Gloomwood

14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.

14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask

The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Aug 22: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.

Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.14/day in the week to Jul 26 → 4.14/day in the week after.

For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.

Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.

Hours played at review time, across 916 reviews with recorded playtime.

positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up

Gloomwood promotes itself as an immersive sim. To me that means being creative in your playthrough. I want to think “is that possible?” and then be happy when it is. But this game simply doesn’t deliver on that front. Don’t get me wrong. I do believe this game is worth playing for other reasons. It’s fun for one; The level design has plenty of little mini stories and puzzles in it. There’s generally enough variety in enemy types to keep things interesting. The atmosphere is fantastic! These are what kept me going throughout my playthrough. I want to know more about where I am and what’s going on in this place. I want to explore different paths around the same places and get all the little secrets. I wanted to sneak around and backstab a bunch of bad guys. And I did! Way too much so! That is where things actually started falling a little flat for me. Despite how damn good the vibes are, the gameplay itself doesn’t really hold up right now. To me it generally felt like I had 3 options. A: I sneak around, distract and backstab everyone. B: I blast down everyone with whichever gun I have at my disposal. Or C: A mix of both. Which really just means I failed to sneak and stab, then shotgun blast the guy I agro’d and hide again in order to continue sneaking. AND THAT’S IT! That’s the game! I want more options. I want to be able to knock enemies unconscious! (imagine a full pacifist run). I want more and smaller gadgets to place in their paths and kill them with it. I want to chuck a pickaxe at someone and actually have it do damage and stick in them as they chase me. Imagine combining the two things I just mentioned and how I could use that. That’s the kind of gameplay I want in an immersive sim like this. There were moments in this game where I genuinely thought I was being led to do something cool and creative that ultimately led nowhere. Case in point: (minor spoiler) In Hightown there’s a spot where you’re directly above someone on a wooden platform with some nice looking bricks next to you. Well, 1+1=2 right? Throw a brick on his head!.. WRONG! It doesn’t kill them and a knockout system doesn’t exist. Instead, it does minor damage and agro’s 2 of them nearby! Come on man! What limited options I do get that aren’t “shoot everything” felt even further limited by the somewhat lacking loot in the latter half of the game so far. What mostly irked me is that the store only sells a select few item types. The thing I wanted to use at some point, a baton bolt for the flare pistol, I could not use. I ran out completely and there was no option to purchase them. Hell I literally spent an hour backtracking across the entire game(!) to try and find some to no avail. I could go on and on about minor inconveniences and all. But you get the idea. This isn’t as much of an immersive sim as it is a survival horror game. I will say it once more though! Despite my personal feelings about the imsim part, it’s a fun game! You’re guaranteed to get dragged along by the vibes thanks to the music, sound and level design. Some moments are really set up perfectly to tense you up good. I was so scared at the start of the Hive level! Play this game for that reason if anything. Also this doesn’t fit anywhere in my review but the first person animations are really good. I love the little flick you give the Flashbomb when you first get it :P