Gloomhaven
Difficult card-driven tactical RPG adapted from a cooperative board game
Flaming Fowl Studios, Saber Interactive · Published by Twin Sails Interactive · Released Oct 20, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 16K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 43 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 185
- peak 24h 442
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Jan 15, 2024
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is Gloomhaven?
This dark-fantasy tactical RPG adapts a board game about mercenaries taking paid jobs amid a struggle for the city. Across a branching 95-mission campaign, you explore dungeons and fight on hex grids, choosing two ability cards per mercenary each turn while managing limited cards, equipment, perks, and levels. Play alone or in online co-op with up to four players.
For you if...
- +you enjoy difficult, slow-paced combat built around careful planning
- +you want a cooperative board game without physical setup
- +you like managing several distinct characters and card decks
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast action over deliberate turn-based decisions
- −you want a gentle learning curve and forgiving difficulty
What players say
82% of 16,131 reviews are positive · 69% of 43 in the last 30 days
Players praise the deep card-based tactics and how the adaptation handles setup, bookkeeping, and enemy turns. The dominant complaint is unreliable online co-op, with reports of desyncs, crashes, loading hangs, and softlocks; recent reviews also cite severe slowdowns and clumsy controls and menus.
Screenshots and trailer
Gloomhaven system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Win 10 64bits
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-3470, AMD Ryzen 3 1200, or above
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 760, Radeon R9 280, or above
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 14 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Win 10 64bits
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-11400, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, or above
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 1070, Radeon RX Vega 64, or above
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 14 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 61
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish.
Tags
- Difficult
- Online Co-Op
- Turn-Based Combat
- Dark Fantasy
- Tactical RPG
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Co-op Campaign
- Party-Based RPG
- Strategy
- Card Game
- Deckbuilding
- Board Game
- RPG
- 3D
- Tactical
- Turn-Based Tactics
Recent updates
- Jan 15, 2024 · Patch Notes v. 1.1.8307.0
- Nov 24, 2023 · Hotfix v1.1.7967.0
- Nov 22, 2023 · Patch Notes v1.1.7944.0
- Oct 31, 2023 · Update v. 1.1.7560.0
- Oct 17, 2023 · Hotfix v.1.0.7413.0 for PC
3 DLC available.
