{"id":987030,"date":"2026-01-07T05:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=458736"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:37:00","slug":"inscryption-polygons-2021-game-of-the-year-heads-to-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/inscryption-polygons-2021-game-of-the-year-heads-to-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Inscryption, Polygon\u2019s 2021 game of the year, heads to Game Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Game Pass is clearly celebrating October in style by teeing up a creepy old Polygon favorite, Inscryption<\/a><\/em>, to be released on the platform<\/a> on Oct. 10. Inscryption<\/em> is not your typical horror game \u2014 it doesn\u2019t exactly have jump scares \u2014 but the far-reaching tendrils of its fictional premise definitely filled me with unease when I played it back in 2021. It starts out as a simplified roguelite card game played against a mysterious, dimly lit opponent. Of course, you\u2019re playing this card game while locked in a cabin. You do get some opportunities to stand up from the card table and attempt to make your escape, but to where? The world beyond the card game only gets stranger.<\/p>\n

The card game at the outset of Inscryption <\/em>is fun on its own \u2014 easy to recommend even if you never manage to escape the cabin \u2014 but once you do escape, you\u2019ll stumble into the deliciously weird parts of Inscryption<\/em>\u2019s overarching story. And much like my colleague Cass Marshall wrote in their article \u201cInscryption <\/em>fans solved the game\u2019s wildest puzzles, but it\u2019s just as brilliant without them<\/a>,\u201d I enjoyed this game more when I was basking in its vibes, not tying myself in knots trying to understand what was really going on. If you want to unravel the mystery, though, you can certainly go off the deep end and read the extensive lore<\/a> that fans have pieced together post-release.<\/p>\n

Before you do any of that, you\u2019ll want to play it first. Inscryption <\/em>will be available next week Oct. 10 via Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard. That\u2019s not all \u2014 MLB The Show 24<\/a><\/em>, Open Roads<\/a><\/em>, and Sifu<\/a><\/em> will be coming to Game Pass on Oct. 2, and Mad Streets<\/em> will be on the service on Oct. 7. All You Need Is Help, Legend of Mana<\/em>, Trials of Mana<\/em>, and We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie<\/em> are all available now on Game Pass, too.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what will be leaving Game Pass on October 15:<\/p>\n