Immersive sims are an odd and exceedingly specific niche that some players just don’t feel like dealing with, but those who enjoy them play all of them. If you’re a fan, too, then you’ll be thrilled to hear that Gloomwood‘s next major update is coming very, very soon. Kind of!
More specifically, Gloomwood is an Early Access ImSim that’s going through a slow and meticulous production process headed by the developer Dillon Rogers. The game’s next major update, titled ‘The Underport’ had been slated for mid-2024 for some time at this point, but plans have now changed, and the chunk of content featured in it was so substantial that it had to be sliced in half. The Underport is now, therefore, two updates instead of one, and its first half, titled ‘The Power Station’ is coming later this month.
Gloomwood’s Power Station level is coming this month, The Hive is on the horizon
Gloomwood first launched via Steam Early Access in August 2022, and the game has been iterating upon its immersive sim core ever since. While the fact that the Underport has bifurcated into two separate releases is a bit sad, the flip side of the equation is that we’ll soon have a sizeable new chunk of Gloomwood goodness to tide us over. A fair trade, I’d say.
At this time, we don’t know when the second half of the Underport, now known as ‘The Hive’ might be coming out. Presumably, it’s still slated for 2024, but we’ll need to wait and see what Rogers has to say on that front.
The bit that we do know for a fact, though, is that Gloomwood still has a fairly long and storied road ahead of it. As per the previous bit of news about the Underdark update, Rogers intends to focus on the aptly titled Research Update after all of its content comes out: “[Research] will allow the doctor to take body parts from enemies back to the lab at the lighthouse in order to study them and gain new abilities.” Fun!
After the Research Update, Rogers explained his team will be working on the ‘Bank’ level, which is due to introduce a high-tech section of the city, which is a wholly different brand of excitement, all things considered.
So, it’s slow going, but Gloomwood‘s been nothing short of great so far, and ImSim fans are used to waiting anyway. Especially now, with the studio behind the legendary Prey sadly about to close down. For those who’d like to play Gloomwood in its 1.0 form, all I can say is – stay tuned.
