Epigraph (2024)
- Developer
- Matthew Brown
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Indie
- Rating
- 4.4 of 5, 321 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 4.7 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A methodical and mentally demanding text-deciphering puzzle experience where each inscription feels like a piece of a linguistic mystery to be solved through careful pattern recognition.
puzzleinvestigativechallenginglinguisticanalyticalfocusedcerebraldeliberate
What players say
Players praise the clever linguistic puzzles and the thrill of figuring things out, but warn that the game is very difficult with almost no guidance. Many find the font hard to read, and some say the lack of confirmation on guesses is frustrating. A few compare it unfavorably to Chants of Sennaar, noting it feels more like real dead-language deciphering.
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