Карточка игры / ROGUE BY ROGUEInkshade
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийInkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
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Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийA first-person, dark-atmosphere turn-based tactics roguelite by Studio Vezelle where you command wooden board-game miniatures against a malicious game master, with locked-room escape puzzles between battles.
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam players rate Inkshade Very Positive (about 87% of roughly 636 reviews, Steam listing as of the data pull), driven by its atmosphere, sound and art, and the creepy, sardonic game master. The common caveat is that the tactics are shallow and the roguelite loop is grindy: units differ mostly by stats and a few broken-strong upgrade paths trivialise late fights. It is constantly compared to Inscryption, usually unfavourably on depth but favourably on vibe. There are no critic reviews: Metacritic has a page with zero critic reviews and only 2 user ratings, and no OpenCritic entry was found. The game is a finished 1.0 (not early access) that got several post-launch patches in Aug-Sep 2025 (lantern toggle, contrast slider, walk speed, new challenge mode), and still receives positive reviews into 2026.
Что хвалят игроки
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийAtmosphere, art direction, lighting and sound design (the wooden 'bonk' of pieces, battle themes, end-credits track) are the most consistently praised element
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийThe game master is a memorable, sardonic and malicious narrator whose worldbuilding and banter give the run a sense of story
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEscape-room style puzzle sections in locked rooms give a satisfying break from combat and several reviewers found them clever and tough
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийTactical board is simple and readable: pieces cannot pass through each other, so bottlenecks, shielding and elevation matter
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийCollecting and upgrading new pieces feels rewarding, and tense battles where you could lose your whole roster give real dread
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийStrong Inscryption-like vibe with different mechanics (mid-run recruiting of defeated enemies, hex-grid tactics) that some find a fresh spin
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam Deck works well per at least one reviewer (minor remapping), plus accessibility options like adjustable difficulty and colour alternatives
Что критикуют игроки
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийTactical depth is shallow: units are differentiated almost entirely by five stats (movement, health, range, damage, defense) and only a few have special abilities
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийBalance is exploitable: stacking armour/attack on one or two pieces (the Wretch is repeatedly named) makes most enemies and bosses trivial, so strategy falls away
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEnemy AI is passive and only engages when a piece is in range, enabling simple luring tactics
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийVery dark visuals; even with lantern and brightness options, some players cannot see enemy units and felt unfairly killed
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийPerformance and stability complaints: low fps on mid-range GPUs, some maps heavy, and one reviewer reported frequent crashes on an older Win10 PC (fine on a newer machine)
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийControls can be clumsy: passing a unit's turn with a triple click is easy to trigger accidentally, no clear attack-range preview for ranged units before moving, unit names hard to see
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийThe narrator talks a lot and dialogue cannot easily be skipped even after many repeats
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийStory and character connections are thin and the ending left some players unsatisfied; limited replayability after finishing
Отличительные особенности
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийCombines first-person escape-room exploration of locked rooms and an airship setting with a turn-based tactics board game run by a hostile game master
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийPieces are wooden miniatures on a physical-feeling board with hex grid, elevation and height effects
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийRoguelite meta-progression through spending scrip on permanent upgrades to a collected roster, plus a mid-run recruitment system for defeated enemies
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийA post-campaign challenge mode (including a Monomanipulation mode for single-unit runs added in Sep 2025) that players say is closer to a classic roguelite
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийUnlocking new pieces is tied to solving puzzle rooms, and opening rooms is tied to progressing through battles
Спорные моменты
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийInscryption comparison: some see a worthy atmospheric cousin, others call it a shallow imitation without Inscryption's mechanical depth
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDifficulty: some enjoy brutal early hours and tense fights, others find it grindy early and then trivial once an overpowered build is found
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийPuzzle rooms: praised as a highlight by some, called shallow or unclear by others
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийNarrator and story: charming and creepy to some, repetitive and flat to others
Повторы и неудобства
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийGrind: you need upgrades to win fights and need to fight (and often lose) to earn upgrade currency; reviewers cite only about 15-20 scrip per failed run versus 50 for a single point of damage
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDying can send you back large sections, keeping pieces and upgrades but losing run progress, which feels heavy in mid/late game
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEnemies and early encounters scale with progress, so knowledge and skill matter less than how many upgrades you bought
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSpreading upgrades across many pieces is a trap; new players may have to restart or soft-lock themselves on harder settings after a reset
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийLong runs with repetitive combat and a chatty narrator during tutorial/first-hour failure scripting
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDarkness and camera behaviour causing eye strain or motion sickness for some
Ожидаемые улучшения
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийAdd more unit abilities and build variety (area attacks, taunt, summons, status effects) so pieces differ beyond stat numbers
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийRebalance upgrade costs and scaling so one maxed piece or armour stacking cannot trivialise the game, and so early grinding feels less punishing
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийImprove brightness/visibility and add camera options (decouple camera from mouse, manual camera toggle) to address eye strain and motion sickness
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийFix the unit-pass input (allow un-passing or use a less accident-prone control) and show attack range and unit names more clearly
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийLet players skip or shorten repeated narrator dialogue
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOptimise performance and stability, and consider modding/community map support or more backstory content (suggested by one reviewer)
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийReleased Aug 14, 2025 on Windows only (no Mac/Linux) at $19.99, developed and published by Studio Vezelle. Post-launch patches: The Lantern Update v1.1.010 (Aug 30, 2025) made the lantern toggleable and added a contrast slider and brightness button, directly responding to visibility complaints; v1.1.011 (Sep 6) added Monomanipulation challenge mode; v1.1.012 (Sep 17) added faster unit walk speed and fixed keymapping bugs. A soundtrack was released Sep 29, 2025. Reviews continue into 2026 and stay mostly positive. Metacritic had 0 critic reviews and only 2 user ratings at fetch time and no OpenCritic page was found, so there are no aggregate critic scores. SteamSpy-style owner data was not informative (0-20k), so copies sold is unknown; $193.9k estimated gross at roughly $12-20 average realised price implies on the order of 10-15k copies, which is my rough inference, not a sourced figure.
Источники сообщества
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийLocal file of top helpful positive and negative English Steam reviews (primary source for community opinions) ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam store page: description, features, user tags, Very Positive rating ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDeveloper announcements and patch notes (Aug-Sep 2025 updates) ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMetacritic page: no critic reviews, 2 user ratings ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOpenCritic search, no Inkshade entry found ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEstimated gross and net revenue (Boxleiter-method estimate) ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийLocal Steam metadata: developer, release date, price, review counts, platforms ↗
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Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийTier list Part 5 (2026)
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийInkshade is an Inscryption-style game that swaps cards for pawns placed on a small tactical board. He loves the haunted-house exploration, narrator, story and puzzles outside combat, but found the combat itself boring and shallow. Strategy is limited, pieces are near-identical, and progress leans heavily on meta-progression stat upgrades. He finished it out of curiosity, describes the experience as mixed, and places it in low B, recommending it to Inscryption fans who can tolerate the gameplay.
Что хвалит автор
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOut-of-combat vibe: a house that slowly opens up, with a narrator who guides and sometimes misleads you
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийUnlocking new rooms feels exciting, with puzzles that are solid
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийStory and mystery hold him in from start to finish
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSpooky atmosphere, with some genuinely freaky moments
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийCombat boards look cool and each has a small story setup
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийCaptures Inscryption's vibe, which is hard to replicate
Проблемы, отмеченные автором
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийCombat is boring: only movement and attack, with little strategy
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMost pieces are nearly identical and enemies differ mainly in health, damage and range
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийHeavily dependent on meta-progression stat upgrades, so some fights are mathematically unwinnable without them
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDominant strategy is to buff a single unit and have it carry everything
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийNo real builds during a run; fights are predictable from start to end and the same board repeats
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEnding was less satisfying than hoped; low replayability as a one-time adventure
Наблюдения о дизайне
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийCopies Inscryption's vibe without its card gameplay, which is harder to clone than typical mechanics
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOnly two damage and defense types (magical or physical)
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийActs more like a one-time adventure than a replayable roguelike
