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Inscryption

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...

Released Oct 19, 2021 Developer Daniel Mullins Games Publisher Devolver Digital Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Card BattlerCard GameStory RichDeckbuildingHorror
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.9%positive131,890 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 46 found this helpful

“actual complete game, no cons at all. highly recommend and please go in blind”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“[h1]Inscryption is not your ordinary deckbuilder game[/h1] [hr][/hr] [b]Inscryption[/b] was my favourite game for a while after I completed it for the first time, this game is one of the most unique experiences you can have with video games, I can’t say much, but this game is…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“Love this game So much replay-ability Incredibly story as well!! So worth it!!”

— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1,351playing at last check
1,59524-hour peak
17,044all-time peak
0 10k 20k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 11k avg · Oct 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

40achievements
41.2%median completion
2.6%rarest: Skull Storm
93.5% of players 90.9% of players 88.2% of players 81.6% of players 79.4% of players 72.7% of players 72.1% of players 71.0% of players 70.1% of players 65.0% of players 56.3% of players 55.2% of players 54.2% of players 52.3% of players 51.9% of players 51.1% of players 44.0% of players 43.9% of players 42.0% of players 41.4% of players 41.2% of players 41.0% of players 25.4% of players 22.3% of players 18.2% of players 17.1% of players 15.1% of players 14.0% of players 13.9% of players 12.0% of players 8.5% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.1% of players 5.3% of players 4.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 93.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.5%Blood Artist — Hidden achievement
90.9%Miner's Bane — Defeat The Prospector.
88.2%Innocuous Insect — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
2.6%Skull Storm — Hidden achievement
3.0%Master Trinketeer — Hidden achievement
3.3%Bad Moon — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99−60% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US7.99 USD−60%
EU7.99 EUR−60%
UK6.71 GBP−60%
Australia11.58 AUD−60%
Canada9.11 CAD−60%
Japan820 JPY−60%
Brazil19.99 BRL−60%
China35.20 CNY−60%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.9 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$9.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 30, 2026
InterfaceX Sale and bundle with Forbidden Solitaire

We're excited to be featured in the InterfaceX Sale ongoing now where we've got Inscryption at 60% off!Also launching now we've got a very cool bundle with Forbidden Solitaire that just released today

Oct 18, 2025
Inscryption 4th Anniversary Steam is LIVE

Watch it here! Cover art by goofmark! https://x.com/goofmark_

Oct 19, 2024
3rd Anniversary Stream - LIVE NOW

Expect... Q&A Special guests Showcases of fan art, mods, and real-life crafts Surprise giveaways Pony Island 2 teasers! YouTube Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6PxKJKnu Twitch Stream: https:/

Mar 14, 2024
Pre-Order Your Inscryption Deluxe Triple Vinyl Now

The Inscryption soundtrack is about to go physical, and you can pre-order your Deluxe Triple Vinyl on the Devolver Merch Store (EU) or Devolver Merch Store (US) now. now. 30 specially mastered tracks

Dec 08, 2023
The next game from the creator of Inscryption…

Friends, grizzlies, Mantis Gods, lend me your ears. I’ve been hard at work on my next game and I’m quite excited to show it to you. This game features much of the same madness that you found in Inscry

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsCard Battler · Card Game · Story Rich · Deckbuilding · Horror · Dark · Puzzle · Rogue-lite · Strategy · Rogue-like · Psychological · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Achievements40
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.inscryption-game.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

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