After 3 years of actively following but only occasionally playing Gloomwood, I can say with absolute certainty I still recommend Gloomwood even in Early Access. For any fan of stealth, atmosphere, or imsims, Gloomwood is a must-play. For all other players, it's still a must-play Updates, while understandably few and far between, are packed with new areas and content and the team consistently re-addresses older content/areas with tweaks, improvements, and additional surprises. I have overall very little time in this game because I mainly wait to replay the entire game with each new content chunk but each time I pick this game up I get sucked right back in like I never left. Movement and stealth are natural, but enemy numbers/danger levels tend to lean towards the easier side of things but still feel decently balanced. I tend to be the "kill everything" player and I wish each enemy commanded a little more respect, but various difficulty levels can solve this (I play on the second-high...
Gloomwood
- Release Date:
- Sep 5, 2022
- Developer:
- David Szymanski, Dillon Rogers, Thomas Porta, Nate Berens
- Publisher:
- New Blood Interactive
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game
The producers of DUSK, AMID EVIL, ULTRAKILL and FAITH bring you a frightening, gothic immersive sim full of haunted streets, dark tunnels and decadent mansions.
- An intricate, hand-crafted city with freeform exploration - from towering rooftops down to hidden passages, the routes you take and paths you make, are your choice.
- A detailed stealth and sound system that tracks your light visibility and propagates noise accurately through the world. Tread lightly. Or prepare to get loud.
- A unique arsenal to meet any situation - a stealthy canesword, six-shot revolver, folding shotgun, hand-placed traps, rope-slinging harpoon rifle and more.
- In-depth player interactivity, from leaning to eavesdrop, peeking through door cracks, checking the bullets in your firearms and mantling onto ledges.
- A mob of ghastly denizens and monsters with acute senses, like the sharp-clawed Crowmen and the fearsome, cadaver-seeking Corpse Duster.
- Gloomwood is full of objects to pick up, throw, climb, smash and use to your advantage.
There is more to this city than you can possibly imagine...
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User Reviews
Immersive to an insane degree. Whoever is looking for great interactivity with simple mechanics will enjoy this game a bunch.
Gloomwood is an atmospheric stealth-horror experience that blends immersive sim elements with classic first-person stealth gameplay, clearly inspired by revered titles such as Thief: The Dark Project and Dishonored. Developed by Dillon Rogers and David Szymanski, and published by New Blood Interactive, the game confidently carves out its identity through dense world design, deliberate pacing, and a hauntingly oppressive tone. Though still in Early Access at the time of writing, Gloomwood already exhibits the kind of depth, vision, and polish that mark it as one of the most promising titles in the modern immersive sim space. From the moment you awaken in a grim prison cell, stripped of answers and surrounded by rotting wood, rusty steel, and ominous silence, Gloomwood makes its tone clear. This is not a game interested in bombast or overexplanation. Instead, it builds mood slowly, letting players discover the world at their own pace. The setting is a sprawling, semi-open Victorian-insp...
It starts as a nice stealth game like Thief, but the more it goes on, the more it starts getting boring.
Incredible, I honestly have no other words for it. Feels like a classic thief styled game
Perfect blend of survival-horror and immersive sim. +Amazing atmosphere +Saving system is perfect, no save-scumming enhances the experience, gives weight to exploration. +Good level design, nice variety of environments -Combat, ranged or close quarters is not deep, but it was never the point anyways. Weapons feel really good though. -Pacing might not be everyone's cup of tea, with coming back to gather treasure and research slowing down the game a bit. I personally like it a lot, friction is not always bad but here you go. Overall perfect game for me, can't wait to play 1.0. Worth it in EA too in case you're on the fence.
I absolutely love the pacing of this game, its like old school resident evil games but in a FPS format, there's also a very good amount of depth that comes with this game and I'm here for it!
Maybe i'm misunderstanding something but when i picked the 2nd easiest difficulty i expected the game to be more or less easy, and at first it was until i left the main building of the fishery. I spent more time than i'd wished trying to get through the dock because of how open it is (so using guns becomes too dangerous), how many enemies there are and how scarce healing items are I only managed to get to the next area when I found a different route, but at that point i just wasn't enjoying the game due to constantly dying
With ever increasing updates and QOL improvements this game is shaping up to be one of the best games I've played through more than 5 times, and someone with as short of an attention span as mine, that it is quite an accomplishment for a game.
how long ago did i buy this game man
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System Requirements
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?
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core Processor Or Higher
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 Or Equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: A boomy one
FAQ
How much does Gloomwood cost?
Gloomwood costs $19.99.
What are the system requirements for Gloomwood?
Minimum: 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? Recommended: Recommended: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core Processor Or Higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 Or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: A boomy one
What platforms is Gloomwood available on?
Gloomwood is available on Windows PC.
Is Gloomwood worth buying?
Gloomwood has 95% positive reviews from 95 players.
When was Gloomwood released?
Gloomwood was released on Sep 5, 2022.
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