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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...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
61 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“An absolute gem of indie games. And it's the kind of game you can play forever, so I think it's worth any money you might need to pay for it. But to get into more details: The first act is what made me love the game.…”
“Beautiful Great ending, amazing gameplay, emotional at times, this game is everything at once, and I love it”
“game wanted me to submit a file that would do damage based on its size. i gave it a picture of your mom and won instantly 10/10 absolute cinema”
41 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“An absolute gem of indie games. And it's the kind of game you can play forever, so I think it's worth any money you might need to pay for it. But to get into more details: The first act is what made me love the game.…”
“Beautiful Great ending, amazing gameplay, emotional at times, this game is everything at once, and I love it”
“Initially a stylish and immersive experience, but within its first few hours totally shifts in structure and presentation in a way that some will call narrative genius, others a rug pull. The game was marketed and sold…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“An absolute gem of indie games. And it's the kind of game you can play forever, so I think it's worth any money you might need to pay for it. But to get into more details: The first act is what made me love the game.…”
“Words fail to describe my opinion of this game but I will still try. This game is by far the greatest game I have played. Normally I leave a game after I get the credits to roll, I move on to other things. However this…”
“Without a doubt the best indie games, if not just any game in general, that I have ever had the privilege of playing. The storyline is amazing and enjoyable to follow along, and the Kaycee's mod brings back probably the…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Beautiful Great ending, amazing gameplay, emotional at times, this game is everything at once, and I love it”
“Pains me to leave a bad review, but the game is a bit misleading. The First act of the game is exactly as advertised, retro style graphics, 3d card game mechanics. And so on. Once you complete this act, which is…”
“Initially a stylish and immersive experience, but within its first few hours totally shifts in structure and presentation in a way that some will call narrative genius, others a rug pull. The game was marketed and sold…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“An absolute gem of indie games. And it's the kind of game you can play forever, so I think it's worth any money you might need to pay for it. But to get into more details: The first act is what made me love the game.…”
“I don't even enjoy card/boardgames that much but this is by far the best one. It has so many mixes of different games but done right, making it truly a unique and memorable game. Its cheap and has lots of good hours of…”
“Excellent game for its price. First playthrough should me made without any guides for the best experience.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“An absolute gem of indie games. And it's the kind of game you can play forever, so I think it's worth any money you might need to pay for it. But to get into more details: The first act is what made me love the game.…”
“funny little card game, act 2 was sorta mid”
“Pains me to leave a bad review, but the game is a bit misleading. The First act of the game is exactly as advertised, retro style graphics, 3d card game mechanics. And so on. Once you complete this act, which is…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“9/10 noice story, good gameplay, pretty, sad they didnt include much of the other card makers aswell.”
“the ending is a bit disappointing, but i still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game i really wish kaycees mod had the option to switch through themes, like what if i wanna do P03 in kaycees mod? or the other two that barely had the…”
“The game is fun but a bit long. The core mechanics are great and if you like strategy and turn base fighting (in a sense) then it's a good pickup.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“it has its moments and a lot of good ideas but it's weighed down by a pseudo-protagonist that didn't need to exist and his lackluster acting. most of the story feels like those ARGs where the author doesn't know or care…”
“the ending is a bit disappointing, but i still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game i really wish kaycees mod had the option to switch through themes, like what if i wanna do P03 in kaycees mod? or the other two that barely had the…”
“Well, I am certainly late the hype, so I imagine most people will ignore this review, but yeah, this game is amazing. I got most of the puzzles and the shifts in gameplay are jarring but welcoming. I will admit getting…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“the ending is a bit disappointing, but i still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game i really wish kaycees mod had the option to switch through themes, like what if i wanna do P03 in kaycees mod? or the other two that barely had the…”
“Saw Matkiplier play this game ages ago and with the discount i was able to get it, a masterpiece, I'm not even a person that plays a lot of card games but this had me hooked, only thing is, I wish we could have fought…”
“One of my favorite deck building games. Great main campaign, good twists, story is fun. But the best part is Kaceys mod. The only thing this game is missing is endless mode.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Well, I am certainly late the hype, so I imagine most people will ignore this review, but yeah, this game is amazing. I got most of the puzzles and the shifts in gameplay are jarring but welcoming. I will admit getting…”
“The game is in fun and the visual is very unique. It has an awesome way to introduce the player to the world of the game itself. The only problem i found is that the game give you a lot of concepts very fast, it doesnt…”
“I didnt have a lot of expectations but i loved every second of it, please give it a try even if its a little hard at the start dont give up :)”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“actual complete game, no cons at all. highly recommend and please go in blind”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“[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“Love this game So much replay-ability Incredibly story as well!! So worth it!!”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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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
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Card Battler · Card Game · Story Rich · Deckbuilding · Horror · Dark · Puzzle · Rogue-lite · Strategy · Rogue-like · Psychological · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://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