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Into The Gloom cover art

Into The Gloom

earrgames · Conglomerate 5 · 2015-04-07

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.

8
playing now
82%
positive of 295 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 157% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.4k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 295 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.44 at Fanatical (2018-02-13) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.442015-01-012026-08-102015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-07-23 — best price $2.992016-01-13 — best price $1.492016-10-24 — best price $0.722017-04-06 — best price $1.142017-11-08 — best price $0.742018-05-24 — best price $2.992018-10-25 — best price $0.602020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-05-31 — best price $2.992020-06-29 — best price $2.992020-08-01 — best price $2.992020-08-29 — best price $2.582020-10-01 — best price $2.582020-10-31 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-09 — best price $2.992021-03-11 — best price $2.992021-04-10 — best price $2.992021-05-08 — best price $2.442021-06-07 — best price $2.442021-10-08 — best price $2.992021-12-26 — best price $2.192022-05-26 — best price $2.442022-08-22 — best price $0.592023-02-27 — best price $2.992023-08-07 — best price $0.982024-01-15 — best price $1.012024-05-31 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992026-08-10 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
3.5%
earned "A-maze-ing"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Turkish, German, Japanese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15834%12

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

Player tags

2D3DFPSDramaActionHorrorPuzzleThrillerAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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