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Inkwellers

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88%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
88% User Score Based on 121 reviews

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About Inkwellers

Inkwellers is a multiplayer casual platformer game with fantasy and mystery themes. It was developed by ScrumptiousSprouts and was released on May 28, 2026. It received positive reviews from players.

Online 2 player co-op puzzle adventure game, you and your friend become the Inkwellers! Dwellers of stories who venture into journals to uncover their true meaning. With your friend, you'll explore hidden worlds, solve tricky puzzles, and uncover secrets.

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88%Audience ScoreBased on 121 reviews
story10 positive mentions
stability4 negative mentions
  • Engaging and creative cooperative puzzles that require communication and logical thinking.
  • Beautiful art style, atmospheric music, and charming visual design that enhance the magical and immersive experience.
  • Smooth and polished gameplay with solid technical performance, including a well-implemented in-game voice chat.
  • Game is relatively short, leaving players wanting more content and longer playtime.
  • Some puzzles can be unintuitive, rely on brute forcing, or can be solved solo, reducing cooperative challenge and causing frustration.
  • Bugs and technical issues including crashes, progression blockers, clunky physics, and occasional disconnects that sometimes affect gameplay experience.

  • story

    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The story in the game receives mixed feedback, with some players finding it intriguing and well-integrated into the atmosphere and puzzles, while others criticize it as disjointed, lacking clear beginnings, endings, and cohesion. Many feel the narrative is overshadowed by gameplay, with key plot points unexplained or difficult to follow, making the story optional rather than essential to enjoy the game.

    • “The music, graphics, and general vibes were very nice, felt very immersive, and I enjoyed experiencing the story unfolding.”
    • “It tells an interesting story and incorporates that into its areas and puzzles, which was really cool to play through!”
    • “Story-wise, the game develops a fascinating narrative as you play through the chapters, but it's sadly lacking in terms of a proper beginning and ending, and much of the backstory and payoff are left unexplained.”
    • “No explanation on how the stage correlates to the narrative, no explanation or story text to tie up loose ends on what the hall of blasphemy was all about; not to mention nothing in relation to the ominous 'someone led us here' plot point from the previous room/stage.”
    • “The story telling is somewhat disjointed, very little cohesion and the conclusion left much to be desired.”

  • graphics

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 26% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are praised for their beautiful, polished art style and moody, immersive visuals that perfectly complement the atmosphere and tone. Visuals are described as charming, professional, and fitting for the indie title, enhancing the overall experience alongside the well-matched soundtrack. Occasional physics quirks noted in early versions were fixed, and technical performance was improved to support the rich graphics without issues.

    • “The graphics are exactly right for the tone and identity of the game, showcasing a beautiful visual style.”
    • “Visuals are excellent, and all the technical bits (movement, interactions etc.) feel smooth and professional, overall great production value.”
    • “The music, graphics and just general vibes were very nice, felt very immersive and I enjoyed experiencing the story unfolding.”
    • “This seems to be caused by the PC performance and was resolved by fixing the hardware, but just like the cutscene, I didn't expect this game to be using so many resources, especially given the resulting visuals.”

  • gameplay

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 39% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions

    The gameplay in Inkwellers is praised for its charming, thought-provoking co-op puzzle mechanics and engaging atmosphere, offering a unique and enjoyable challenge. However, some find the mechanics occasionally underutilized, with puzzles relying heavily on communication rather than active collaboration, and the hint system can be overly revealing. While fun and creative, the game could benefit from more environmental clues and deeper interactive gameplay.

    • “Inkwellers is a fantastic co-op puzzle adventure with a charming setting, clever challenges, great atmosphere, and excellent teamwork-focused gameplay.”
    • “It uses mechanics and ideas that aren't too straightforward, which always keeps you on your toes.”
    • “Feedback to dev: while Inkwellers is short (took us ~4 hours), it is a beautifully illustrated puzzle experience with fun-challenging gameplay and good audio design - it offers a bit of lore without overstaying its welcome and the puzzles require real thought, though the hint system is overly generous and often gives away the full solution instead of nudging you in the right direction in most cases.”
    • “If this was the first such puzzle, so you are taught how it works and can deduce what the underlying logic is to use next time, then that might be okay - but that is the one and only time the mechanic is used.”
    • “The best coop puzzle games (e.g. Portal 2, It Takes Two) have puzzles where both players must take action, meaning you have both discussion and actual gameplay for both parties; Inkwellers instead leans too heavily on 'explain what you see' mechanics.”
    • “I feel this game has potential but is missing a lot of environmental hints or clues to how the mechanics of a puzzle worked.”

  • atmosphere

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    58% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The game features a captivating and magical atmosphere that enhances its charm, with each stage offering a unique ambiance supported by fitting artwork and soundtrack. Its blend of eerie and enchanting elements creates an engaging setting that complements the story and cooperative puzzle gameplay. Overall, the atmosphere is praised as immersive, fun, and a key highlight of the experience.

    • “The overall atmosphere is incredible, and the music phenomenal.”
    • “Additionally, the game is beautifully atmospheric and a treat to look at from start to finish.”
    • “"inkwellers" is exactly the kind of co-op puzzle game I love: creative, atmospheric, and genuinely built around communication.”
    • “+ eerie atmosphere.”

  • music

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 16% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its ambient, fitting soundtracks that enhance the immersive and dreamlike atmosphere of each chapter. While generally well-received and instrumental to the game's vibe, some users found the music repetitive or occasionally too loud. Overall, the soundtrack effectively complements the visuals and gameplay, contributing significantly to the engaging experience.

    • “The music provides a good ambient backdrop, perfectly complementing each chapter or part of the game.”
    • “The overall atmosphere is incredible, and the music is phenomenal.”
    • “I love the whole vibe of the game; the music is great and enhances the communication needed to complete each puzzle, making it very fun.”
    • “Music becomes repetitive after some time as well.”
    • “The music got annoying after a while.”

  • stability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 80% negative mentions

    The game's stability is generally solid with minimal glitches that don’t impede progress, though some bugs occasionally affect the puzzle mechanics, causing frustration. Overall, while not flawless, the stability is adequate for an enjoyable experience.

    • “We experienced nearly no glitches or bugs during the playthrough at all, let alone any that restricted our ability to continue the game.”
    • “At times the game was pretty buggy, with some glitches that could disrupt gameplay.”
    • “The puzzles, while entertaining, are sometimes buggy and can be frustrating when they bug out.”
    • “The game is kinda buggy, causing some stability issues during play.”

  • grinding

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is generally manageable, with no grindy achievements, though some puzzles can feel a bit tedious and slow-paced, leading to occasional downtime while waiting for teammates.

    • “This is, to be honest, a little tedious; a few times I found myself browsing on my phone while waiting for my teammate to solve the problem after I had sent screenshots of everything I could see to him.”
    • “Grindy achievement(s): no.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -67% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game features impressive visuals with extensive effects that create an immersive experience but demands significant hardware resources. While it generally runs smoothly once system requirements are met, its optimization can struggle on less powerful PCs due to the high resource usage.

    • “It's one of the best co-op games I've played in a while, looks great, runs smoothly, has interesting puzzles, and really sucks you into the world and story behind it.”
    • “This seems to be caused by the PC performance and was resolved by fixing the hardware, but just like the cutscene, I didn't expect this game to be using so many resources, especially given the resulting visuals.”
    • “Everything glitters, shines, and sparkles; the amount of effects is, frankly, enormous, and optimization suffers due to that.”
    • “This seems to be caused by the PC performance and was resolved by fixing the hardware, but I didn't expect this game to use so many resources, especially given the resulting visuals.”
    • “Everything glitters, shines, and sparkles; the amount of effects is enormous, and optimization suffers due to that.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is often derived from quirky and clunky physics interactions, like amusing glitches and unexpected moments, which add a fun and lighthearted charm to the experience. Overall, players find these humorous physics moments enhance the game's enjoyable and magical atmosphere.

    • “Physics are funny at times (in demo version I sent a partner to another dimension with a book, 10/10, that got fixed in final version), but the graphics look nice and polished, with moody lighting, music and sounds.”
    • “Sometimes physics might be clanky but in a funny way - I'm looking at you spinning stool of death - but overall the experience is really smooth, the atmosphere is magical, basically it is just really fun.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game offers limited replayability, as most content is experienced during the first playthrough. Although role reversals and minor variations occur by restarting levels and altering actions, these changes are minimal and do not significantly enhance replay value.

    • “The game is not replayable, especially since you experience most of it in your first playthrough. Although players are separated in areas the other can't see a few times, the roles only reverse by restarting the level and changing actions.”
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7h Median play time
7h Average play time
5-8h Spent by most gamers
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Inkwellers is a casual platformer game with fantasy and mystery themes. Common tags for Inkwellers include co-op campaign, first-person, 3D, indie, magic and others.

Inkwellers is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 7 hours playing Inkwellers.

Inkwellers was released on May 28, 2026.

Inkwellers was developed by ScrumptiousSprouts.

Inkwellers has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Inkwellers for its story but disliked it for its stability.

Inkwellers is a multiplayer game with local co-op support.

Similar games include Escape First Alchemist, Moncage, The Escaper, Cats in Time, Discolored and others.