Epigraph
Worth it · Short indie · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $2.99.
- Length
- 5.1h 6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.59/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 350 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Shader Model 3.0+, 123 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 19 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Murders on the Yangtze River ($14.99, scores 94) beats it on value, while it beats Scene Investigators ($24.99, scores 27).
More about Epigraph
Of the 337 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2024 to August 2026.
Players
- Players online
- 3 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 21:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Simply the best language-deciphering game I've ever played. It doesn't trivialize anything by holding my hand. Quite the opposite. I get a couple of stones with weird symbols and one (1) letter saying "That one text on that one stone might translate to this somehow. Oh, and there is this other language we know that might be connected or not. I don't know. Bonne Chance!" The game takes my logic and deduction skills...
2 more reviews
A very unique game for a particular sort of person. Very unique in how little information you're given to work from, and having no extra help or any indicators when you're on the right track. This makes it frustrating but extremely rewarding to solve. All of the information you need *is* there and does follow logic, but unlike most logic puzzles, there are usually a few options that make equal sense so trial and...
A rare puzzle game that actually requires (reasonable) leaps of logic instead of a clear A -> B -> C. Fantastic premise, and great execution. If you loved Chants of Senaar but wished it wasn't so simplistic, this is the game for for you
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Epigraph scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2789770/epigraphReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.