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Inscryption

Daniel Mullins Games · Devolver Digital · 2021-10-19

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AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 19, 2021 (Linux), Oct 19, 2021 (Mac), Dec 01, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

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...

899
playing now
97%
positive of 148k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
152
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (391 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 20h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

899 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Inscryption is a 2021 roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. Directed by Daniel Mullins, it was originally released for Windows on October 19, 2021, and on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S over the following two years. The game puts the player in a cabin where a mysterious gamemaster makes them play a tabletop game.

Trailer

Inscryption trailer thumbnail

Inscryption Trailer | Devolver Digital E3 2021

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 899 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,903 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,113/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 3.0M–6.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 148,092 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 90 of 140 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15k15k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 13,185 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 594 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15,315 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12,677 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 396 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11,137 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4,047 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,976 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,703 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,577 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,675 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,204 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,539 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,256 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,732 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,005 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,865 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,127 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,685 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,049 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,584 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,250 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,004 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,337 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,199 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,773 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,500 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,590 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,332 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,704 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,780 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,749 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,564 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,239 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,059 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,262 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,619 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,102 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k8162026-08-06 21:00 — 899 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 949 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,134 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 916 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 967 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,178 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 994 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,081 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,260 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,031 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 927 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,142 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 926 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 953 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,185 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 816 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 872 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,049 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,110 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 860 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 947 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 930 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 953 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 994 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,033 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 907 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 904 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,093 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 899 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.02$5.992021-09-242026-08-302021-09-24 — best price $17.992021-12-08 — best price $15.992022-02-14 — best price $15.992022-04-13 — best price $13.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-08-02 — best price $19.992022-09-23 — best price $12.492022-11-28 — best price $11.992023-01-16 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $11.992023-06-26 — best price $12.992023-08-18 — best price $13.992023-10-23 — best price $9.992023-12-14 — best price $9.992024-02-11 — best price $9.992024-03-24 — best price $16.792024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-07-12 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $16.792024-10-26 — best price $19.992024-12-14 — best price $19.992025-02-06 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $8.392025-06-18 — best price $7.992025-08-22 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $5.992026-02-11 — best price $7.992026-04-06 — best price $17.792026-05-18 — best price $16.792026-07-24 — best price $7.992026-08-28 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7322272026-05-29 — 297 pageviews2026-06-01 — 325 pageviews2026-06-04 — 390 pageviews2026-06-07 — 320 pageviews2026-06-10 — 280 pageviews2026-06-13 — 306 pageviews2026-06-16 — 308 pageviews2026-06-19 — 321 pageviews2026-06-22 — 336 pageviews2026-06-25 — 316 pageviews2026-06-28 — 376 pageviews2026-07-01 — 300 pageviews2026-07-04 — 291 pageviews2026-07-07 — 286 pageviews2026-07-10 — 348 pageviews2026-07-13 — 329 pageviews2026-07-16 — 250 pageviews2026-07-19 — 405 pageviews2026-07-22 — 335 pageviews2026-07-25 — 227 pageviews2026-07-28 — 307 pageviews2026-07-31 — 255 pageviews2026-08-03 — 314 pageviews2026-08-06 — 326 pageviews2026-08-09 — 283 pageviews2026-08-12 — 305 pageviews2026-08-15 — 259 pageviews2026-08-18 — 240 pageviews2026-08-21 — 294 pageviews2026-08-24 — 313 pageviews2026-08-26 — 619 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

17302026-08-27 08:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 173 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 172 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 80 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 152 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "Blood Artist"
41.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50,7824%40
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)11,3882%40
PS5 (PlayStation)9,13711%41
PS5 (PlayStation)9,04810%41
PS4 (PlayStation)5,9988%41
PS4 (PlayStation)3,7319%41
Switch (Nintendo)6050%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkHorrorPuzzleSurrealStrategyCard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichCard Battler

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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