Inscryption

4.8 out of 5
29 User Ratings
5 Stars
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About Inscryption

About this game

From the creator of Pony Island and The Hex comes the latest mind melting, self-destructing love letter to video games. Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

In Inscryption you will...

  • Acquire a deck of woodland creature cards by draft, surgery, and self mutilation
  • Unlock the secrets lurking behind the walls of Leshy's cabin
  • Embark on an unexpected and deeply disturbing odyssey

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM)
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 (4 * 3200); AMD FX-4350 (4 * 4200)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 2048 VRAM; Radeon RX 460 4096 VRAM
  • Storage: 3 GB available space

Critic Reviews

75 / 100
"Though uneven in its middle section, Inscryption is a clever and refreshing horror-adventure card game."
90 / 100
"Inscryption is refreshingly unique. With all the roguelike deckbuilders popping up these days, they can all start to blend together. Inscryption manages to stand out from the...
80 / 100
"The game is an unholy hybrid of a roguelike deck-builder and first-person escape-room experience that reveals itself to be a grand reflection of and meditation on lives lived...
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Just Right
72.48%
Tough
21.1%
Unforgiving
0.92%
Relax & enjoy! 72.48%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
5.88%
Played It
6.72%
Halfway
10.08%
Beat It
54.62%
Conquered It
22.69%
Completionist! 22.69%  of players have Conquered It

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~8 Hours
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~12 Hours
31.87%
~20 Hours
49.45%
~40 Hours
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~60 Hours
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>= 80 Hours
1.1%
Achievement Hunter?
1.1% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Inscryption User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 29 ratings
87% of users would recommend this.
4.8

User Ratings Breakdown

5 Stars
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5 Stars
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4 Stars
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4 Stars
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11 - 17 of 15 Reviews

Fantastic combination of progression, discovery and atmosphere.

JTrain83
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Fantastic! I avoided any spoilers and it was worth it. I really love the progression and discovery. Love the atmosphere provided by the combination of the SFX, music and visuals!
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Top notch lite-horror rogue-lite deck-builder from the maker of Hex and Pony Island!

Bruno L
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Inscryption is the 3rd published game from Mullins Games. Looks and feels indie and is a great upgrade from Pony Island and Hex. It follows a similar unconventional storytelling, starting in the middle of the story and slowly piecing together what must be done. Inscryption is just layers upon layers, sometimes meta, and has some really nice surprises. It's difficult to not spoil this game for you, so... if you like deck-builder card-games, very rogue lite, with top notch lite-horror story background, and slowly introducing mechanics through a discovery process which will only frustrate the most impatient of players, then this game is for you.
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Thejakman
Inscryption is a rogue like card game, in which you are locked in a cabin with a not-so-nice person whom insists you play card games. It is your objective to find a way out of this mess before your captor grows bored! In short, Inscryption mixes elements of TGC card games with roguelike and escape room elements. Each run you start from scratch, picking a "route" like in Slay the Spire, with each stop on the trail being an encounter. This in itself is fun, but Inscryption raises the bar by giving you the option of *getting up from the table* to explore the space and possibly find items to help you defeat your enigmatic captor. There is a lot more to the game, but I won't venture there, as it is major spoiler territory. Suffice to say there are more layers in the game that one might expect. My only gripe with the game is probably the RNG involved with each run. Some runs were doomed from the start, some gave me incredible combos out of the gate. This randomness made it feel less like skill and more like luck. But this is pretty typical for card games. A good starting hand can be the difference between victory or defeat. My second complaint is that I wanted more escape room stuff. All in all, sn easy recommend.
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Recommended

Fanatical User
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My GOTY 2021, a fantastic deckbuilder with so much more behind it, it's best to go in blind. You are in for quite the ride.
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Fanatical User
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Fun game of cards with some hidden depths that take you on wild trips. While I love the game I felt it was a bit short and wanted to see more from it.
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Recommended

Fanatical User
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This is a fantastic game with deep lore. It's also a fun card game to boot with.
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Recommended

Firedude77
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It is an awesome card game. It constantly surprised me as I progressed through the game. Talking anything about the game would be a spoiler though, so I will leave it at that.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 72% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 22% of GameFAQs users said Inscryption is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Inscryption is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck.
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM)
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 (4 * 3200); AMD FX-4350 (4 * 4200)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 2048 VRAM; Radeon RX 460 4096 VRAM
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 19 hours. 91% of users played Inscryption for over 12 hours.
Yes, Inscryption has broad critical consensus. 94% of critics on Metacritic recommend Inscryption. The Metascore is 85 out of 100.
87% of Fanatical users recommend Inscryption. The average review score is 4.8/5
Yes, 87% of Fanatical users and 94% of critics on Metacritic recommend Inscryption.
Inscryption was released on October 19, 2021
Inscryption is published by Devolver Digital
Inscryption was developed by Daniel Mullins Games
Fanatical users tagged Inscryption as Puzzle, Deckbuilding, Roguelike, and Card Battler
Fanatical users tagged Inscryption as Psychological, Dark, Horror, and Surreal
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Inscryption as Puzzle
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Inscryption as Deckbuilding
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Inscryption as Roguelike

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