Konami Shutting Down Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls on September 3, Removing It From Apple Arcade on August 20

Konami has officially confirmed that Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls will end service on September 3, 2026. The Apple Arcade-exclusive spin-off will be removed from the storefront on August 20, two weeks before its servers go offline, after which the game will no longer be playable on any platform.

Grimoire of Souls originally launched in September 2019 as a free-to-play title for iOS and Android in Canada. It was discontinued a year later, then relaunched on iOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and Mac through Apple Arcade in September 2021. Konami removed in-game currency and microtransactions, revised layouts and improved graphics for the relaunch.

In a statement posted to the official Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls product page, the team thanked players for their support throughout the years.

"Since its launch on Apple Arcade in September 2021, the game has continued to be supported by many players. However, we have decided to terminate the service on September 3, 2026 (PDT)," the statement reads. "We would like to express our gratitude to all of our players for their enthusiastic support throughout the years. The entire development and operations team sincerely thanks you for being part of this journey."

The shutdown leaves Grimoire of Souls as one of several notable mobile and live-service titles set to go offline in the coming months. Nintendo has already scheduled Mario Kart Tour to shut down in September, with Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem following in October and Destruction AllStars in November. Once Apple's storefront takes the title down on August 20, players who have not already downloaded it will not be able to install it, and existing owners will not be able to launch the game after the September 3 termination date.

Grimoire of Souls was a side-scrolling action game built around a roster of iconic characters from across the Castlevania series, with stages and boss encounters themed around locations and monsters from the franchise's long history. It offered an original narrative that ran across multiple grimoires, with players stepping into the role of Alucard, Genya Arikado and other familiar faces as they investigated why monsters from the franchise's lore were returning to the world.