[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"similar-games-blasphemous":3,"game-blasphemous":5},{"similarGames":4},[],{"game":6,"hasUserReviewed":26},{"id":7,"name":8,"summary":9,"cover_image":10,"header_image":11,"trailer_url":12,"release_date":13,"avg_score":14,"igdb_id":15,"slug":16,"steam_app_id":17,"companies":18,"genres":27,"platforms":33,"reviews":38,"coverImage":10,"headerImage":11,"trailerUrl":12,"releaseDate":13,"criticReviewCount":305,"userReviewCount":211,"previewCount":211,"publishers":306,"developers":307,"userReviews":308,"hasUserReviewed":26,"steamAppId":17},26321,"Blasphemous","Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite the hordes of grotesque monsters and titanic bosses, who are all ready to rip your limbs off. Locate and equip relics, rosary beads and prayers that call on the powers of the heavens to aid you in your quest to break your eternal damnation.","26321\u002FBlasphemous Cover.webp","26321\u002FBlasphemous Header.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FseGW4vdfL7A","2019-09-10",77.47,26820,"blasphemous",774361,[19,23],{"company":20,"developed":22,"published":22},{"name":21},"The Game Kitchen",true,{"company":24,"developed":26,"published":22},{"name":25},"Team17",false,[28,29,30,31,32],"Platform","Role-playing (RPG)","Hack and slash\u002FBeat 'em up","Adventure","Indie",[34,35,36,37],"PC (Microsoft Windows)","PlayStation 4","Xbox One","Nintendo Switch",[39,55,71,85,98,113,127,142,156,170,183,197,212,226,238,252,266,279,292],{"id":40,"author":41,"outlet":44,"summary":50,"review_url":51,"review_date":52,"original_score":53,"normalized_score":54},90,{"id":42,"name":43},13,"Joseph Allen",{"id":45,"logo":46,"name":47,"website_url":48,"score_format":49},1,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTechRaptor%20Logo.png","TechRaptor","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","10","Blasphemous 2's arresting religious imagery and massive world help to offset its rote boss design and confusingly pretentious narrative.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-2-review-second-verse","2023-08-17","7.5",75,{"id":56,"author":57,"outlet":60,"summary":66,"review_url":67,"review_date":68,"original_score":69,"normalized_score":70},4469,{"id":58,"name":59},308,"Ben Chard",{"id":61,"logo":62,"name":63,"website_url":64,"score_format":65},4,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamerGuides-Logo.png","Gamer Guides","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamerguides.com","100","Blasphemous is a great addition to the genre and it truly feels like a unique creation able to stand fine on its own without taking too much from other games out there. The world and lore are fantastic and enough to keep anyone with a passing interest engrossed to the very end.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamerguides.com\u002Fblasphemous\u002Freview","2019-09-09","60",60,{"id":72,"author":73,"outlet":76,"summary":81,"review_url":82,"review_date":68,"original_score":83,"normalized_score":84},22990,{"id":74,"name":75},2730,"Ty Arthur",{"id":77,"logo":78,"name":79,"website_url":80,"score_format":49},26,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com","If you love SNES platformers and aren't concerned by the possibility of an angry god pressing its \"smite\" button to rain lightning upon you, Blasphemous is simply a must-play.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-review-indie-heretical-platforming-done-diabolically-right\u002F","8\u002F10",80,{"id":86,"author":87,"outlet":90,"summary":95,"review_url":96,"review_date":68,"original_score":97,"normalized_score":40},63386,{"id":88,"name":89},3920,"Richard Seagrave",{"id":91,"logo":92,"name":93,"website_url":94,"score_format":49},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpew-Logo.jpg","GameSpew","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","Blasphemous is hands down one of my favourite games of 2019. I wasn’t expecting it to be, but it’s one of those unexpected surprises; a gift that you didn’t think that you wanted but quickly becomes to be loved. Sitting between Castlevania and Dark Souls, its combat is fast-paced and requires timing and skill, the difficulty pitched just perfectly. But it’s the sense of discovery and hardship that your character goes through that really makes it what it is, as well as the atmospheric world they inhabit. Blasphemous may not be entirely original structurally or mechanically, but The Game Kitchen has cooked up something that feels very unique.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fblasphemous-review\u002F","9\u002F10",{"id":99,"author":100,"outlet":103,"summary":108,"review_url":109,"review_date":110,"original_score":111,"normalized_score":112},27122,{"id":101,"name":102},1897,"Alessandro Fillari",{"id":104,"logo":105,"name":106,"website_url":107,"score_format":49},28,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpot-Logo.jpg","GameSpot","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespot.com","This metroidvania tribute escalated rather quickly.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespot.com\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-review-darker-souls\u002F1900-6417310\u002F","2019-09-22","7.0",70,{"id":114,"author":115,"outlet":118,"summary":123,"review_url":124,"review_date":125,"original_score":126,"normalized_score":112},31376,{"id":116,"name":117},3332,"Callum Agnew",{"id":119,"logo":120,"name":121,"website_url":122,"score_format":65},35,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCGamer-Logo.jpg","PC Gamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002F","Repent for thy sins in this gore-soaked Metroidvania.\n","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002Fblasphemous-review\u002F","2019-09-19","70",{"id":128,"author":129,"outlet":132,"summary":138,"review_url":139,"review_date":140,"original_score":141,"normalized_score":84},35600,{"id":130,"name":131},3447,"Kyle LeClair",{"id":133,"logo":134,"name":135,"website_url":136,"score_format":137},31,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FHardcore-Gamer-Logo.jpg","Hardcore Gamer ","https:\u002F\u002Fhardcoregamer.com\u002F","5","Praise be to Blasphemous, for it's an impressive game that has truly joined together the peanut-butter-and-chocolate-style union that is souls-likes and metroidvania games. While certain levels and enemies could benefit from a bit more polish, the end result is still a sinful delight filled with heavily-enjoyable combat, tons of areas to explore and secrets to uncover, and some jaw-dropping (if brutal) sights. It may be a game filled with countless unholy terrors, but it also oddly has a lot of love put into it as well, so don't miss out on it (if you don't mind the occasional nightmare).","https:\u002F\u002Fhardcoregamer.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-blasphemous\u002F357510\u002F","2019-09-16","4.0",{"id":143,"author":144,"outlet":147,"summary":152,"review_url":153,"review_date":154,"original_score":155,"normalized_score":84},2233983,{"id":145,"name":146},17805,"By Muhammad Haris Umer",{"id":148,"logo":149,"name":150,"website_url":151,"score_format":137},154,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FExputer.jpg","eXputer","https:\u002F\u002Fexputer.com\u002F","Blasphemous 2 offers a unique Metroidvania experience while managing to overcome almost all of the flaws of its predecessor.","https:\u002F\u002Fexputer.com\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-2\u002F","2023-08-25","4",{"id":157,"author":158,"outlet":161,"summary":166,"review_url":167,"review_date":140,"original_score":168,"normalized_score":169},36247,{"id":159,"name":160},3552,"Scott Sullivan",{"id":162,"logo":163,"name":164,"website_url":165,"score_format":65},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","The Game Kitchen’s highly anticipated Kickstarter title immediately impressed with its gorgeous pixel art and surprisingly grim premise. Fast forward two years, and we finally have our hands on the brutal action platformer that pays homage to series like Castlevania and Dark Souls. You assume the role of the Penitent one, the sole survivor of the massacre of his brotherhood, and your task is simple, the ascend to the peak of the city and break the curse of death and rebirth, all while battling some truly horrifying enemies and bosses and avenging your slain order. There are an abundance of metroidvanias over these past few years, but there’s a lot of things Blasphemous does better than any of them, and a lot of things that hold it back.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fblasphemous-review\u002F","77",77,{"id":171,"author":172,"outlet":175,"summary":180,"review_url":181,"review_date":182,"original_score":141,"normalized_score":84},51351,{"id":173,"name":174},4370,"Aaron Greenbaum",{"id":176,"logo":177,"name":178,"website_url":179,"score_format":137},66,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTwinfinite.png","Twinfinite","https:\u002F\u002Ftwinfinite.net\u002F","A long time ago in the fictional land of Cvstodia, an event known as the Miracle (sometimes referred to as the Grievous Miracle) occurred. This incident transformed many residents into horrific monstrosities, twisted the world into a 2D platformer, and set the stage for the game Blasphemous, an indie title that tries to mix metroidvania-styled levels with Dark Souls-ish combat. For the most part, the game succeeds.","https:\u002F\u002Ftwinfinite.net\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-review-castlevania-souls\u002F","2019-09-17",{"id":184,"author":185,"outlet":188,"summary":193,"review_url":194,"review_date":195,"original_score":196,"normalized_score":112},52372,{"id":186,"name":187},1088,"Josh Wise",{"id":189,"logo":190,"name":191,"website_url":192,"score_format":49},74,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideogamer-logo.jpg","Videogamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002F","A formulaic Metroidvania with satisfying combat and a thick mood in the air, Blasphemous uses its pixel art style and fixation on religious iconography to establish a powerful vision of a forsaken world.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-review\u002F","2021-06-05","7.0\u002F10",{"id":198,"author":199,"outlet":202,"summary":208,"review_url":209,"review_date":52,"original_score":210,"normalized_score":211},65827,{"id":200,"name":201},5057,"Sebastian Ruiz",{"id":203,"logo":204,"name":205,"website_url":206,"score_format":207},72,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fthe-escapist-logo.jpg","The Escapist","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.escapistmagazine.com\u002F","unscored","","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.escapistmagazine.com\u002Fblasphemous-2-review-in-3-minutes\u002F","Unscored",0,{"id":213,"author":214,"outlet":217,"summary":222,"review_url":223,"review_date":224,"original_score":225,"normalized_score":84},67053,{"id":215,"name":216},1479,"Jordan Devore",{"id":218,"logo":219,"name":220,"website_url":221,"score_format":49},10,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDestructoid-Logo.png","Destructoid","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com","On that note, I can’t get Blasphemous off  my mind. I may never fully grasp the opaque story even with the  inevitable community-led theories and explainers lending a hand, but  that’s okay. Even taken as a fanatical fever-dream, this game delivers.  Some aspects aren’t as fine-tuned or ambitious as they could’ve been, leading to unevenness, but there’s so much for metroidvania fans to latch  onto here.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-blasphemous\u002F","2019-09-14","\n\t\t\t8\t\t",{"id":227,"author":228,"outlet":231,"summary":236,"review_url":237,"review_date":13,"original_score":111,"normalized_score":112},78193,{"id":229,"name":230},5837,"Steve C",{"id":232,"logo":233,"name":234,"website_url":235,"score_format":49},56,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F","Blasphemous is a great little 2D Souls-like which will definitely appeal to fans of dark and difficult games. It doesn’t have the polish of the likes of Dead Cells and is more linear than true Metroidvanias like Hollow Knight, but follows in the bloodied footsteps of titles like Death’s Gambit and Slain: Back From Hell. It isn’t a game for everyone but there is plenty here to get your teeth into with lots of secrets and some excellent and challenging boss encounters. All in all, it's bloody good fun.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F10\u002Fblasphemous-review\u002F",{"id":239,"author":240,"outlet":243,"summary":248,"review_url":249,"review_date":52,"original_score":250,"normalized_score":251},96994,{"id":241,"name":242},59,"Zackerie Fairfax",{"id":244,"logo":245,"name":246,"website_url":247,"score_format":49},135,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamepur.jpg","Gamepur","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamepur.com\u002F","The story, for one, is incomprehensible if you aren’t reading every line of dialogue, and if you miss something important, there’s no going back. I spent my playthrough disregarding the story cause I had gotten too deep, and none of it made sense to me. That said, it was still a super fun and exhilarating experience, even if I had no clue what I was fighting for.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamepur.com\u002Freviews\u002Fblasphemous-2-review-so-much-pain-so-much-joy","8.5",85,{"id":253,"author":254,"outlet":257,"summary":262,"review_url":263,"review_date":68,"original_score":264,"normalized_score":265},101813,{"id":255,"name":256},8957,"Heidi Hawes",{"id":258,"logo":259,"name":260,"website_url":261,"score_format":49},138,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FWayTooManyGames.png","WayTooManyGames","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F","Metriodvania and soulslike games have become irreplaceable gaming staples, so it was only a matter of time before the two genres were combined. That’s not to say that this marriage of two different gaming types hasn’t been tried before. I only mean to say that there hasn’t been many truly groundbreaking titles to achieve this thus far, other than Hollow Knight. I’m thrilled to say that Blasphemous from The Game Kitchen and Team17 has breathtakingly blended these two gaming styles i...","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F09\u002Freview-blasphemous\u002F","9.5",95,{"id":267,"author":268,"outlet":271,"summary":276,"review_url":277,"review_date":278,"original_score":250,"normalized_score":251},139776,{"id":269,"name":270},11536,"Jacob Peterson",{"id":272,"logo":273,"name":274,"website_url":275,"score_format":49},146,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fkeengamer-logo.png","KeenGamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.keengamer.com\u002F","Blasphemous is a 2D-Metroidvania game with a unique art style and bleak tone. The game mixes exploration and nail-biting combat to challenge players a much as possible. Does it manage to produce a solid experience, or fall a bit flat?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.keengamer.com\u002Farticles\u002Freviews\u002Fps4-reviews\u002Fbloody-hack-and-slash-blasphemous-cuts-in-review-ps4\u002F","2019-10-04",{"id":280,"author":281,"outlet":284,"summary":289,"review_url":290,"review_date":182,"original_score":291,"normalized_score":211},2240008,{"id":282,"name":283},17880,"Dean Clark",{"id":285,"logo":286,"name":287,"website_url":288,"score_format":49},159,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgametyrant.webp","Game Tyrant ","https:\u002F\u002Fgametyrant.com\u002F","Blasphemous is the most frustrating fun I have had this year!","https:\u002F\u002Fgametyrant.com\u002Fnews\u002Fblasphemous-review-punishing-just-like-you-deserve","0",{"id":293,"author":294,"outlet":297,"summary":302,"review_url":303,"review_date":68,"original_score":304,"normalized_score":112},72761,{"id":295,"name":296},1940,"Steven Petite",{"id":298,"logo":299,"name":300,"website_url":301,"score_format":49},69,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","A creepy and unsettling action-platformer, Blasphemous has an eery atmosphere, gorgeous pixel art, and intricate animations that never fail to impress. The combat can be satisfying, but relies too heavily on memorization, which makes backtracking through its non-linear world eventually turn stale. And while the visual variety at least keeps things looking fresh, superfluous and poorly implemented upgrade mechanics keep Blasphemous from having the amount of depth seen in many other games across the genre. It’s still an enjoyable Metroidvania, just not an all that memorable one.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F09\u002Fblasphemous-review","7",19,[21,25],[21],[]]