Darkstalkers 3

Darkstalkers 3
North American box art
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Producer(s)Tetsuya Iijima
Designer(s)Shinichiro Obata
Hidetoshi Ishizawa
Katsuyuki Kanetaka
Composer(s)
  • Takayuki Iwai
  • Masato Kouda
SeriesDarkstalkers
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: May 1997
  • NA: June 1997
Sega Saturn
  • JP: April 16, 1998
PlayStation
  • JP: November 5, 1998
  • PAL: November 18, 1998
  • NA: November 30, 1998
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)
Arcade systemCP System II

Darkstalkers 3 is a fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades in 1997. It is the third game in the Darkstalkers series. The story centers around a demonic nobleman from Makai named Jedah Dohma, who creates a pocket dimension named Majigen where he tries to bring in souls to help nourish his new world. It was critically and commercially well-received.

Updated arcade versions with modified character rosters were released the same year in Japan, titled Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2. Home console ports, also with unique character rosters, were released for the Sega Saturn in Japan and the PlayStation worldwide in 1998.