Zoey Handley
DestructoidReview: Inscryption – Destructoid
Published 10/19/2021
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Series X|S / PS4 / Linux / PC / PS5 / Mac / XONE / Switch - 8/30/2020
Inscryption
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...
- Developer
- Daniel Mullins Games
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital, Daniel Mullins Games
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Critic avg
86
15 scored reviews
Total coverage
15
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Score range
69–100
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 86 across 15 scored reviews, with a 31-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 90–100 band.
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15 included scored reviews
90–1008 reviews · 53%
80–895 reviews · 33%
70–791 review · 7%
Below 701 review · 7%
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Metro GameCentralInscryption review – card-based horror
Published 10/19/2021
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80
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalNicola Kapron
COGconnectedInscryption Review – Delicious Genre-Blending Retro Horror
Published 10/18/2021
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90
+4 vs critic avg
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Read originalKyle LeClair
Hardcore GamerReview: Inscryption
Published 10/18/2021
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90
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Read originalLeo Faierman
Screen RantInscryption Review: A Horror Deckbuilder Like No Other
Published 10/18/2021
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