Gloomwood is a first-person stealth survival horror video game developed by Dillon Rogers and David Szymanski and published by New Blood Interactive.

[9][2][3][10] Having been announced in June 2020, Gloomwood was released via early access on September 5, 2022, after a delay from its initial August 16, 2022 date.

The pre-release builds have received praise for the atmosphere, tone, world, level design and gameplay, but has been criticized for the unfinished elements and difficulty.

For instance, being exposed to light or walking on metal and rock surfaces increases the likelihood of alerting enemies.

[12] Areas of the map contain gramophones (indicated from the music they play), which act as save points[8] (similar to Resident Evil's typewriter system[11]).

[30][31] Prior to the early access release, Dillon Rogers teased at upcoming features for the game,[6] such as the inclusion for new weapons and destructible lighting.

[33][34] New Blood Interactive co-founder, Dave Oshry, uploaded a video to Twitter featuring Malcolm McDowell addressing the fans of the game.

[36] New Blood Interactive co-founder, Dave Oshry, explained the release timing was done to avoid overlap with CD Projekt's showcase of extra content for Cyberpunk 2077.

Alice Bell of Rock Paper Shotgun gave an overall positive review, calling it, "a grubby delight of a game", but criticized its unfinished nature.

[15] Morgan Park of PC Gamer drew similar conclusions, stating, "It's good as-is, but unless you're truly desperate for an immersive sim fix, you're better off waiting until it's all out, which is exactly what I intend to do now.