Games like Blasphemous

4.4average player rating•5 games

Blasphemous nails deliberate 2D combat—parries, tight spaces, scarce heals—threaded through a dense, non-linear world of shortcuts and bosses. These picks keep that skill-first metroidvania loop—measured melee, scarce healing, meaningful checkpoints—each chosen for a specific shared mechanic.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic84

Avg. player rating4.4/5

Avg. playtime7h

Main genreAction

Released2016–2021

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Action5 of 5
Indie5 of 5
RPG4 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
ActionIndieRPG
Loadout-driven combat—earned spirits as moves—plus scarce but well-placed saves to prep, then learn bosses through repeated runs.
4.7/5Player ratingMC86View game
2
Salt and Sanctuary
ActionIndieRPG
Stamina-gated duels, parries and corpse runs across a cruel 2D lattice of shrines and shortcuts.
4.5/5Player ratingMC84View game
3
Hollow Knight
ActionIndiePlatformer
A sprawling, secret-crammed map where boss pressure and fragile healing make every bench a small victory.
4.4/5Player ratingMC88View game
4
GRIME
ActionIndieRPG
A punishing parry-absorb core that turns defense into damage, with branching paths and brutal, learnable boss patterns.
4.2/5Player ratingMC81View game
5
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
ActionAdventureIndie
Deliberate melee and tight jumps tuned around risked resources and limited saves, pushing careful routes through hostile biomes.
4.1/5Player ratingMC81View game