Go in blind: constant surprises and twists
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Just buy this game and walk into knowing as little as possible. You won't be disappointed.”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗
Inscryption
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%Daniel Mullins Games2021Card Battler · Card Game · Deckbuilding
The verdict
A genre-bending deckbuilder with a superb creepy first act and a story best entered blind. Skip it if you only want a straight roguelike card game, since later acts change style and mechanics.
Great for
Players who enjoy atmospheric mysteries, meta storytelling and card games, and who go in blind
Main risk
Acts 2 and 3 switch genre, art and mechanics, which feels like a bait-and-switch if you wanted Act 1 only
What players love
Incredible atmosphere, art and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The atmosphere is incredible, the soundtrack I literally put in my playylist”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
Deep card synergies and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I keep coming back to find more nonsensical card synergies and exploits, long after I finished the main story.”
Steam review · 101.3 h played ↗
Kaycee's Mod adds a hard post-game roguelike
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“the Kaycee's mod roguelike mode is great fun”
Steam review · 29.6 h played ↗
Accessible, forgiving deckbuilding for newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Even if you haven't touched cards in your life, let alone know anything about them or how to play them, this WILL become one of the best gaming experiences of your life.”
Steam review · 27.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Acts 2 and 3 are a big step down from Act 1
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Inscryption is a brilliant 3-hour demo for a game that doesn't actually exist.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Misleading marketing: store page shows only Act 1
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“What you see on the steam store/marketing is only 1/3 of the game.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Heavy RNG and frustrating losses
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The RNG is infuriating. And the game doesn't seem to follow it's own rules.”
Steam review · 67.6 h played ↗
Disappointing ending and ARG/meta story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The meta-narrative is a grab bag of WTF that detracts from the game more and more as the game goes on until the ending basically ruins the entire experience.”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
Repetitive, tedious and slow pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“6 hours into this things, its overwhelmingly boring and repetative”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
Can't restart acts without wiping the save
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“good until act 2 then theres no way of restarting except finish act 2 which is soooo boring”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM)
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 (4 * 3200); AMD FX-4350 (4 * 4200)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050 2048 VRAM; Radeon RX 460 4096 VRAM
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM)
Storage3 GB available space
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