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DOOMBLADE
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-18.
“Using the doomblade to move around or in combat is both extremly unique and very fun. The coolest thing that happened while playing was actually the nature of the fast travel, where you get dragged from one warp point to another at high speed. Once I got some of the late game…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Amazing Metroidvenia. I enjoyed the time playing the game. I would recommend it even on full price.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“I'm very torn on this. I've had moments were it was great fun, but also quite a lot of frustration. The fundamental gameplay idea is a lot of fun, having a targeted dash as the most basic action. There's cool stuff there, and it goes some neat directions, for example with the…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
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🎮The DreamHack Beyond Gaming Awards🎮
GLOOMLINGS! We are excited to announce that DOOMBLADE is part of the DreamHack Beyond Gaming Awards! For those who might not know, DreamHack Beyond is a one-of-a-kind hybrid festival that merges the i
Blog Post #9 - Enemy Design
Enemy design was the most enjoyable and challenging task in DOOMBLADE. This is because the interaction with the game’s enemies is fundamentally different from other games in the genre. Instead of appr
Patch Notes #2 - Bestiary Update
(Redacted parts contain spoilers!) Bestiary: - The in-game menu now features a new page that displays descriptions of monsters you've encountered. - Monster entries are primarily unlocked by damaging
Save & Sound - A celebration of music in games - Live Sept 11 to Sept 14
Get ready! Join us September 11 - 14 right here on Steam for one of the largest digital expos about audio and music in games. Save & Sound features concerts, deep-dives, and mashups from 70+ developer
Blog Post #8 - The Void
The world of DOOMBLADE features a plane called The Void. It is a dimension integral to the story of the game and it also has a very important mechanical function: it is the realm of fast traveling. Ve
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Hack and Slash · Souls-like · Platformer · Action-Adventure · Female Protagonist · 2D · Dark Humor · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 52 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.doomblade.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.0 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 4 GB Storage: 12 GB available space Additional Notes: 16:9 resolution