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Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
Epigraph is a puzzle, detective and logic game
developed and published by Matthew Brown.
Released on February 19th 2024 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 343 reviews of which 298 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.8 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 3.0+
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 120 MB available space
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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 seriously. No further hints, no progress checks, nothing. There were a couple of moments when it just clicked and, boy, did it click. The game gives me no acknowledgment for these moments except for the very end. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I am a linguist, and this is easily the best language game I've played. I can't express how fun it was to theory craft, think about "well if that's true, how could I find evidence of it?", build little hypotheses and test them, and gradually build up a scaffolded picture of how this language works. I would joyfully play one of these, every year, forever. If other games with language puzzles (Tunic, Chants of Senaar, Sethian) are around 1/10 or 2/10 of the complexity of real languages, Epigraph gets up to about 5/10. You probably couldn't get much more realistic than this while still being a fun game. Especially for non-linguists: I think Epigraph would still be very playable if you know fairly little about language, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who is uncuriously monolingual. Epigraph is very stripped down compared to something like Chants of Senaar or Heaven's Vault, it is literally just "here's some text, here are your clues, go." Much more similar in structure & content to Sethian. But it does an incredible job of designing puzzles within this setup: sets of constraints that allow you to actually make deductions and progress. Be warned that Epigraph has no "locking in" mechanic like Obra Dinn or Golden Idol or Roottrees Are Dead where you get confirmation that part of your solution is error-free. You get to the end of the game, and you either got it 100% right and win, or you didn't and nothing happens, so all you know is that there's something wrong, somewhere. My advice to you is to proceed carefully, note down every uncertainty and test every alternative before considering a translation 'locked'.
I enjoyed Epigraph, and I can recommend it, but with some qualifications. It is hard to review without getting into spoiler territory, because the game is very much about being dropped in front of an unknown writing system and figuring out what kind of puzzle you are actually looking at. For me, the hardest part was that I overthought it. Once I had the alphabet, which was fairly straightforward, I expected the next layer to involve a more complex or more realistic constructed language. Instead, the stela turned out to be much closer to English with altered word order. That disappointed me a bit, because I had been expecting something more linguistically ambitious. Once I stopped assuming a deeper conlang and treated the text more literally, the rest of the game became much more manageable. The remaining puzzles were still satisfying enough, but less mysterious than I had initially imagined. One minor annoyance was the 100% transcription achievement. The exact consonant-vowel combinations are not always important for actually solving or understanding the puzzle, and some of them feel open to interpretation. Whether a final vowel is closer to I or E, or whether a consonant is better rendered as ZH, J, or something else, does not really affect the deciphering process. But for the achievement, the transcription has to match the game’s expected romanization exactly. That felt a little fussy rather than meaningful. That said, the game does a good job of presenting a compact decipherment puzzle with a strong atmosphere and a clear structure. If you enjoy taking notes, testing assumptions, and slowly building up a translation system from scratch, Epigraph is worth playing. My main caveat is that you should not go in expecting a full linguistic simulation or a highly naturalistic constructed language . It is more of a well-made puzzle box built around a script and a light translation system. On those terms, I liked it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Epigraph is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
No, Epigraph is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Epigraph received 298 positive votes out of a total of 343 achieving a rating of 8.05.
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Epigraph was developed and published by Matthew Brown.
Yes, Epigraph is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Epigraph is not playable on MacOS.
No, Epigraph is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Epigraph is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Epigraph is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Epigraph does not support VR.
Epigraph is a single-player game.
No, Epigraph does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Epigraph does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Epigraph does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Epigraph is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Epigraph.
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| Steam price | 14 November 2026 19:26 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 19 October 2026 16:02 UTC |
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Matthew Brown
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Matthew Brown
Release
19 Feb 2024
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