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Gloomwood
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This game is a brilliant love letter to Thief, the best immersive sim since Deus Ex, and the best game New Blood has produced, period. Yeah, you heard me right. This game is a STEALTH game, and it has better GUNPLAY than Ultrakill. Everything about the guns is just amazing: the…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Honestly fun but I think you developers are taking advantage of the term Early Access these days. Push an unfinished product out with promises of updates and make one every year or two. It's getting out of hand.”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“This game is phenomenal with a lot to love, but it has some rough edges that just give me the ick. Really great when you sink your teeth into it, but I can't even disagree with some of the negative reviews when the game's three years into EA and still has some amateur fumbles…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Controller Update Update
Ah, good doctors...Last we met we'd finally added Full Controller Support to Gloomwood.However, that still needed some cleaning up and improvement which is where this update comes in!We've expanded an
Full Controller Support
This one was a long time coming, Doctors. But we think you'll agree... You're now more in control than ever before!Now this is no half-assed implementation. This is the FULL controller support you've
The Cartographer's Update
Back from Hightown already, Doctors?Well good... there's a new store in the market district you may want to see!Take the new portal from Hightown back to the Market district. And head on over to The P
The Hightown Update
Sorry this took a little longer than expected, Doctor:We wanted to get some cool new toys in for ya.Good luck, Doctor!Gloomwood Merch sale!New Blood Holiday Giveaway!New bundles including System Shock
Prepare for Hightown
Hello again, Doctors. Not much longer to wait now...Will Hightown be opened for the Steam Winter sale? Yes.Will Gloomwood be on sale for the Steam Winter Sale? Yes.Are you prepared for the largest, mo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Immersive Sim · Stealth · Survival Horror · FPS · Atmospheric · First-Person · Exploration · Steampunk · Singleplayer · Retro · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Or Later Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor Or Higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 Or Equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: A gloomy one Additional Notes: Why'd ya spill yer beans?