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Play Overview
Inscryption (2021) starts as a card-based adventure where you build a deck of cards to take on adventures and battles. To this, it adds escape-room-style puzzles, both in the card game and in the room in which you are playing. The result is a psychological horror that slowly reveals bloody secrets inscribed on the cards.
Made by the creator of Pony Island, this has the same third-wall-breaking play. You are never quite sure what the card game is and the wider world in which are playing. Solve lock combinations, access writing bureaus, and deal with buried artefacts. The challenges soon start to mount up as you unlock the secrets lurking behind the walls of Leshy's cabin and embark on an unexpected and deeply disturbing odyssey.
As you progress you acquire a deck of woodland creature cards that grow in power. Obtaining these cards, however, requires more than luck and judgment. Your character in the game is called to perform surgery and self-mutilation.
Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Inscryption 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
Made by the creator of Pony Island, this has the same third-wall-breaking play. You are never quite sure what the card game is and the wider world in which are playing. Solve lock combinations, access writing bureaus, and deal with buried artefacts. The challenges soon start to mount up as you unlock the secrets lurking behind the walls of Leshy's cabin and embark on an unexpected and deeply disturbing odyssey.
As you progress you acquire a deck of woodland creature cards that grow in power. Obtaining these cards, however, requires more than luck and judgment. Your character in the game is called to perform surgery and self-mutilation.
Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Inscryption 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is an Adventure and Brain Game game with Collecting, Communication, Narrative and Puzzle elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 13 hours and 20 hours to complete. Inscryption appears to be a repeating-round card game, but soon turns into its story-driven horror experience. There is a free expansion called Kaycee’s Mod that lets you play the card game without the story. This turns Act 1 of Inscryption into a proper deck-builder roguelike, competing with challenge runs and seemingly endless unlockables.
Benefits
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Skill Level
14+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. You need to be able to learn what the cards do and make tactical decisions. Also, as the game changes you need to be able to interpret the narrative and consider implications of your choices.
Costs
Inscryption usually costs £15.99 to £19.99.
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
Inscryption
 | Xbox X|S | £16.74 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
| Xbox One | £16.74 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
| PC | £16.74 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
 | Switch | £17.99 | – | – |
 | PC | £16.79 | – | – |
| Mac | £16.79 | – | – |
 | PS5 | £15.99 | – | Free PS Plus Extra |
| PS4 | £15.99 | – | Free PS Plus Extra |
 | Mac | £19.99 | – | – |
| iOS | £19.99 | – | – |
Game Details
Release Date: 19/10/2021, updated in 2023
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Brain Game (Collecting, Communication, Narrative and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 25 features
Components: 2D Overhead, Cards and Hand-Made
Developer: D Mullins Games (@DMullinsGames)
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