The Game Census
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Gloom

Hunchback Studio · 2017-04-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 13, 2017 (Mac), Apr 13, 2017 (Linux), Apr 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 606 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 10,961 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 606 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-12-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992017-04-142026-08-102017-04-14 — best price $8.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-05-07 — best price $2.492018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-03-15 — best price $1.492019-08-05 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-04-21 — best price $7.342020-05-29 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-08-01 — best price $7.342020-09-04 — best price $9.992020-09-26 — best price $9.992020-10-31 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-04 — best price $7.342021-03-01 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $9.992021-04-18 — best price $7.342021-05-03 — best price $7.342021-06-23 — best price $1.002021-07-26 — best price $2.492021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-07-20 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-05-13 — best price $2.492025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-07-28 — best price $2.492025-12-01 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-08-03 — best price $2.492026-08-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5531%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieActionAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteSouls-likeAtmosphericPerma Death

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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