Many environments frequently appear throughout the Castlevania series and may appear in more than one castle. Some stages may even present more than one type of environment. These include:
- Alternate Realms
- Aqueducts, Sewers and Waterways
- Arenas
- Armories
- Ballrooms
- Bridges
- Castle Entrances
- Castle Keeps
- Castles
- Catacombs
- Caves
- Cemeteries
- Ceremonial Rooms
- Churches, Cathedrals and Chapels
- Cliffs
- Clock and Machine Towers
- Courts (including Courtyards)
- Dungeons and Torture Chambers
- Forests
- Galleries and Marble Corridors
- Gardens
- Ghost Ships
- Great Stairways
- Guest Rooms
- Halls
- Kitchens and Storage Areas
- Laboratories
- Libraries
- Mansions and Villas
- Mountains
- Outer Walls
- Rivers and Lakes
- Ruins
- Skeleton Caves
- Submerged Areas
- Swamps
- Theaters
- Throne Rooms
- Top Floors
- Towers
- Treasuries
- Underground Areas
- Villages, Towns and Cities