Games Like Blasphemous on Mobile (Android & iOS)

If you looked this up, there's a good chance you're on your phone right now — so lead with the good news: Blasphemous itself is on mobile. You don't need a lookalike. It's on Android and iOS through Netflix Games, the full game, bundled with a Netflix subscription. If you already pay for Netflix, you can install it tonight and skip the rest of this list.

But Blasphemous is one game, and you'll finish it. The harder question is what to download next — the dark, tough action-platformers and metroidvanias that actually run on a phone, not the console-only ones people keep recommending by mistake. Below are the ones that genuinely exist on Android and iOS, with a note on price and controller support for each, because that's what trips people up in the store.

Blasphemous (Netflix Games)

Start here. The mobile version isn't a cut-down spin-off — it's the same grim, gorgeous, brutally hard metroidvania, with the pixel gore and the boss patterns intact. It runs through the Netflix mobile app rather than a separate store listing, so search "Blasphemous" inside Netflix Games, not the App Store.

Price: free with a Netflix subscription (no in-app purchases). Controller: supported, and recommended — the touch controls are fine but Blasphemous punishes imprecision.

If you want the wider console-and-PC picture once you're done, there's a full games like Blasphemous roundup that covers Hollow Knight, Nine Sols, and the rest.

Dead Cells

The best action port on phones, full stop. Dead Cells is a roguelike-metroidvania hybrid — you fight through a shifting castle, die, and start over a little stronger — and the mobile version keeps every weapon, mutation, and DLC. The touch controls were rebuilt for the small screen and they actually work, which is rare for a game this fast.

It shares Blasphemous' DNA in the pixel-art violence and the reading-not-mashing combat, though it's quicker and less oppressive in tone. Price: premium, paid once (DLC sold separately). It's also on Netflix Games free with a subscription. Controller: full support. If you're weighing it up, we've written both is Dead Cells worth it and a games like Dead Cells list.

Pascal's Wager

The soulslike built for touchscreens. Where most mobile action games shrink a console game down, Pascal's Wager was designed for phones from the start — a dark-fantasy world of plague and fallen gods, heavy weapons, stamina-managed combat, and bosses that demand patience. If the gothic dread and the deliberate, weighty fighting are what hooked you in Blasphemous, this is the closest feel on the platform.

It's 3D rather than 2D, so it plays more like a compact Dark Souls than a metroidvania, but the mood lines up. Price: premium, paid once (with paid DLC chapters). Controller: supported.

Grimvalor

A sharp, stylish action-platformer that leans soulslike in its combat rhythm — dodge, punish, learn the boss. Grimvalor sends you through a cursed kingdom with fluid hack-and-slash melee and a satisfying difficulty curve. It's more linear than a true metroidvania, but the moment-to-moment fighting is some of the cleanest on mobile.

Price: free to download — the first act is free, and one in-app purchase unlocks the full game (no ads, no other microtransactions). Controller: supported.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

The closest thing to a full classic metroidvania on your phone. Bloodstained is Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor to Castlevania — a sprawling gothic castle, hundreds of items and spells, a deep map to explore and backtrack through. The mobile port carries the whole game across, which makes it the pick if what you miss from Blasphemous is the exploration and the item-hunting more than the punishment.

It's less relentless than Blasphemous and more of a build-crafting sandbox, but the dark castle atmosphere is right there. Price: premium, paid once. Controller: supported.

Implosion: Never Lose Hope

The outlier, and a good one. Implosion isn't a metroidvania — it's a fast, console-grade 3D action game about a mech-suited soldier fighting through the ruins of a lost Earth. It's here because it's one of the few mobile games with combat depth and production values that hold up next to the others, with combo-driven fighting and real boss encounters.

Play it when you want the same intensity and challenge in a different shape. Price: premium, paid once. Controller: MFi and Bluetooth support.

A note on what's not on mobile

Plenty of "games like Blasphemous" lists recommend Hollow Knight, Nine Sols, The Last Faith, Salt and Sanctuary, or Ender Lilies. They're all excellent — and none of them are on Android or iOS as of now. If you see them recommended for your phone, that's a mistake worth knowing about before you go looking in the store. Stick to the six above and you'll actually be able to download them.

If you're chasing this on PC too: KUTO: The Lock of Time

One to keep on your radar for when you're back at a desk — and to be upfront, it's our own game, so weigh that as you read. KUTO: The Lock of Time is a time-bending action Metroidvania: side-on movement, a fast melee weapon, an interconnected world, and tough boss fights built to be learned. To be clear, it's a PC game on Steam for Windows — not on phones — so this is a "follow it / play it on PC" pick, not a mobile download.

The hook is time. You play Jokoan Kuto, an outcast from the Order of the Time Guardians who is betrayed by the gods, escapes death, and survives by merging with the titan Kronos. That bond arms him with the Scythe of Kronos — a fast, physical melee weapon — and command over time itself: bullet-time, rewind, dash, and more. You carry two time powers at a time and swap which pair you bring between runs.

KUTO: The Lock of Time is in Early Access on Steam for Windows.

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