Blasphemous 2
Blasphemous 2
Game
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Blasphemous
Developer The Game Kitchen
Blasphemous is a Metroidvania video game developed by Spanish studio The Game Kitchen and published by Team17. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on 10 September 2019, with Warp Digital handling the console ports. Versions for macOS and Linux were released on 21 September 2020. A version for Amazon Luna was released on 20 October 2020. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
563 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
LovedLoved
331 positive · 80 negative
95% range 76–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 331 | 80 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 45 | 3 | 83 |
| Mastodon * | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
22,184 of 24,783 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 212 yes, 61 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 273 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (60,860 of 67,746 positive).
Players widely praise the game's stunning pixel art and haunting atmosphere. [1][2][3][4] Some players criticize the clunky controls, tedious backtracking, and unfair platforming sections. [5][6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
The art design and atmosphere are flawless; it is almost like a moving painting. Unfortunately, unresponsive controls, clunky platforming physics, and unfair punishment overshadow this potential. I wish the gameplay was as fluid as its visual achievement.
- [2]
The Penitent One walked so that I could 100% this game and lose my mind. Blasphemous is what happens when a game developer looks at Dark Souls , Hollow Knight , and a 16th century Spanish painting and says "Yes. All of this. Simultaneously." The result is one of the greatest games I have ever touched with my sinful hands. --- 🎨 Art & Visuals — ★★★★★ I have seen things in this game that I cannot unsee and I am …
- [17]
Visually a masterpiece. However the game is riddled with piss poor subpar voice acting. fighting bosses and enemies is not fun, the game, is not fun. Its not fun to win, its not fun to lose. Its a punishment, its not a game that brings any enjoyment. It uses every cheap trick right of out the nintendo playbook, cheap one hit deaths, frame perfect timings, respawning enemies, enemies that will attack you over and …
- [4]
Art style is gorgeous, gameplay is fantastic, brutally difficult but still fair. Story is a little difficult to understand but very interesting. A standout in the metroidvania genre, up there with Hollow Knight and Ori in my opinion.
- [5]
The game has a phenomenal atmosphere, amazing location soundtracks, and a great Dark Souls-style lore delivery. However, it can feel incredibly tedious at times. The backtracking is overwhelming, fast-travel portals are highly non-obvious and cost a ridiculous 20k Tears, and the instant-death spikes are infuriating. Dying to spikes means you have to run through hordes of enemies all over again, which led me to …
Summarised from 34 of the 390 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
78% of the 273 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Blasphemous. The complaint that keeps coming up: clunky controls and unresponsive movement. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Blasphemous received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. it received praise for its visual style, combat, boss battles and interconnected world while criticism was reserved towards its level design, gameplay mechanics and backtracking. In 2021, GQ España named Blasphemous one of the best Spanish-made games ever. The game won the awards for "Best Spanish Development" and "Indie Game of the Year" at the 2019 Titanium Awards, where it was also nominated for "Best Art". On March 2, 2021, The Game Kitchen and Team 17 announced that Blasphemous had reached 1 million players over all platforms. On June 29, 2021, The Game Kitchen and Team 17 released a…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 563 · most liked firstI really like this video game friends. #Xbox #Blasphemous
positive · AI labelView post →The Blasphemous devs made a Ninja Gaiden game and it’s as good as that sounds, hell yeah
neutral · AI labelView post →The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for March includes: 🛡️ Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 🏈 EA Sports Madden NFL 26 🃏 Persona 5 Royal 🩸 Blasphemous 2 …and more. The full lineup play.st/4rqomTq
neutral · AI labelView post →ok im already eating shit. a new 2D Ninja Gaiden game by the Blasphemous devs is actually very exciting news
neutral · AI labelView post →Did I introduce myself here? I'm Enrique Colinet, #gamedev working for @thegamekitchen.bsky.social as Lead Level Designer and my greatest professional feats are: 1. Working on the White Phosphorus scenes in #SpecOpsTheLine. 2. #Blasphemous I & II world maps 3. Now working on @tsomgame.bsky.social!
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry did you just say there is a tactical stealth game by the studio behind Blasphemous about escaping an isolated monastery in the mountains??? 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →F'ing *excuse me,* but we're getting a new 2D Ninja Gaiden game from the developers of *Blasphemous*? I cannot believe I missed this announcement yesterday. Holy hell. youtu.be/d8DK6Dl3RvA
neutral · AI labelView post →A colleague told me I should try to share some old interesting tidbits from my 16 year pixel art career, so let's go: The caves of "Blasphemous" were actually directly inspired by the "Mummy Demastered". My work on the Mummy game made the Game Kitchen hire me as artist for B1. #pixelart #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Pentient One...rise...rise and take on a pocket sized Pilgrimage, in Blasphemous for Game Boy. | #pixelart | #ドット絵 | #Gameboy
neutral · AI labelView post →"We Heard Whispers of Devotion and Despair" The #Cvstodia game board of #BlasphemousBoardGame reveals the deep scars of the Miracle, drawing players into a journey through mysteries and perils. Follow the project on #Gamefound! bit.ly/Blasphemous-...
neutral · AI labelView post →With Blasphemous, it turns out the answer was "the second game".
positive · AI labelView post →If you see this, post your skeleton art! A fanart I made for the game Blasphemous 🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →[Meta] Soulslike(-adjacent) Giveaway 2: Electric Boogaloo!. Edit: Please note that being subscribed to the community is a hard requirement to enter! Your comment will not be counted as an entry if you aren't subscribed. Hey guys! As another little thank you to the community, I would like to give back to the community: I’m giving away a number of soulslikes and soulslike-adjacent titles (PC). Here is what you can win (a choice of one per tier): Tier 1 (1x winner): - Lies of P (code) -…
neutral · AI labelView post →digital art again yay. Blasphemous is a really good game
positive · AI labelView post →A full five years pass. The pose the Penitent One makes in my most recent piece of Blasphemous fanart is a callback to the first ever Blasphemous piece that I made back in September of 2020. Thank you The Game Kitchen for making the greatest indie game of all time in the form of Blasphemous.
positive · AI labelView post →I never watch The Game Awards live, so it’s fun seeing my feed explode into excitement about an Okami sequel alsO HOLY SHIT OKAMI SEQUEL WHAT! (Also new Ninja Gaiden game from the Blasphemous devs too, wow!)
neutral · AI labelView post →Blasphemous II turned 3 years old yesterday. Here's all the Blasphemous II art I made since then. Blasphemous is my favorite indie game IP and it is one of my life's greatest pleasures and honors to have made official art for the devs. Happy Anniversary, Blasphemous II!
positive · AI labelView post →Konami should have tapped the Blasphemous devs to help make a Castlevania game, or at the very least hire them for the spritework
neutral · AI labelView post →Surprise! Blasphemous 2: The Third Sin is a new - and free - expansion, and it's out now www.eurogamer.net/blasphemous-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know that I actually designed *two* fonts for Blasphemous 2? One with less ornate uppercase letters was needed to improve the readability of some game menus. 📝 #pixelart #font #design
neutral · AI labelView post →I really do think Blasphemous is an amazing game, artistically. I joke that it’s the most Catholic video game ever made. In all seriousness, I feel like it’s trying to communicate the horror of a worldview centering sin, guilt, and penance. Especially when dealing with an unfair divinity.
positive · AI labelView post →Ten Piedad boss from Blasphemous, I have been thinking about you.
positive · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today we've finally released #Blasphemous for iOS! So, from today on, you can play the game both on Android or iOS devices anytime, anywhere! youtu.be/HYRmfvC-Zjk?...
neutral · AI labelView post →That's A LOT of people playing for a 6 years old game... 😮 The sequel is directly benefiting for such a low price. #Blasphemous
positive · AI labelView post →When I played Blasphemous I clocked the pointed helmet wearing Pennant One as part of some deep Spanish Catholic lore and I was right. I'm guessing the Klan appropriated the pointed hoods as anti-Catholic sentiment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphe...
positive · AI labelView post →The Penitent One walked so that I could 100% this game and lose my mind. Blasphemous is what happens when a game developer looks at Dark Souls , Hollow Knight , and a 16th century Spanish painting and says "Yes. All of this. Simultaneously." The result is one of the greatest games I have ever touched with my sinful hands. --- 🎨 Art & Visuals — ★★★★★ I have seen things in this game that I cannot unsee and I am THANKFUL for it. The pixel art is so disgustingly gorgeous that I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have been playing through Blasphemous for the first time, beautiful game, fantastic designs
positive · AI labelView post →Amazing artwork, great atmosphere and soundtrack. Movement is a bit janky. Combat is fine. Boss mechanics are good but not great. Overall, one of the better metroidvanias out there. But there is a major issue: the game doesn't respect your time. Almost all metroidvanias have multiple endings and reward exploration with additional lore, bosses and areas. Blasphemous has multiple endings as well, and a good chunk of side content that needs to be completed to achieve the "true" ending. This…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know, in a weird way this game really made me appreciate my faith in Christ even more lol. The predominant theme in this game is suffering, all to atone for your sins and appeal to the whims of some capricious, eldritch force called the Miracle. No matter what you do, though, your absolution is never guaranteed, and whether you do receive absolution or punishment, the end result is the same: more suffering, more pleading, never certain whether "enough" is enough, only watching as you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not really into tabletop games, but the overall quality of our "Blasphemous: The Board Game" is looking INSANELY GOOD. What do you think? gamefound.com/en/projects/...
positive · AI labelView post →The art design and atmosphere are flawless; it is almost like a moving painting. Unfortunately, unresponsive controls, clunky platforming physics, and unfair punishment overshadow this potential. I wish the gameplay was as fluid as its visual achievement.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the art, the lore, the soundtrack, the boss design, and the combat. The platforming and how the quest and stories are told is another story. Maybe I just suck ass at platforming but is it supposed to be this frustrating? I get it fits the world design for things to be rough but the ladder jumps and those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bells get me every time. Not to mention the overwhelming amount of enemies like those jumping dudes who exist solely to annoy the player. Why is there no double jump or air dash?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blasphemous is the most catholic video game I have ever seen, and oddly enough I mean that in a good way.
positive · AI labelView post →Indie developers once again putting the entire AAA industry to shame. Atmosphere, music, locations and bosses are on point. The pixel art is beautiful, the NPCs are really good and finding the collectibles is actually rewarding. The progression is good, you gradually feel like you're becoming stronger, and the combat is fun. I have no bad things to say except F*CK the time trials and the Shipyard, thankfully they're optional. This game is a masterpiece and an instant classic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The presentation in this game is very good and I get why a lot of people like this game. Sadly for me, I found this game more tedious to play than fun since your base movement feels quite clunky and it never really offers you progression on said movement. If moving fast and being able to zip through areas you've done with limited movement in the past is important to you in a metroidvania, then you should probably avoid this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even if you're not into tabletop games (or miniatures) you must admit that the #Blasphemous Board Game just announced by Ludus Magnus Studio is pretty awesome. It already reached a 500.000€ stretch goal in less than one day, which is absolutely bonkers. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxaR...
neutral · AI labelView post →#portfolioday Hi! I'm Sean Kyle Manaloto, known on the net as sane_kyle or SaneKyle. I do cover stuff, character stuff, and a whole lot of comics stuff. I've worked with The Game Kitchen (Blasphemous) and am writing the fantasy comic Godhark with my wife!
neutral · AI labelView post →🍂#SteamAutumnSale is live at The Game Kitchen! Grab your favorites at these discounts: The Stone of Madness – 50% off The Last Door – 75% off Blasphemous – 75% off Blasphemous II – 50% off NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound – 15% off store.steampowered.com/developer/th...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bringing this Blasphemous fanart I made for Andalucía's Day!! Go play that game if you want, it's really good<3 #art #blasphemous
positive · AI labelView post →Die Hard might not be a Christmas movie, but #Blasphemous is definitely a Christmas game. 🎄
neutral · AI labelView post →Continuing my Blasphemous chibi series with one of my favorite bosses in the first game, Quirce 🥰🔥✨ Did this all in one go tonight 😭 #Blasphemous
neutral · AI labelView post →Getting 100% was peppered my missables. But otherwise as expected from a metroidvania. approximate amount of time to 100%: 25-35h ~ Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10. Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (Most Likely 1,5, starting a second for the speedrun achievement) Multiplayer achievements: No Multiplayer. Missable achievements: A LOT, (guide recommended) Grinding Achievements: No. DLC-Only achievements: No. FREE DLC's were added that modify the map but no achievements as far as I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blasphemous Didn't play this game, was a gift for my roommate #acryl #art #illustration
neutral · AI labelView post →Visually a masterpiece. However the game is riddled with piss poor subpar voice acting. fighting bosses and enemies is not fun, the game, is not fun. Its not fun to win, its not fun to lose. Its a punishment, its not a game that brings any enjoyment. It uses every cheap trick right of out the nintendo playbook, cheap one hit deaths, frame perfect timings, respawning enemies, enemies that will attack you over and over again before the really slow and clunky standing up animations has a chance to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First unboxing of the Blasphemous board game?! www.twitch.tv/analisispara... (starts at 1:30:00)
neutral · AI labelView post →This is not my cup of tea but the game has a unique art style with an interesting lore around sins and punishment. ; I could recommend it if you like the difficulty of the old souls games and probably hollow knight. I don't like neither of these concepts. For other people like me. Im gonna say no.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Listening to the soundtrack of Blasphemous, one of the kids asks "what's that?" So I show them trailer. "You see kids, I like this game cause it's obvious from the imagery that it was made by recovering Catholics like myself" Son; "So did you quit Catholicism cause the boss fights were too hard?"
positive · AI labelView post →Blasphemous, 2019. The Game Kitchen
neutral · AI labelView post →This game made me realize that I had been spending years not being satisfied by the games I was playing. I got in a loop of only playing games that rewarded a very consistent amount of dopamine whenever I played them, cough cough Fortnite cough. Or chill games like minecraft that don't necessarily direct you to do anything. I picked up Blasphemous on sale because the artstyle was up my alley. But the tone, the story, and especially the gameplay were all so top notch that I had to keep playing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I stop comparing It, and I enjoyed it a lot more. When I first started Blasphemous, I honestly didn't like it. My first thought was that it was just a "worse Hollow Knight" or Nine Sols. The game felt strange, the world was confusing, and I wasn't really sure what to think of it. But I decided to push through and give it a chance. And I'm really glad I did. The further I got, the more this strange and fascinating world started pulling me in. The music and atmosphere were probably the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[News] Blasphemous II ‘The Third Sin’ update now available. > Publisher Team17 and developer The Game Kitchen have announced Blasphemous II free update “The Third Sin.” It is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, and will be available for PlayStation 4 at a later date. > “The Third Sin” takes place within a huge and foreboding gothic castle that’s a quarter of the size of the entire Blasphemous II and “Mea Culpa” world maps combined. > “The Third Sin”…
neutral · AI labelView post →review after beating the game: The boss design, art, and music are amazing, i love the tone of the world The platforming sucks hot ass, and a lot of the necessary upgrades are very easy to miss. you need to constantly check for hidden walls, constnatly backtrack. and for a game that expects you to backtrack a lot, it loves to put enemies you can't platform or run past in your way. It could be your speed, if you could look past those flaws, but near the end of the game i got too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blasphemous is a marriage of Castlevania and Dark Souls, and often times it reaches the same highs as those two IP. But, it also hits the same lows, sometimes even more so than the inspiration it borrows from. I haven't been this frustrated playing a Metroidvania in a long time, on one hand you get visceral combat, arguably the most gorgeous pixel art ever put into a game, and a hauntingly macabre world on the brink of total desolation with the Miracle to blame. The music is stellar, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blasphemous fanart sketch 👁️ What a beautiful game! #sketch #fanart #blasphemous @thegamekitchen.com
positive · AI labelView post →the fuckin. the "game concept first name" bit kills me Classic Andy. Mechanics Micheal. Elden Ring got Blasphemous Billy and Ruinous Randy
neutral · AI labelView post →Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony (this game has permanently altered my brain chemistry) #blasphemous #blasphemousgame #art #digitalart
positive · AI labelView post →TIL @thegamekitchen.com built Blasphemous II from scratch in Unity—did not build off the Blasphemous I codebase: softwareengineeringdaily.com/2024/04/03/d...
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh no I'm thinking again of making a medieval manuscript inspired book of lore of Blasphemous (the game)
neutral · AI labelView post →Art style is gorgeous, gameplay is fantastic, brutally difficult but still fair. Story is a little difficult to understand but very interesting. A standout in the metroidvania genre, up there with Hollow Knight and Ori in my opinion.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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