Gloomwood

Gloomwood

Steam Deck Verified

Dillon Rogers · Immersive Sim · Sep 5, 2022

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $14.99.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
8k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 54 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
64% of themes are praise18% are divided18% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As for the gameplay, this is where I want to make sure anyone who buys this game knows what they're getting into.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is atmospheric in nature and greatly reminds me of the simple "show don't tell" style of storytelling.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are beautiful for the theme of the game, I say that not because it's a polished triple A game, but because the graphics convey the overarching themes of the game perfectly.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The beautiful sound design is going to make you uncomfortable.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Maybe if you already know what to do and where to go or run through it like a FPS and skip a bunch of stuff, but I feel if you play it like it expects to be played—as a stealthy immersive sim—and take your time exploring and finding secret paths and items, you will get a lot more play time out of it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Everything feels dialed-in, controller functions impressively well on this game, never experienced glitches or cheap enemies, every time I was caught or killed felt fair, never had any problems mantling.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Gameplay60 reviews
Story and characters53 reviews
Graphics49 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty56 reviews
95%
Interface45 reviews
91%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat54 reviews
91%
Bugs9 reviews
89%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.