pixel-style graphics earned it high praise, the monotonous action design and inferior control feel make players lose interest and patience quickly.

Castlevania Advance Collection is a compilation package of 4 classic Castlevania games, released for Nintendo Switch, PC (via Steam), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms by KONAMI in 2021 (on its 50th Anniversary Celebration). As its name suggest, this is just a pure collection of games + some supportive features, nothing else to look forward to. For example: the graphics of games are not as good as many emulators do. In other words, it is more suitable for fans of Castlevania to collect, and won't surprise you much.