Blasphemous similar games & best alternatives

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Blasphemous

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Stunning pixel art and unique gothic atmosphere
  • Challenging and rewarding combat
  • Deep and intriguing lore
  • Large interconnected world with secrets
  • Free dlc content and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Punishing platforming and instant death traps
  • Some clunky controls and hitbox issues
  • Cryptic quest design requiring external guides
  • Limited fast travel causing tedious backtracking
  • Difficulty may frustrate casual players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

  • Volkolak: The Will of Gods

  • Nine Sols

  • Chronicles of the Wolf

  • Dark Devotion

  • Lost Ruins

More relaxing

Games that feels like Blasphemous but with a more relaxing feel

  • Death's Gambit: Afterlife

  • Afterimage

  • Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

  • The Rogue Prince of Persia

  • Catmaze

  • Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Less expressive

Games that feels like Blasphemous but with less self-expression and customization

  • Cyber Shadow

  • Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)

  • Gunbrella

  • The Last Faith

  • Chasm

  • MindSeize

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Blasphemous 2

  • NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

  • The Last Door - Collector's Edition

  • The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition

  • The Stone of Madness

Similarity map

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  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Blasphemous. These titles are not in What to play next.

Blasphemous: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026