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Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.

Gloom is a action roguelike, indie and action game developed and published by Hunchback Studio.
Released on April 13th 2017 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 592 reviews of which 494 were positive and 98 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP or later
  • Processor: 2 GHz processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB graphics
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct inputs compatible controller highly recommended
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later
  • Processor: 2 GHz processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB graphics
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 14 or above
  • Processor: 2 GHz processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB graphics
  • Storage: 100 MB available space

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March 2025
fun roguelike with deep lore inspired by the "king in yellow." tight controls and fun item synergies
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March 2025
It's a short, simple and very fun experience. It's about what it looks like, with some minor jank but a lot of charm in its aesthetics and mechanics. It's not a revolutionary title, but I think it's more than worth the money if you enjoy action roguelites or find the art style and vibe appealing.
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March 2025
Love this game. Very rewarding
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Oct. 2024
This game honestly defined roguelikes for me. While the combat may feel clunky to some, to me it feels precise and calculable. I love the items and the weapon upgrades, and the simplicity of the visuals just feels right. I'll never love another roguelike the way that I loved Gloom.
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June 2024
I give this game a rank C (60-65%) Okay game - not bad but you can skip it or try on sale. See my profile for more details about my reviews. I give Gloom about 61% in rating. Now I am bit late to this game obviously, when it came out like 7 years ago. Maybe when it came out it had a bigger reach and meaning, as much as Salt and Sanctuary (which I still have to do). Would it have changed my judgment? Hard to tell, especially since I finished the whole Dark Souls trilogy this past year. I thought the game was not great for the first 10 minutes, but after one hour I realized there was more to it. Basically Gloom is a very eerie, indie, 2D take on the Souls genre, mixed with some elements of rogue likes. The souls like recipe is here, with stamina, roll, tough fights, dark atmosphere. The rogue elements are also here, however, it is a one time trip (perma death if that talks to you). If you lose, you restart from scratch, everything, as there is no save point, 1990s style. However, you keep the (few) amount of tokens you might have found (usually a couple), which allow you to get a little boost at the start of your next run. But that's it. And that is not much! It is quite decent despite (because?) all that. The dialogues with the NPCs change/vary each new run, the gameplay is smooth (albeit a bit light), the art is pretty while a bit clumsy/indie, all the items make the runs somewhat varied. Yet overall the experience gets very repetitive and disheartening when, like me, you don't have much time. I almost hesitated giving Gloom around 58% in rating, but I see all the efforts in the gameplay, that is why I still give it a C. If you want a little indie game in that genre, this one is very well made and should make you try and try again for a while. Me, I have too many other games that much better so I can sacrifice the time to dig deeper, but maybe you will? Hem & Watch is live on [url=https://www.twitch.tv/hemandwatch]Twitch Reviews on [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36483989/]Steam Chat on [url=https://discord.gg/hXpRe7Z]Discord
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Gloom
7.9
494
98
Online players
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Developer
Hunchback Studio
Publisher
Hunchback Studio
Release 13 Apr 2017
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