Hours played
How long do people play Inscryption?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 14 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 8.5 hours and 22 hours.
First 2 h
82% recommend
2–5 h
93% recommend
5–10 h
94% recommend
10–20 h
98% recommend
20–50 h
99% recommend
50–100 h
99% recommend
100–200 h
99% recommend
200–500 h
100% recommend
500 h and up
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 149,000 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Inscryption hold up?
It holds steady: between 93% and 100% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Inscryption tell you?
2% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 82% of those recommend it. After the window, 97% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 90% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 7.5 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 2 came while a refund was still possible and 18 after the window had closed.
Seal
Inscryption holds up
Holds up
At least 93% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500 hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/inscryption#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/inscryption/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="Inscryption: Holds up. At least 93% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500 hours played."></a>Where players stop
How far do players get in Inscryption?
93% of the players who launched Inscryption hold Blood Artist, its first story achievement on Steam, and 41% hold Dramatic Finale, its last. The steepest drop comes between Renewal (65%) and Avenging Druid (55%).
Launched it
100%
Blood Artist
Complete your first Deathcard.
93% hold it
Miner's Bane
Defeat The Prospector.
91% hold it
Innocuous Insect
Free a Stinkbug from the safe.
88% hold it
Grizzled Angler
Defeat The Angler.
82% hold it
Uncage the Menagerie
Free the Wolf Statue from its cage.
79% hold it
Face to Face
Defeat The Trapper and The Trader.
73% hold it
Renewal
Start a new game.
65% hold it
The wall · 10 of every 100 get no further
Avenging Druid
Complete the Temple of Beasts.
55% hold it
Accomplished Automaton
Complete the Temple of Technology.
52% hold it
Rank and File
Defeat The Archivist.
44% hold it
Dramatic Finale
Complete the finale of Inscryption.
41% hold it
One token is 1 of every 100 players who launched it, standing at the last story achievement they hold. Red stopped at the wall, amber hold the last one. Steam's global achievement stats count everyone who ever launched the game, people still playing included. They are not a finish rate.
Everyone's copy
9 of 58 copies here were never launched
In 58 libraries here. 9 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 13 h. 4 finished it.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 3.7% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 27: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.