<p>Actors involved in the governance of a given issue often attribute blame and responsibility to other actors. While such dynamics are usually studied for highly politicized and conflictive issues involving acute crises, pressure for actors to act, and related reputational implications, we study blame and responsibility attribution for a situation of little public attention, a so-called creeping crisis. In this context, we ask how patterns of blame and responsibility attribution develop across actors from different governance levels, actor types, and organizational roles. We do so by descriptively mapping the public media discourse on antimicrobial resistances (AMR) in Switzerland and Germany, based on 633 statements coded in media articles. Results reveal generally more responsibility than blame attribution to others. Whether blame and responsibility are rather attributed to similar rather than dissimilar others depends on actors’ governance level, actor type or organizational role. Overall, understanding the dynamics of blame and responsibility attribution is important, as they influence policy design, and might increase the risk of political deadlock.</p>