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Blasphemous

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Tags

Indie, Great Soundtrack, Adventure, 2D, Singleplayer, Action, Side Scroller, Platformer, Horror, Gore, Pixel Graphics, Difficult, Violent, Dark Fantasy, Gothic, Souls-like, Nudity, Blood, Lore-Rich

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• Blasphemous 1 is 75% right now on Steam (score: 65)

• Deaths Gambit Afterlife or Blasphemous II (score: 6)

• My friend called Blasphemous a Catholvania and I had to share. (score: 44)

• Blasphemous 1 or 2? (score: 19)

• Metroid Prime is great, but replaying it after several years (score: 6)

• Blasphemous Sale - Steam (score: 8)

• Blasphemous 2 NG+ and DLCs? (score: 10)

• So I just 100% Axiom Verge 1, what next?... Axiom Verge 2? (score: 6)

• Help choosing where to start? (score: 6)

• Can I finish Hollow Knight and Blasphemous? (score: 6)

• Blasphemous... Did they rerecord the voice acting? (score: 13)

• I was playing blasphemous again. Why is this one upgrade so strong? (score: 12)

• Blasphemous 2 DLC Teased? (score: 48)

• Recommend me A Metroidvania for a beginner (score: 32)

• Recommendation for someone new to the genre? (Steam only) (score: 6)

• Game Title that begins with a C, ends in -less, is similar to blasphemous? (score: 9)

• games with a parry? (score: 15)

• Ender Lilies is the best metroidvania that I've played so far (score: 79)

• Should I get nine sols? (score: 16)

• What to play next among these 3? (score: 1)

• A good option to jump back into the genre? (score: 11)

• Anyone find the Castlevania MVs difficult or is it just me? (score: 4)

• Finally… (score: 150)

• What to play next? (score: 11)

• What are some great metroidvanias as to play (score: 2)

• Steam has Afterimage and Lone Fungus on sale - if I can get only one, which one? (score: 22)

• Switch MVs Currently On Sale in Nintendo eShop (score: 24)

• BioGun Review (score: 21)

• What is the purpose of this? (score: 40)

• Nine sols, just beat it (score: 1)

• My top 5 MVs (score: 1)

• Does anyone else feel like something is “missing” in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown? (score: 1)

• Out of the many Metroidvania video games we have, imagine a 2D Metroidvania similar to Blasphemous set in one of the Warhammer settings (WFB/AoS or WH40K) (score: 1)

• What MV protagonists must be included on a collage picture? (score: 1)

• An Emotional Tier List by a Metroidmaniac (score: 1)

• Which metroidvanias did you finished this year? (score: 1)

• [Request] Need some help deciding between Prince of Persia (Lost Crown), Death's Gambit and Have a Nice Death (score: 1)

• Loved Hollow Knight, Nine Sols, Doomblade, but for some reason really dislike Bo, Biomorph, Deviator. Why? Where should I go next? (score: 1)

• Recommendations (score: 1)

• Blaspehmous 2 or Deaths gambit afterlife ? (score: 1)

• Xbox MVs Currently on Sale in Microsoft Store (score: 8)

• I think Hollow Knight is very overrated (score: 1)

• Is anybody else tired of this plot getting reused so many times? (score: 0)

• PS4/PS5 MVs Currently On Sale in PlayStation Store (score: 1)

• What metroidvanias should I play next? (score: 1)

• Is there a MV focused on exploration? (score: 1)

• What should I play next? (score: 1)

• Everyones favourite type of post! - My Metroidvania Tierlist (score: 1)

• Dark pixel style Metroidvania/Soulsvania (score: 1)

• Metroidvanias with parry (score: 1)

• Help me pick one of these to get over elden ring. (score: 1)

• I see that The Last Faith is on sale for Playstation until 10/10. Where did the cards fall for that one? (score: 1)

• Should I Buy Ender Lilies or Nine Sols? (score: 1)

• Suggestions for Metroidvanias without Penalty for Dying? (score: 1)

• Enough about the best MV games, which in your opinion are underrated MV games? (score: 1)

• Games with graphics like Prince of Persia Lost Crown? (score: 1)

• My personal tier list (score: 1)

• In the search for high mobility MVs (score: 1)

• Best Metroidvania for My Taste?? (score: 1)

• Need help picking a game, especially if you have played more then 1 out of 5 (score: 5)

• What is the best videogame from every country (score: 1)

• Pouvez-vous me conseiller un metroidvania? (score: 1)

• should I get guacamelee or ender lilies ? (score: 1)

• Blasphemous 2 Early Impressions (score: 1)

• MVs with easy levels and harder boss fights. (score: 1)

• My metroidvania collection (score: 1)

• Are there any truly great MV's that I've missed? (score: 1)

• List of metroidvanias featured in the steam next fest October 2024 (score: 1)

• How's the story in Blasphemous? (score: 1)

• Do you think there are enough games like this, or you like to have more games of this genre? (score: 1)

• Bloodstained or Blasphemous 2? (score: 0)

• What is a example of a bad metroidvania that you have played (if their is any)? (score: 1)

• What do you guys think of Moonscars? (score: 1)

• Boring night ahead, need a new MV from steam (score: 1)

• Aight, let's get real for a moment (score: 1)

• Blasphemous 2 DLC (score: 4)

• Fun little experiment: build your ideal metroidvania! (score: 1)

• pronty? (score: 1)

• Any games similar to blasphemous? (score: 1)

• Need some good metroidvanias to appease the fixation beast (score: 1)

• Looking for input on the quality of a few "lesser-known" MVs. (Transiruby, Ato, Super Mombo Quest, & the recently released Awaken: Astral Blade) (score: 3)

• Do you eventually feel overpowered in blasphemous like in super metroid and the igavanias? (score: 5)

• Having mixed feelings about the Mea Culpa DLC (for blasphemous 2). I feel like it costs too much. (score: 16)

• Just Got Metroid Prime. Tips for an Old School Gamer? (score: 4)

• What do you get if you cross Mega Man Zero, A Link to the Past, and Hyper Light Drifter? (score: 47)

• Help me choose my next one to play (score: 4)

• Got a Steamdeck- looking for recs (score: 1)

• Just finished GRIME (NG) (score: 37)

• Please give me some game recommendations based on my ranking (score: 3)

• New to Metroidvanias any suggestions (score: 6)

• I'm unsure of what to play next and switch has some pretty interesting games on sale (score: 0)

• New games like [blasphemous and the last faith] (score: 1)

• Ant good Metroifvanias with some kind of journal or "the story so far" feature to point players in the right direction after a long break? (score: 0)

• Looking for recommendations (score: 1)

• Voidwrought Initial Impressions (score: 1)

• Looking for some 2D platformer/Metroidvania recommendations (score: 0)

• What do you consider to be the essential qualities of a Metroidvania? (score: 3)

• Which castlevania is most newbie-friendly? (score: 6)

• 2 hrs into Blasphemous and I'm not having fun yet. Should I quit or stick with it? (score: 41)

• What's the combat like in grime? (score: 3)

• Voidwrought, Final Thoughts (score: 3)

• 5 hours into VoidWrought…. Thoughts on the movement? (score: 4)

• Recommend me a Metroidvania (score: 2)

• Hoping for an Igavania-like suggestion, preferred features listed inside. (score: 11)

• Ps5 recs based on what I like? (score: 1)

• Desperately seeking to find more titles in this genre that I like (score: 8)

• Death’s Gambit is Brutal and Beautiful (score: 15)

• Metroidvanias for potato PC (score: 11)

• Recommendations for Switch MVs (score: 1)

• Salt and Sanctuary or Blasphemous? (score: 7)

• Trying to pick my next MV (score: 1)

• hidden gem metroidvanias? (score: 8)

• Devil Within: Satgat. Plainly addictive. (score: 36)

• Blasphemous 2 True Torment Run (score: 2)

• What Metroidvanias Should i consider purchasing This Autumn/ Winter Sale? (score: 9)

• Nintendo Switch performance The Last Faith (score: 1)

• New to metroidvanias (score: 4)

• Finally playing Hollow Knight (score: 11)

• Volkolak: The Will of Gods – A Metroidvania with a mythical twist (score: 12)

• I was bouncing off too many metroidvanias recently... (score: 7)

• My TIER LIST with all the MV i played so far (score: 25)

• Fairly new to this wonderful genre (score: 15)

• Rabi-Ribi (almost) destroyed me (score: 21)

• Blasphemous mobile (score: 2)

• Need help (score: 0)

• First timer enjoying the genre, give me game recommendations. (score: 14)

• What's the rule of thumb for enemies that poof vs enemies with dramatic animations on death? (score: 1)

• Any recomendations? (score: 0)

• Help me choose please (score: 2)

• Souls like metroidvania (score: 0)

• Just finished Death's Gambit: Afterlife. What to play next? (score: 0)

• Nine Sols is a 10/10 masterpiece but it's not endearing enough. It doesn't feel special to me. (score: 0)

• Game Dev, Consideration, Grumpiness (score: 0)

• Dragon is Dead (score: 1)

• My thoughts on Noreya, and why it's different (score: 17)

• What to play now (score: 22)

• Metroidvanias with lightning magic? (score: 1)

• Looking for recommendations. (score: 1)

• Need some recommendations from the experts (score: 3)

• Recommend games (score: 5)

• Metroidvania’s with biggest map? (score: 8)

• Metroidvanias I should definitely check out? (score: 5)

• Is anyone else unusually slow at clearing MVs (score: 26)

• MVs Kingdom Shell and Blasphemous are very cheap in a fanatical Bundle (score: 13)

• Any Switch metroidvania recommendations that have a variety of weapons like some Castlevania MVs? (score: 4)

• Games like Blasphemous? (score: 10)

• Yet another "What should I play next" thread (score: 0)

• Xbox Recommendations 🙌🏻 (score: 1)

• Metroidvania Games for mobile (score: 2)

• Last Faith or Death's Gambit Afterlife: least punishing one of the two for someone who doesn't like Soulslikes? (score: 1)

• Can't get into anymore 3D games after playing Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (score: 14)

• Favorite newer Metroidvanias? With examples for what I’m looking for. (score: 15)

• Rate the Communities Favorite Metroidvanias 2024: Summary and Thoughts (score: 9)

• First time completing Super Metroid... (score: 16)

• Recommendations to play on a basic (non gaming) modern laptop? Previous titles played on device in thread. (score: 8)

• I racked up on MVs with holiday sales - what order should I play them in? (score: 0)

• Any Suggestions for Metroidvanias to play based on what I've played so far? (score: 0)

• What are the best artistic metroidvania games for Mac? (score: 4)

• Help a MV-fanatic find some hidden gems! (score: 6)

• Optimal time to play blasphemous 2 dlc? (score: 9)

• Switch vs steam deck (or similar) (score: 3)

• Pretty mixed on Nine Sols (score: 12)

• What's your take on Nine Sols and Ender Lilies? (score: 18)

• What Next? Liked Blasphemous 1-2, Dislike Hollow Knight. (score: 0)

• My thoughts about Aeterna Noctis after completing around 1/3 of the game (score: 5)

• Almost finished Aeterna Noctis, need metroidvania recommendation to cure my withdrawal symptoms... (score: 0)

• Should I play Blasphemous 1 before jumping into 2? (score: 0)

• MetroidVania Awards (score: 0)

• Help me pick the order in which to play these metroidvanias in my backlog! (score: 0)

• Looking to play more modern Metroidvanias (score: 5)

• Metroid only gets it right (score: 0)

• I Just finished Prince Of Persia : The Lost Crown and i NEED more of it. (score: 13)

• Looking for recommendations after finishing Nine Sols (score: 19)

• There has to be some secret game (score: 0)

• help me find a new favorite game? (score: 1)

• Which difficulty would you recommend in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown? (score: 13)

• Help deciding next title (score: 0)

• I love Metroidvanias but I find it difficult to like one. Can you suggest me anything? (score: 0)

• Favorite Graphics? (score: 24)

• Making music for M-vanias (score: 7)

• What to play next (score: 0)

• JimmmDonuts list (score: 0)

• Toughest Metroidvinia Games of past decade or so. (score: 4)

• Shockingly low amount of blade chimera talk here (score: 0)

• Blasphemous is one of the best Metrovanias (score: 21)

• Anybody else not click with hollow knight? (score: 0)

• Lillies or Magnolia? (score: 0)

• My thoughts about Afterimage (and a small comparison with Aeterna Noctis) (score: 9)

• How should I describe graphics of Ori and Hollow Knight? (score: 0)

• I'm actively foaming at the mouth, I need more Metroidvanias, and good ones. (score: 7)

• Looking for Metroidvania suggestions :) (score: 2)

• Trying to figure out the name of this upcoming release (score: 3)

• Ender Magnolia: fast travel feedback (score: 0)

• NEED me a recommendation (score: 0)

• Any recomendations? (score: 0)

• The Last Faith has incredibly frustrating game design. (score: 76)

• should i play "the last faith" (score: 0)

• I want to create a bite sized Metroidvania, and i want to hear your thoughts about it (score: 7)

• Metroidvania | PS4/5 - Physical Release (score: 0)

• I started playing Metroidvania this year, here are my favourites: (score: 6)

• Any Gore heavy games ? (score: 2)

• MVs with SotN/Igavania movement? (score: 2)

• How do you go back to games you've taken a break from? (score: 3)

• Any metroidvania without doom and gloom for the Switch? (score: 39)

• I just gave up on Ender Magnolia (score: 0)

• Do you play 1 game at a time? (score: 21)

• Does anyone who played Hollow Knight in 2023+ think its overrated? (score: 0)

• Which Metroidvania should I play next? (score: 1)

• My top 10 metroidvanias which have "mixed" or "mostly positive" Steam review scores (score: 103)

• Looking for suggestions (score: 0)

• Blasphemous 2 Question (score: 12)

• What’s the best looking MV you’ve ever played? (score: 23)

• Suggest games like Ori but not soulslike metroidvanias (score: 20)

• What have you guys done to me (score: 45)

• Metroidvanias where you become OP at the end (score: 24)

• I need suggestions please (score: 0)

• Journey ahead (score: 0)

• My top five Metroidvania’s that are not Metroid or Castlevania (score: 55)

• I just started working on a metroidvania (score: 23)

• After playing the Eden's Guardian demo, I'm excited for it (score: 2)

• looking for recommendations (score: 4)

• New to metroidvania asking for advice (score: 0)

• Next game? (score: 3)

• Based on my played MV List, what do you think would be my next beloved MV? (score: 10)

• The Last Faith or Blasphemous 2? (score: 6)

• Somber Echoes or Biomorph. (score: 1)

• Just finished The Last Faith. My thoughts. (score: 6)

• Should I continue ender lilies? (score: 2)

• Should I get Afterimage or Blasphemous? (score: 1)

• Thanks to anyone said to press on with Ender lilies. It was indeed a good game. (score: 24)

• Can I get you top MV without the obvious one? (No Metroid/Castlevania or Hollow Knight please) (score: 21)

• Tell me your impressions of said games: (score: 0)

• Top 10 metroidvanias and advice on what to play next. (score: 6)

• What Are The Hardest Bosses On A Metroidvania? (score: 57)

• Death´s Gambit Afterlife: Ashes of Vados long review because I loved it (score: 20)

• Looking for a Metroidvania or soulsvania on Xbox! (score: 1)

• Advice on what to buy (score: 0)

• Metroidvania games on GeForceNow (score: 1)

• I made a list of all the Metroidvania I've played, and rated them. (score: 22)

• Ender Lilies, Ender M, Bloodstained or bo path of the teal lotus? (score: 8)

• I played Ender Lilies long time ago and didn't reallly like it, Should i Try Ender Magnolia? (score: 8)

• All MV i´ve played so far, rated! (score: 72)

• Got $30 to spend what should I get? ( Nintendo Switch) (score: 5)

• Recommend me metroidvanias based on my favorite ones (score: 1)

• Best iOS games? (score: 3)

• Looking for nintendo switch metroidvanias that have lots of puzzles (score: 8)

• Guys Sale Started. You know the rules. Suggest some picks for me. (score: 0)

• Metroidvanias that support ultrawide resolutions? (score: 5)

• Is death’s gambit gothic? Or suggestions for a gothic mv? (score: 2)

• Wich one I should Buy? Prince of Persia or Ender Magnolia? (score: 15)

• Need PS5 suggestions (score: 4)

• what should i play next? (score: 4)

• finally starting to like metroidvania again...... (score: 14)

• Playing Blasphemous 1 after 2 is so annoying and tedious (score: 19)

• Hear me out: why aren't more metroidvanias like Metroid? (score: 175)

• Is Blasphemous mid? (score: 0)

• Looking for games like Blasphemous 2 (score: 3)

• Favourite MV games (score: 6)

• Recommendation (score: 1)

• Bo path of the teal lotus reviews is bugging me..... (score: 4)

• Metroidvania List (score: 1)

• Need some recommandations (score: 2)

• Apart from Super Metroid, could the 16-bit generation have another good metroidvania?? (score: 0)

• Game recommendation (score: 3)

• The last faith (score: 9)

• My top 15 MVs I’ve 100%ed. (score: 15)

• What's your Fav. art style & theme in Metroidvenia? (score: 9)

• One man’s Metroidvania wishlist for developers (score: 4)

• looking for a new game to play (score: 1)

• The basis for working with the list of metroidvanias. (score: 8)

• What games do you guys recommend? (score: 21)

• Amazing new sales on PlayStation! (score: 20)

• can you recommend anything victorian / dark fantasy to me? (score: 1)

• Online co-op metroidvanias (score: 1)

• What do you think about the Eden's Guardian? (score: 4)