

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... 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
- Body horror
- Animal harm
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Intimate, bleak, plot-driven and grave.
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Daniel Mullins Games
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital, Daniel Mullins Games
- Released
- October 19, 2021
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 10 h rushed · 16 h main story · 20 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 397 ratings.
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