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Blasphemous
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 22% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 67,945
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 20h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Long Path Ahead” (Defeat the Warden of Silent Sorrow) and “No Mercy” (Defeat Ten Piedad): from 100% to 52% of starters.
- 94% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 68,332 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 19.5h for positive, 4.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (93.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Long Path Ahead Defeat the Warden of Silent Sorrow. 100%
- No Mercy Defeat Ten Piedad. Most players quit here 52% −48
- Look Her In The Eye Defeat Our Lady of the Charred Visage. 36% −16
- Danse Macabre Defeat the Tres Angustias. 34% −3
- Blind Innocence Defeat Exposito, Scion of Abjuration. 28% −5
- The Bejeweled Saint Defeat Melquiades, The Exhumed Archbishop. 28%
- Ashes to Ashes Defeat Quirce, Returned by the Flames. 26% −2
- The Brother Defeat Esdras of the Anointed Legion. 25% −1
- Duel of Faith Defeat Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony. 23% −1
- Summa Blasphemia Defeat His Holiness Escribar. ≥22% −2
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- A Long Path Ahead Defeat the Warden of Silent Sorrow. 100%
- No Mercy Defeat Ten Piedad. 52%
- Inquisition Execute 5 different enemies. 38%
- Look Her In The Eye Defeat Our Lady of the Charred Visage. 36%
- The Number of the Beasts Kill 666 enemies. 36%
- Danse Macabre Defeat the Tres Angustias. 34%
- The Sister Defeat Perpetva. 31%
- Blind Innocence Defeat Exposito, Scion of Abjuration. 28%
- The Bejeweled Saint Defeat Melquiades, The Exhumed Archbishop. 28%
- Ashes to Ashes Defeat Quirce, Returned by the Flames. 26%
- The Brother Defeat Esdras of the Anointed Legion. 25%
- Power Unleashed Use a Righteous Riposte 5 times. 25%
- Warm and Soft Hatch the Egg of Altasgracias. 24%
- Bestiary Defeat the 51 original types of enemies. 24%
- Cvstodia's Pilgrim Discover the main areas of Cvstodia. 23%
- Duel of Faith Defeat Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony. 23%
- Summa Blasphemia Defeat His Holiness Escribar. 22%
- Dying Breath Witness the dying moments of Viridiana. 21%
- The Desire of the Corrupted Visit the tomb of The Lady of the Tailed Gown. 18%
- Six Stinging Pains Achieve maximum health. 18%
- The Path of the Unworthy Unlock ending B. 17%
- Ultreia Et Suseia Help the pilgrim reach his destination. 17%
- True Shrine Bring all the offerings to Lvdovico. 16%
- Flea Market Buy all the items in the Candelaria shops. 16%
- Mea Culpa Achieve the maximum level of the sword Mea Culpa. 16%
- In the name of the High Wills Bring all offerings to the Lord of the Salty Shores. 16%
- Skin and Bones Get the 7 original relics. 15%
- Detestatio Sacrorum Complete all the arena’s challenges. 15%
- Rebirth Help Cleofas on his path of redemption. 13%
- Baptism of Faith Achieve maximum fervor. 13%
- Engracia Achieve the maximum number of rosary bead slots. 13%
- Blood and Tears Unlock all the abilities on the Mea Culpa altars. 12%
- The Path of the Believer Unlock ending A. 12%
- The Fountain of Life Achieve maximum flask capacity. 12%
- Heartbreaker Get the 9 original sword hearts. 10%
- Warden of the Ossuary Get the 44 original collectibles. 9.9%
- The Bull and the Moon Release all cherubs. 9.6%
- Unwavering Devotion Get the 13 original prayers. 7.6%
- Mysteria Lucis Get the 30 original rosary beads. 7.4%
- Mediterranean Diet Save all Kissers of Wounds. 6.8%
- Witness of The Miracle Beat 100% of the game. 5.7%
- Last Words Discover the last words of the 26 original corpses. 4.9%
- Crossing Souls Provoke the meeting between Redento and Cleofás. 3.6%
- Bronze Medal Pass through the bronze door on the Bridge of Calvary in less than 3 hours. 3.3%
- Requiem Aeternam Defeat the original bosses without consuming any bile flasks. 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.