Inscryption box art
Playing Played Wish List Backlog
Add to Shelf Add to List

See more on IGDB

Inscryption (2021)

Daniel Mullins Games

Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

4.29 from 1185 ratings · #143 top rated on Grouvee

3523 members have it in their collection · 151 playing now · 1145 backlogged · 473 wish listed

How long? Main story 16h · with extras 18h · 100% 78h (from 82 logged playthroughs)

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...

Details

Developers
Daniel Mullins Games
Publishers
Daniel Mullins Games, Devolver Digital
Genres
Adventure, Card & Board Game, Indie, Puzzle, Strategy
Themes
Horror, Mystery
Events
BitSummit The 13th Summer of Yokai, Indie World Showcase 11.9.2022, INDIE Live Expo 2022 Day 1, BitSummit THE 8th BIT, Devolver Digital 2021
Steam
View on Steam

Release dates

  • Oct 19, 2021 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 30, 2022 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
  • Dec 01, 2022 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Apr 10, 2023 (Worldwide) Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

Related

Updates

Featured in lists

Top 20: 2020s (ongoing) by SIGINT · 20 games · 6
watched by maksunchik · 86 games · 0
2021 Favorites by SIGINT · 10 games · 0
Games, Ranked by Cukie · 112 games · 0
indie favs by bintopeans · 8 games · 0
Played + Completed (Main Story) by Teh_Cheat · 99 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
576
4 stars
429
3 stars
139
2 stars
30
1 star
11

Community All Reviews Statuses

BMO

Status BMO Mar 23, 2022

Inscryption for GDC Game of the Year 2022 is awesome

— Rami Ismail (رامي) (@tha_rami) March 24, 2022

if I do buy a Steam Deck, it will probably be to play Inscryption.

Permalink
LElena1

Status LElena1 Jan 24, 2022

I am simply in love with this game. The definition of an indie game.

Permalink
peter

Status peter Dec 28, 2021

OK, so far this thing is really living up to the hype. I think I'm halfway through the game? I don't know. It's pretty wild.

Permalink
peter

Status peter Dec 27, 2021

Ok, I’ve played an hour of this maybe? It’s getting hard, but it doesn’t seem like it matters? I don’t know what to think about this thing yet. I’m compelled to play it again. That’s about all I know.

Permalink
SIGINT

Status SIGINT Dec 17, 2021

I just played this for the entire afternoon and am about to go play more after dinner, so that kinda says it all.

Spoilery discussion:

I’ve kinda figured out up until a “thing” where I have gotten this film reel and have to beat the dude to use his camera. I made it to that battle and lost… oh well, …

Read more

I just played this for the entire afternoon and am about to go play more after dinner, so that kinda says it all.

Spoilery discussion:

I’ve kinda figured out up until a “thing” where I have gotten this film reel and have to beat the dude to use his camera. I made it to that battle and lost… oh well, this game is more fun for me to play than the average roguelike game so I don’t mind running through again until I get it. Didn’t enjoy even a card-based one like Slay the Spire nearly this much. There are some really powerful combos of things in the card part of this game that feel fun to use, my favorite being the totem making squirrels unkillable to summon tons of units and accumulate bones as well. Of course this is not even taking into account all the stuff outside the card game which I have enjoyed poking around in quite a bit. I wonder why you can’t select “new game” in the menu… very curious…

Edit: Ok now I know why and I am not sure how I feel about that…

Read less
Permalink
BMO

Status BMO Nov 10, 2021

I've seen people discussing this but I didn't realize it is a Daniel Mullins game (Pony Island).

Permalink
MarioPrime

Status MarioPrime Oct 19, 2021

Just here to evangelize about Inscryption, which came out today and is... unbelievable. I recommend not really looking much up about it, if you can. There's a demo on Steam if you want to try it, but definitely avoid spoilers if you can. Elevator pitch here is that its a roguelike deckbuilder, that's also an escape room horror game. But …

Read more

Just here to evangelize about Inscryption, which came out today and is... unbelievable. I recommend not really looking much up about it, if you can. There's a demo on Steam if you want to try it, but definitely avoid spoilers if you can. Elevator pitch here is that its a roguelike deckbuilder, that's also an escape room horror game. But that's only scratching the surface.

Read less
Permalink
Rastaanparta

Status Rastaanparta Sep 24, 2021

Inscryption has been under my radar even since the developer Daniel Mullins announced a year ago he is going to turn his excellent Ludum Dare entry Sacrifices Must Be Made into a full game. After playing the demo, which was just released on Steam with the release date October 19, I couldn't be more excited. Mullins proves once again his …

Read more

Inscryption has been under my radar even since the developer Daniel Mullins announced a year ago he is going to turn his excellent Ludum Dare entry Sacrifices Must Be Made into a full game. After playing the demo, which was just released on Steam with the release date October 19, I couldn't be more excited. Mullins proves once again his talent of building a strong atmosphere which pulls you into his beautifully twisted visions.

Read less
Permalink