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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...

Release DateOct 19, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96.9% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 3% / 96.9%  Top 3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.5% Top 1% / 95.5%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)95K  Top 1% / 102.7K  Top 1%
Curators366 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time20.2 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1 hour  Top 25%
Followers106.3K  Top 1%
Owners± 2.3M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 2.1M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 25.9M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Inscryption steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Inscryption's Steam rating and reviews between October 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 96.3% (October 2021) and 97.2% (January 2022), with only very small variations.

With its 102.7K reviews Top 1%, Inscryption is indisputably a major AAA level success. The January 2022 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Inscryption and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Inscryption's review languages. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by Simplified Chinese (16%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 12 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Inscryption percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Inscryption, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 43 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 10 hours) could mean that Inscryption crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Fun addicting card game
  • Puzzle aspect to the card game
  • Surprising story
  • Great game mechanics
  • Rewarding for being persistent
  • Good art and atmosphere
  • Phenomenal sound design
  • Neat puzzle mechanics
  • Meta-fiction story
  • Good pricing
  • Meh story
  • Frustrating gameplay
  • Luck-based gameplay
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Grindy puzzles
  • Poorly explained rules
  • Vanishingly rare chance of getting powerful cards
  • Confusing puzzles
  • Frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Lack of directions

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's score of 96.9%  Top 3% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Inscryption's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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