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Inscryption

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

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AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

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...

Inscryption is an Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 148,667 reviews).

965
playing now
97%
positive of 149k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74
twitch viewers (latest)
12.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (391 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (645 downloads)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (13,119 ratings)
86/100
opencritic · mighty · 96% recommend · from 83 critics
15h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 20h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

965 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 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
  • · 965 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,463 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~933/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,427 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 149,309 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$7.99-60%
GOG$7.99-60%
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 116 of 165 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: 766 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.0k5992026-09-16 04:00 — 892 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 770 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 961 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 998 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 751 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 816 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 764 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 835 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,098 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 846 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 599 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 992 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 750 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,421 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,957 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,054 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,323 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,502 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,128 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,451 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,122 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,051 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 880 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 965 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k767Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 10,964 · peak 17,044Dec 2021 — avg 6,386 · peak 11,268Feb 2022 — avg 3,026 · peak 5,815Apr 2022 — avg 1,893 · peak 3,008Jun 2022 — avg 1,485 · peak 2,963Aug 2022 — avg 1,313 · peak 2,183Oct 2022 — avg 1,266 · peak 3,542Dec 2022 — avg 1,659 · peak 2,885Feb 2023 — avg 1,103 · peak 1,554Apr 2023 — avg 1,137 · peak 3,191Jun 2023 — avg 1,114 · peak 2,255Aug 2023 — avg 1,206 · peak 1,980Oct 2023 — avg 1,451 · peak 5,698Dec 2023 — avg 1,790 · peak 3,111Feb 2024 — avg 1,341 · peak 2,011Apr 2024 — avg 1,425 · peak 3,723Jun 2024 — avg 1,191 · peak 3,690Aug 2024 — avg 1,580 · peak 3,122Oct 2024 — avg 1,381 · peak 2,922Dec 2024 — avg 1,647 · peak 2,560Feb 2025 — avg 1,114 · peak 1,873Apr 2025 — avg 1,117 · peak 2,414Jun 2025 — avg 1,193 · peak 2,119Aug 2025 — avg 885 · peak 1,207Oct 2025 — avg 1,217 · peak 2,229Dec 2025 — avg 1,727 · peak 4,329Feb 2026 — avg 1,242 · peak 1,898Apr 2026 — avg 767 · peak 1,285Jun 2026 — avg 1,287 · peak 2,266Aug 2026 — avg 990 · peak 1,470
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
61612026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 28 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 14 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 13 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 18 new positive2026-09-28: 23 new positive2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 19 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 27 new positive2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 23 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 25 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 45 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 36 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 61 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 44 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 29 new positive2026-10-12: 34 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 20 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$20.02$5.992021-09-242026-10-152021-09-24 — 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 $7.992026-09-17 — best price $7.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7322382026-05-29 — 297 pageviews2026-06-02 — 375 pageviews2026-06-06 — 290 pageviews2026-06-10 — 280 pageviews2026-06-14 — 368 pageviews2026-06-18 — 307 pageviews2026-06-22 — 336 pageviews2026-06-26 — 315 pageviews2026-06-30 — 329 pageviews2026-07-04 — 291 pageviews2026-07-08 — 351 pageviews2026-07-12 — 306 pageviews2026-07-16 — 250 pageviews2026-07-20 — 400 pageviews2026-07-24 — 273 pageviews2026-07-28 — 307 pageviews2026-08-01 — 252 pageviews2026-08-05 — 263 pageviews2026-08-09 — 283 pageviews2026-08-13 — 242 pageviews2026-08-17 — 284 pageviews2026-08-21 — 294 pageviews2026-08-25 — 732 pageviews2026-08-29 — 293 pageviews2026-09-02 — 295 pageviews2026-09-06 — 511 pageviews2026-09-10 — 363 pageviews2026-09-14 — 364 pageviews2026-09-18 — 289 pageviews2026-09-22 — 310 pageviews2026-09-26 — 317 pageviews2026-09-30 — 289 pageviews2026-10-04 — 298 pageviews2026-10-08 — 372 pageviews2026-10-12 — 381 pageviews2026-10-14 — 347 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

49532026-10-01 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 224 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 428 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 150 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 146 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 74 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-19 (Steam store data)

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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