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…
Inscryption is an adventure developed by Daniel Mullins Games, released 19 October 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $7.99 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 15.4 hrs to finish.
What Inscryption is
Inscryption is an adventure game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Inscryption holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 400 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.4 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $7.99, that works out to about $0.52 per hour of the main story, or $0.40 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100), 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.99 at Gamesplanet, 60% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Inscryption launched on 19 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Inscryption yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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