9 Best Hidden Gem Video Games Of 2019

by Joe Pring

1. Blasphemous

Blasphemous character
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Borrowing the hopeless atmosphere and currency systems of FromSoftware's Dark Souls series and built around the ever-popular Metroidvania formula, Blasphemous' bleak world makes any of Mel Gibson's religiously contentious works look like a Pixar flick by comparison.

Drenched in blood, gore and unsettling iconography, the luxurious nature - both mechanically and aesthetically - of The Game Kitchen's debut title has the hallmarks of a well-funded indie (there's an oxymoron for you) when in reality, it was crafted from a modest Kickstarter budget.

If you've even a passing interest in indirect, alternative storytelling and weighty combat, Blasphemous deserves your utmost attention, if only so you can contribute to the ongoing discussion surrounding its quizzical narrative.

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Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.