Inscryption

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...

EnglishAdventureIndieStrategyOctober 20, 2021
Masterpiece
GamePickHub score
96% of 135,843 Steam reviews positive
Metacritic 85
-60%$19.99$7.99
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At a glance

● Pros

  • Acclaimed: 96% of 135,843 Steam players recommend it
  • Metacritic critic score 85
  • English supported
  • 60% off right now ($7.99)
  • Runs on low-end PCs (min. 4GB RAM)

● Cons

No notable downsides in the data.

Great for

  • Exploration and storytelling
  • Discovering distinctive indie games
  • Thinking ahead and managing resources

Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.

What players talk about

How often each topic comes up in 52 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 94% of them recommend the game

  • Story👍 13 👎 1
  • Difficulty👍 7 👎 1
  • Amount of content👍 5 👎 2
  • Atmosphere👍 4 👎 2
  • Graphics👍 4 👎 1
  • Combat & action👍 4 👎 1
  • Music & sound👍 3 👎 1
  • Grind & repetition👍 2 👎 1
  • Freedom & exploration👍 2 👎 1

Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.

“I think most of the people who write reviews for this game would back me up on this.”
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About the 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 inscribed 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

Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)

PC 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: 3 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

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