Inscryption and games like it

The WhatsNext verdict

For Players who enjoy card battles, secrets, and unsettling psychological horror: A strange card-based journey pairs tactical deckbuilding with escape-room puzzles and a steadily unsettling atmosphere. Tradeoff: Its surprises are best experienced without spoilers, and the card battles may not appeal to players seeking action combat.

What it does best

puzzle
strategy
card & board game
horror

The setup

What you are walking into

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...