Into The Gloom
Fair · Shooter · 2015
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $5.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.9h 6.8h to 100%
- Value
- $3.15/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 296 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 512 MB VRAM, 164 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 82 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 67 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 40 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 71 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Garten of Banban 7 ($9.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Garten of Banban 4 ($9.99, scores 40).
More about Into The Gloom
The main story runs 1.9 hours. Doing everything runs 7, 3.6 times as long.
The drop-off
3% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Into The Gloom, developed by earrgames and published by Conglomerate 5, is an eerie and atmospheric first-person horror adventure that takes an unconventional approach to fear. Rather than relying on graphical realism or heavy narrative exposition, it builds unease through abstraction, mood, and a minimalist aesthetic that trades color for psychological weight. The entire experience unfolds in stark shades of black...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Oh my. I wasn't expecting for this game to pull my heart strings. I completed all the endings and game gave me some good scares hehe. This was one of my more emotional gaming experiences. I won't spoil anything, but in one certain ending i started to tear up. A great pixel horror game, great ost, very good story. And all of that for little money. And the developer himself to this day still updates the game! Go...
I wasn't the hugest fan of this one. While I can tell a lot of work was put into this game and I really wanted to like it, I found it mostly boring and somewhat tedious. 4/10 Yes baby - Amazing and cool artstyle - Some downright beautiful visuals at times (it's a shame most of the game takes place in boring white corridors) - Pretty decent story, just wish it was fleshed out more - Some cool puzzles - The ending...
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Cite this score
Into The Gloom scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/342350/into-the-gloomReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.