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Blasphemous 2 cover art

Blasphemous 2

The Game Kitchen · Team17 · 2023-08-24

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 24, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 02, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 24, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 02, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. 

1,236
playing now
91%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
33
twitch viewers (latest)
89/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (96 ratings)
30h
to beat · completionist 39h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.49
steam price (US)

1,236 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Blasphemous 2 is a side-scrolling Metroidvania video game developed by The Game Kitchen and published by Team17. The sequel to Blasphemous (2019), it was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in August 2023 and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2023. The game received generally positive reviews upon release.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,236 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,827 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~478/week).
  • · Review velocity up 117% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 423k–952k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,151 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$6.45-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.79-77%
WinGameStore$6.98-77%
GOG$7.49-75%
Humble Store$7.49-75%
IndieGala$7.49-75%
GOG$7.49-75%
GamersGate$7.50-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Gamer Thor (2025-01-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 150 of 199 observed days · $4.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20232026Week of 2023-08-01: 1,974 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,509 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k5042026-08-06 22:00 — 727 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 544 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 926 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 790 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 623 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,007 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 893 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 692 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,103 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 884 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 504 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 905 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 777 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 548 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 948 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 752 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 547 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1,085 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1,137 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 637 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 899 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 924 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 865 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 963 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 956 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 819 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 634 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 957 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 894 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1,236 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.582023-07-252026-08-302023-07-25 — best price $26.992023-08-31 — best price $29.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992023-12-01 — best price $24.592024-01-06 — best price $29.992024-02-02 — best price $29.992024-02-25 — best price $22.492024-03-26 — best price $24.392024-04-25 — best price $28.902024-05-16 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $15.002024-07-31 — best price $14.992024-08-24 — best price $11.992024-09-24 — best price $12.692024-10-21 — best price $24.592024-11-23 — best price $14.142024-12-12 — best price $14.992025-01-03 — best price $12.042025-01-31 — best price $12.392025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-04-08 — best price $29.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $29.992025-07-11 — best price $15.002025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-09-11 — best price $29.992025-10-03 — best price $15.002025-10-27 — best price $12.752025-11-27 — best price $11.602026-01-06 — best price $24.592026-02-03 — best price $9.102026-03-03 — best price $9.102026-04-03 — best price $8.842026-04-27 — best price $8.502026-05-23 — best price $7.502026-06-26 — best price $7.282026-07-24 — best price $7.282026-08-14 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $6.45
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8371472026-05-28 — 173 pageviews2026-05-31 — 152 pageviews2026-06-03 — 169 pageviews2026-06-06 — 348 pageviews2026-06-09 — 414 pageviews2026-06-12 — 353 pageviews2026-06-15 — 402 pageviews2026-06-18 — 277 pageviews2026-06-21 — 278 pageviews2026-06-24 — 315 pageviews2026-06-27 — 246 pageviews2026-06-30 — 225 pageviews2026-07-03 — 239 pageviews2026-07-06 — 243 pageviews2026-07-09 — 213 pageviews2026-07-12 — 181 pageviews2026-07-15 — 202 pageviews2026-07-18 — 198 pageviews2026-07-21 — 161 pageviews2026-07-24 — 167 pageviews2026-07-27 — 177 pageviews2026-07-30 — 562 pageviews2026-08-02 — 344 pageviews2026-08-05 — 235 pageviews2026-08-08 — 233 pageviews2026-08-11 — 214 pageviews2026-08-14 — 189 pageviews2026-08-17 — 210 pageviews2026-08-20 — 200 pageviews2026-08-23 — 186 pageviews2026-08-25 — 167 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10702026-08-26 19:15 — 107 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 33 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "A Thousand Years Later"
24.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)11,5553%60
Steam (Steam)9,7395%60
PS4 (PlayStation)2,4624%60
Xbox One (Xbox)1,7762%60
Switch (Nintendo)4650%0
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCombatHorrorFantasyAdventureDifficultAction RPGPlatformerSouls-likeUnforgiving

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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