Games like Inscryption on Xbox
Closest overall match: Black Book (★ 4.1). Highest rated: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe at ★ 4.4. Newest: Blue Prince (2025). Quickest to finish: The Exit 8 at about 2 hours.
These 15 games score highest on our similarity model for Inscryption — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Horror and First-Person. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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56%
1. Black Book
Shares Card Game, Roguelite, Roguelike, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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52%
2. Cult of the Lamb
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
51%
3. Subnautica: Below Zero
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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51%
4. Monster Sanctuary
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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51%
5. For The King
Shares Roguelite, Roguelike, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
50%
6. Beholder
Shares Dark, Point & Click, Horror, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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50%
7. Blue Prince New
Shares Roguelite, 3D, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
49%
8. Grounded
Shares Experimental, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
9. The Exit 8
Shares Psychological, Surreal, 3D, Horror and First-Person and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 6h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
10. Subnautica
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
11. Return Of The Obra Dinn
Shares Horror, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
12. Yuppie Psycho
Shares Surreal, Pixel Graphics, Horror, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
13. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Shares 3D, Horror, First-Person, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
48%
14. This Is the Police 2
Shares Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
48%
15. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Shares Psychological, Dark, Horror, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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What is the best game like Inscryption on Xbox?
On our similarity model, Black Book is the closest match to Inscryption on Xbox — shares Card Game, Roguelite, Roguelike, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
Which game like Inscryption is rated highest?
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 372 players.
Is there a new game like Inscryption in 2026?
Blue Prince is the most recent match, released April 2025.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Inscryption on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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