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Gloomwood
Developer Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski, Nate Berens
Gloomwood is an upcoming first-person stealth survival horror video game developed by Dillon Rogers and David Szymanski and published by New Blood Interactive. The player controls an unnamed doctor who makes his way through the Victorian style titular city. The game features stealth and exploratory gameplay, along with utilizing weapons (melee and firearms) against enemies. The game is heavily inspired by the Thief… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
335 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
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228 positive · 22 negative
95% range 87–94%
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| Steam reviews | 228 | 22 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
8,055 of 8,477 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 335 · most liked firstGloomwood is early access but has been consistently fantastic and is an easy recommendation. Aesthetically, this game is like the greatest hits of 1998-2004, somehow evoking both the Dark Engine and the Source Engine with an art direction that feels like Bloodborne by way of Thief.
unlabelledView post →Even a mutated man still has his needs. Anyway, check out Gloomwood. Love that game. (On the off-chance that any devs might see this: Sorry. You have some very fuckable monsters in your game.) #nsfw #nsfwart #monsterart #monster #terato #teratophilia
unlabelledView post →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.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 sound, the animation of pulling out your gun and checking the ammo, the satisfaction of blowing someone's head off with a headshot. It feels like banging someone's head off with a deagle in Counter Strike. I have no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Gloomwood update shipped today. Hope you're all enjoying it. @newblood.games
unlabelledView post →I had to take a moment to gush about this game. I'm about 6 hours in and have been having a great time. I walked in mostly blind, I like Dishonored-y stealth games, and I like Victorian/Gothic horror stuff, so that was enough for me. The moment you realize WHAT THIS GAME ACTUALLY IS is a mindblowing experience: It is Dishonored/Thief in a Soulslike semi-open environment. The environments are big and interconnected and labyrinthine like Souls, but also honeycombed with explorable alcoves and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Or in the case of @tptpdev.bsky.social make a *whole game* as a job application to work on Gloomwood 🤔 store.steampowered.com/app/2642850/...
unlabelledView post →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 inside. I'd like to write about those fumbles real quick before I can get to praising the game proper, because the devs really need to fix these if they want this to be the masterpiece it deserves to be: Watchmen AI is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Strongly recommended, but with a major caveat. Yes, Gloomwood really scratches that old Thief itch and is likely my favorite stealth game since MGSV: The Phantom Pain, but that Early Access tag is likely not going anywhere anytime soon. Granted, this is a New Blood game, the same studio that published Ultrakill, which has been in early access for even longer. A common thread between these two games is that they are both excellent from practically every angle but are also both unfinished from a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of today I have been doing animation on Gloomwood for five years. It has been wonderful working with the team at @newblood.games. Really excited to show you some of the new stuff we've been working on for it.
unlabelledView post →6. Gloomwood I would controversially say this is perhaps the best game New Blood published, an Immersive Sim currently in early access that takes a lot of inspiration from Thief, a healthy dose of Resident Evil 4, and a teeny smidge of Bloodborne. store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/...
unlabelledView post →#Gloomwood key art I did a while back for New Blood Interactive's wonderful stealth survival horror game. store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/...
unlabelledView post →the quality of this game absolutely deserves its overwhelmingly positive review score. its absolutely incredible. easily competes with dusk and ultrakill for the best game in the New Blood catalogue. BUT when i buy EA games, i usually play a little bit to get a refundable-sized taste, and if i like it, my personal rule is that i dont play it again until its a complete game so i can get the full uninterrupted experience as intended. 4 years later, and i havent played a single minute past the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gloomwood is a game many (the devs included) have compared to Thief, a legendary and foundational stealth game and Immersive Sim that came out all the way back in 1998. That is high praise and a lot to live up to. Thief is one of my all time favorite games and one of the very few I would give a perfect score to, even in spite of its dated mechanical clunkyness. To be frank, I don’t think the devs should be encouraging these comparisons, because Gloomwood does not live up to them. Since I am…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I LOVE RESIDENT THIEVIL 10/10 This game is really a good combination of RESIDENT EVIL and Thief: Gold and i think its honestly one of the best stealth games out there right now
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent stealth game with some really fun immersive sim interactions, 10/10 would nuke an entire room of bat people with a barrel I stole from a gun store. I pirated it because I'm poor, got up to the Hive section and realized my cracked copy didn't have the latest few updates. I bought the full version both to see the new sights and because the devs deserve more money to finish this wonderful game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself is good, the atmosphere and immersion is well done and I found it to be an enjoyable experience. However if you are looking for the next dishonored game this is definitely not it, I understand it is an indie game so it won't have nearly the same depth but with the amount of content despite 3 and a half years in early access is honestly pretty dissapointing. The recent hightown update was just meh in my opinion the area was hard to navigate and didn't really give you much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just realized i have never actually reviewed this game, despite it being one of my favorite games of all time AND that ridiculous playtime. Thief/Dishonored meets Resident Evil 4 is the elevator pitch for this game which while it does give you a good idea of what you're in for isn't even barely scratching the surface of the game's design. The amount of choices, options and hard decisions you will have to make that not only affect your current situation but will affect you with unexpected…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not normally one to review games but I want to review this one in particular because it really caught my eye. I'm about 19 hours into the game now and progressing at a slow but steady pace with the understanding that the game isn't done yet. I never have high expectations when I play an early access game out of respect for the dev. This game has shattered my every expectation. Before I continue though, I do want to disclose some inherent bias I have towards this game. I was raised very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels bad to leave. I genuinely want this game to do well, and I do like it. I'm probably gonna keep playing it here and there as updates come out to see where it goes, but... It would be like recommending someone go get punched in the ♥♥♥♥ twice cos they got a two for one deal right now, and it comes with a bag of candy someone poured sand into. It's good candy, but it's all covered in sand and your balls hurt the whole time you're eating it. I'll start with the candy. The level design…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is simply the peak of immersive sims. The sounds and visual style blend perfectly, creating a wonderful atmosphere. In addition, the arsenal and deep mechanics let players solve any problem that arises. Most of all, the immersiveness keeps you hooked on the game. It's just 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utterly glacial development pace. Game is 1/5th~ complete after 3 years, receives around 3 content updates per year, and the progress seems to be slowing down. The idea is lovely, but I simply have no desire to wait 1/8th of a human lifespan to play a feature complete version of this. I have a bad feeling that it will end up in a minimum viable product state in a few years once money dries up. Edit: The game is 3/5ths complete now when it has around 10 hours of content? Grim.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buyer beware... I see quite a few people in the review section call this game "Thief with guns". If you've played Thief 1-3 and have fond memories of em (as I do), then read below before playing. Just so you know what to expect. This is *not* a Thief remake. It is heavily inspired, especially graphics wise, of the first two games in the original Thief series. It shares a few of the same mechanics too. But there's also a critical difference: Gloomwoods protagonist is fast, lethal, and on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game was pretty good. i first tried this game out a long time ago before it was on steam, giving it a go through some website i forgot the name of. i was pretty excited for it, and when i decided to have a look recently, i expected it to be fully released, since it had been a couple of years since then. ...no, its somehow still early access. im not sure how many people are working on this game, but i did expect more from new blood here. with the success of ULTRAKILL and DUSK, you'd…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Caught up with all the new Gloomwood updates, such an exceptional game even in early access. It's going to be a monumental immersive sim when it reaches 1.0 with more areas, AI and QoL improvements.
unlabelledView post →Currently, the game is mostly good, but not perfect. I think* I'm up to date, as I just got to the top of hightown and everything just kinda fizzles out. I'm going to gloss over most of what I loved, and say everything out of order, because I'm lame like that. Vibes - immaculate. It controls how it should, the art, sound, world building, lighting, colors, voicing (Gianni: The Game is always a good thing), enemies, locations, everything. It's all wonderfully thought out. Extra little…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Going live in around an hour or so with GLOOMWOOD. the game where you get to stab gianni matragrano one hundred times with a cool sword Expect some futzing around and figuring stuff out because, again, i have no idea what i am doing www.twitch.tv/evanmaplevo
unlabelledView post →Humble are running an encore on their Discovery Games Bundle, which is honestly worth it just for Gloomwood alone. Turns out that Thief + Resident Evil 4 = A great game. The lowest price its been too, even if you don't count the other games, which are all good. www.humblebundle.com/games/future...
unlabelledView post →I've been waiting for this to be finished. It's been 4 years since I last started it, and it's still in early access... Come on...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gloomwood really hits the spot that no other game can in the current state of the industry. You may find games that are "similar" but don't hit quite the same as Gloomwood. If you enjoy stealth games: Gloomwood. If you enjoy horror games: Gloomwood. If you enjoy player freedom: Gloomwood. You may think that player freedom and horror are at odds with each other. You'd be wrong! It's due to the player freedoms that lead to the greatest horrors! If you play on the most difficult settings, you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fear and Hunger 2, but you play as the BLU Spy from TF2, basically, lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is like Thief 2 but also League of Extraordinary Gentlemens turned horror. Once you get into the mood (best played at night) its geat!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beyond incredible. This is the thief spiritual successor we've always wanted, but it's so much more than that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a doctor trying to save the city from disease. I shot and killed all of the infected people I could find. Hippocratic Oath be damned, the devs gave me a shotgun. fr review: I have ~21 hours played, I have ~11 hours on my save. I've spent nearly half my time playing this game on a save that I ended up dying in. However, I chose to start on Full Moon difficulty so idk. I was on the highest graphics and I ran everything buttery smooth. The graphics are low quality (PS2 type) but I think…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We @newblood.games wish you all a Happy Gloomwood early access anniversary.
unlabelledView post →It really pains me to give this a thumbs down, since I absolutely love the premise and the world building showcased here but the game just has too many rough edges and questionable design that is sometimes downright frustrating and obtuse. Pros -The game completly nails the atmosphere, it is really engrossing -The attache case inventory is as fantastic as it was in Resident Evil IV -Weapons are varied and serve various functions, e.g. the flash gun does the Thief special arrow thing, but it is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gloomwood will bring the lovers of titles such as Bloodborne, Dishonored, and Halflife a large gust of fresh air. The game does not restrict play style, nor discourage one from exploring with their skill and wonder. The sheer volume of content and game balance is out of this world for a game that is not even finished yet. This game is indeed SteamDeck friendly, never nudging from 60fps while draining hardly any battery. That being said, the enhanced effects from a PC, chef's kiss. In a world…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I love the art and environments in this game, I just can't recommend it right now. The game is just very clunky and not very satisfying to play. Additionally, because it's so stealth focused, the combat that occurs when you get caught is pretty uninteresting and not engaging. You block, wait for the enemy's entire attack animation to finish (which can be pretty long) to attack, then repeat, over and over and over. The gun makes it a little more interesting, but not nearly enough to make…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Idk if I can share this but there's actually a sort of "skeleton key," code that works for every safe. I don't remember how I found this out but I think I was just messing with a safe and accidentally put in the one code and it opened, and then I used the same code on another safe for fun and it also worked. I tried for every other safe I could find and it worked for every single one. The code was 451. Use it while it still works.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not trying to be a hater, but I really don't understand the hype around this one. I am a huge fan of the Thief and Dishonored games, so I thought this would be right up my alley. I could not have been more wrong. The only things this game has going for it are the great visuals, atmosphere, and sound design. Everything else feels like it was made to be as tedious and anti-fun as possible. I understand this is early access, but it has been since 2022, so I think it is safe to assume the core…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hope you're all enjoying the new Gloomwood update. @newblood.games
unlabelledView post →Gloomwood is a slow masterpiece in progres ,yes the game is still in dev and its worth waiting,get it or the the goatman gets you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels like an all-time classic, but it’s from 2022 and it’s not even finished yet! It brought back my love for video games. A masterpiece, a magnum opus, everything!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promo art I made for my streams of Gloomwood on Twitch. It was very simple but I liked the result. :> I should really go back to the game since it has received some big updates. But at the moment I have other games planned to stream. =3= #Vtuber
unlabelledView post →The next Gloomwood update, the Hightown Bank, is coming soon. Wishlist or support the early access at store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/...! The game is currently 25% off.
unlabelledView post →I feel sorry for doc and all the other stinky horror game protags out there. GIVE THEM BATHS!! lol #Gloomwood #NewBloodInteractive #fanart
unlabelledView post →Immersive that rewards observation and smart decision making. Very similar to Thief or Dishonored. The Victorian setting sound design and lighting create constant tension and an oppressive atmosphere. Its promising early access title with huge potential for fans of immersive sims and horrors.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gloomwood makes a very strong first impression. Visually, the game looks fantastic, with detailed environments, excellent lighting, and a cohesive art style that immediately sets the tone. The sound design and music complement this perfectly, creating a tense, oppressive atmosphere that feels carefully crafted and consistently effective. From an audiovisual standpoint, the game excels. However, once the initial atmosphere settles, the experience begins to feel somewhat thin. Objectives are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →we apparently celebrated Squirrel Appreciation Day with famous comedy game Gloomwood lmao thanks to @0llymelancholy.com for snagging the clip, and @squirrelp.bsky.social for the raid!
unlabelledView post →This game has a lot to love and to hate. The best part is the map, the worst part is also the map. You have a gun but ammo is limited, and it takes 3 shots to bring down an enemy. Most of the time the game encourages stealth rather than going loud. There are multiple paths you can take along the way, outside in the town or dungeon or inside a building, if you look carefully, you will find a way to crawl through the ceiling, hidden vent, lever that moves a closet, pipes outside a window.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no idea truly what genre captures what this game is, but I wish there were more like it. When another review said that Gloomwood revived their love of gaming, I thought that was being a little dramatic but that's exactly what this game did for me. The stealth is fun, the world and story are incredibly intriguing, and every inch of every environment feels thoughtfully handcrafted.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dave Oshry and Raf Colantonio talk about approaches to Early Access and the development of indie immersive sims Gloomwood and Fallen Aces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPBD...
unlabelledView post →Also the game is under £10! And less if you own Captain Wayne, or Selaco, or Gloomwood, or Blood West. You should own all of those games by the by. Excellent all round.
unlabelledView post →Question for all the #gamedev peoples out there releasing #indiegames on Steam: Outline, or no outline on your Steam capsules? (Gloomwood and my game Diecast as examples. I know there are many others.)
unlabelledView post →Share your indie project you are working on & three indie devs that personally inspire you: City Noire Dillon Roger Gloomwood (Game systems) Za/UM collective Disco Elysium (Worldbuilding/Writing) Tom Francis Tactical Breach WIzards (Gameplay/Writing)
unlabelledView post →Genuinely the most interesting game I have ever played, the story is something you have to actually pay attention to figure out and just the overall vibe of the game is what makes it one of my favorites. I've been telling literally everyone I know about this game to try and get ore people to pay and get it the attention it deserves
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun game! Tried it multiple times before but would always stop playing after the goatman encounter . This time made sure to play till the latest update. Truly a very very detailed game and it's amazing to see the progress so far + how the game changed over the years. Now that it finally has controller update, will definetely revisit again soon on the steam deck. Overall I think this game is very fun, detailed and has something for everyone - if you want to play it like a ghost you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its basically a mix of resident evil 2 dishonored and thief, the content that is available so far is incredible the guns feel good to use and the level design has that resident evil feel where it loops back onto itself making exploration very satisfying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is amazing already and its not even finished yet gloomwooders are eating good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →at first i was getting used to this game but more i play more addictive i get Weapon Variatons / mutations / research / stealth or mayhem you can play this game as you like , Its must get immersive sim pros: + weapons +mutliple ways to play + stealth + Thief nostalgia + story (most of it is in pages rather than talking characters) cons - Shop is much later in the game 4hours - i could really use a stash as a stash and not freely place things around my base XD - some monsters can track you down…
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