# Inscryption

> Inscryption sold one million copies in under three months.

- Owner: Daniel Mullins Games
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2021-10-19
- Peak date: 2021-10-24
- Spread Score: 31 (Niche), v1.2
- Mechanics: Mystery & lore, Platform jump

## Summary

Inscryption launched on Windows and reached its Steam concurrency peak in its first week. Players on Discord decoded an alternate reality game, while Devolver later announced a million-copy milestone.

## Timeline

- 2020-08-11 — Daniel Mullins (Open web) — Shared the Inscryption trailer with Sacrifices Must Be Made players and linked Steam wishlisting.
- 2021-10-19 — Daniel Mullins Games (Open web) — Inscryption launched for Windows.
- 2021-10-21 — PC Gamer (Press) — PC Gamer reviewed Inscryption.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/inscryption

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Inscryption.” Case HIS-01042. Spread Score v1.2: 31/100. Updated 2026-10-16. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01042