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Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
OpenCritic86IGDB82
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...
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Dark, cryptic, tiny and formally daring.
1 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs.
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EurogamerRobert PurcheseOct 2021A bold, stand-out, knockout of a card game that drips with imagination and menace.
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ZTGDAnthony MannNov 202110/10All I can really say is that I think the narrative is extremely well done and I should have expected that coming from the guy who also created Pony Island which I thoroughly enjoyed as well. The art design and the audio design are also top notch.
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Gaming NexusEric HauterOct 202110/10Go into Inscryption as unspoiled as possible, and trust in the game. You will find a deeply enjoyable card game, wrapped in a series of dark mysteries, wrapped in…well…other stuff. Part CCG game, part escape room puzzle game, and part bonkers gonzo whirlybird lunacy, Inscryption is one of the best games of the year. They should charge more for a game this good.
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PC GamerJody MacgregorOct 202169/100At its best when it's strangest, Inscryption doesn't know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.
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The Outerhaven ProductionsAndrew AgressSep 20223.5/5 starsInscryption is a Frankenstein creation like one of its gruesome hybrid cards. It takes a bunch of different pieces, sows them all together, and creates a game that's a bit wonky in some places but otherwise inventive and unique.
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IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 397 ratings.
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