Adventure

Inscryption

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.4

Users · RAWG

2021

Released

Platforms

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📅 Release Info

Release DateOctober 19, 2021

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

AdventureStrategyIndie

Playable on

PCPlayStationNintendo

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LinuxPCmacOSPlayStation 5PlayStation 4Nintendo Switch

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About this game

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...

Pros & Cons

Pros

Combines deckbuilding, roguelike progression, exploration, horror, and metafiction.
Cabin setting, audiovisual design, and low-resolution presentation define its atmosphere.
Unfolding mystery and self-aware storytelling make progression unpredictable.
Sacrifice mechanics, deck customization, items, and risk-reward choices support tactical experimentation.
Repeated structural changes introduce new ideas throughout the game.

Cons

Later sections are less focused and atmospheric than the opening cabin.
Setting, visual style, and gameplay change substantially between sections.
Cryptic lore and meta-narrative leave some story elements unexplained.
Main campaign is relatively short for a deckbuilding game.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

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Adventure

Inscryption

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.4

Users · RAWG

2021

Released

Platforms

🔗🛒▶

📅 Release Info

Release DateOctober 19, 2021

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

AdventureStrategyIndie

Playable on

PCPlayStationNintendo

Show all 6 versions ▾

LinuxPCmacOSPlayStation 5PlayStation 4Nintendo Switch

Screenshots & Videos

About this game

Pros & Cons

Pros

Combines deckbuilding, roguelike progression, exploration, horror, and metafiction.
Cabin setting, audiovisual design, and low-resolution presentation define its atmosphere.
Unfolding mystery and self-aware storytelling make progression unpredictable.
Sacrifice mechanics, deck customization, items, and risk-reward choices support tactical experimentation.
Repeated structural changes introduce new ideas throughout the game.

Cons

Later sections are less focused and atmospheric than the opening cabin.
Setting, visual style, and gameplay change substantially between sections.
Cryptic lore and meta-narrative leave some story elements unexplained.
Main campaign is relatively short for a deckbuilding game.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

Where to Buy / Play

Official stores where this game is available. Links open the store page in a new tab.

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A Long Way Down

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Shared part of the gameplay mix: Play through repeated runs; Build a deck around card combinations

Good match

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For the Warp

StrategyPCPlayStation

Why it matches

Shared part of the gameplay mix: Play through repeated runs; Build a deck around card combinations

Good match

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Alonitaire

Role-playing (RPG)PC

Why it matches

Shared part of the gameplay mix: Play through repeated runs; Build a deck around card combinations

Good match

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Neoverse

Role-playing (RPG)PCPlayStation

Why it matches

Shared part of the gameplay mix: Play through repeated runs; Build a deck around card combinations

Good match

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Why it matches

Shared part of the gameplay mix: Play through repeated runs; Build a deck around card combinations

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