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Blasphemous 2

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Quick read

Blasphemous 2 is a grim metroidvania: you parry through a religious ruin on a map that stays where you left it. A tell becomes a spark when the parry lands, and the ruin is still there the next time you walk it.

What kind of game is it?

Authored 2D combat in a religious ruin. The map persists. A parry still converts a tell into a spark.

Who is it for?

For players who want a hard parry through a religious ruin that stays mapped.

How it plays

Loop: Exploring a map
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: A world that stays
Players: Single-player
Structure: Metroidvania
Tone: Dark · Brutal

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
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Story58
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Social18
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

released

2023-08-24

Review score

90.7%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

20,955

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€7.49

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Blasphemous 2?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

520k – 1.2M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

9,011

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

829

Peak that month: 1,321.

Median playtime

33.5 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 23–45.6 h. 1% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English31%
Spanish (Spain)23%
Simplified Chinese13%
Portuguese (Brazil)11%
Spanish (Latin America)4%
Russian4%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

A parry turns a tell into a spark, and the pilgrimage stays on the map you already walked.

Core mechanics

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Genre / subgenre

Metroidvania

Steam genre: metroidvania.

Related rankings

Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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