Gloomvex

About This Game

Gloomvex is a dark sci-fi arena roguelite where you face increasingly brutal enemy waves, corrupted Vex entities, and powerful bosses.

Choose one of 10 playable characters, expand your arsenal, collect chips, improve your stats, and create new builds run after run. Every run grows more intense, every decision matters – and the Vex corruption continues to spread.

The arena is no longer a clean training ground. Ruined sci-fi structures, wreckage, smoke, and damaged machinery surround the combat zone while increasingly dangerous enemies rush toward you.

Fight through wave-based survival gameplay, dodge attacks, collect experience and gold, upgrade your weapons, and survive for as long as possible.

Auto-targeting weapons

Increasing difficulty with every wave

Enemies with different roles and movement patterns

Elite enemies, mini-bosses, and major boss fights

Live DPS, Max DPS, and run statistics in the HUD

Gloomvex features 20 weapons, including 10 base weapons and 10 powerful Epic hybrid weapons.

Upgrade your weapons during a run and use the Vex Synthesis system to fuse two Rare weapons into a new Epic hybrid weapon.

Examples of weapons and hybrid weapons

Lightning Chain

Flamethrower

Homing Missile

Boomerang

Orbit Blades

Shredder Cannon

Storm Rifle

Inferno Scatter

Cryo Pulse Core

Arc Beam

Thermal Rift

Refractor Disc

Find powerful combinations, change your playstyle, and use the right weapon at the right time.

Choose from 10 different characters, each with their own stats, starting weapons, and playstyles.

Ironclad – balanced starting point

Buckshot – high damage at close range

Vortex – chain lightning specialist

Prism – energy weapon expert

Stormrage – defensive orbital strike fighter

Ember – fire and crit specialist

Glacius – frost control and survivability

Seeker – homing projectiles and XP advantages

Ricochet – critical hits and high damage potential

Reaper – high risk, high reward

Unlock characters, test new starting weapons, and find your preferred build.

Face 11 bosses with unique attack patterns, dangerous mechanics, and escalating intensity.

Bosses appear every 10 waves

Each boss has its own attack patterns

Below 33% HP, bosses become more aggressive

Boss fights reward you with chips and boss cores

Boss cores unlock new characters

Boss achievements are fully integrated with Steam

Every boss is a milestone in your run – and a new opportunity to push your progression forward.

Builds, Chips, and Meta Progression

Gloomvex combines fast arena action with multiple progression systems.

Collect and equip upgrade chips

Use boss cores to unlock new characters

Purchase permanent upgrades in the Upgrade Shop

Improve stats such as damage, health, movement speed, XP gain, gold gain, crit chance, crit damage, and armor

Choose new upgrades for your current run when leveling up

Discover augments, capsules, and additional run modifiers

This makes every run a different mix of character, weapons, upgrades, chips, and decisions.

Capsules and Arena Events

During a run, destructible Capsules can appear in the arena. They contain random effects that can influence the fight.

Possible effects include:

XP bursts

Plasma explosions

Healing fields

Stasis fields

Hazard fields

Chain lightning effects

Temporary drones

Free level-up menus

Capsules are not a safe reward – they are unstable Vex technology. Some help you, while others change the battle in dangerous ways.

Compendium and Progress

The Compendium documents important content and systems in Gloomvex.

There you can find information about:

Characters

Weapons

Vex Synthesis

Chips

Enemies

Bosses

Capsules

Augments

Game mechanics

The further you play, the more you understand the systems behind the arena.

Features

Dark sci-fi arena roguelite

Wave-based survival gameplay

10 playable characters

20 weapons including Epic hybrid weapons

Vex Synthesis system for weapon fusion

11 boss encounters

Upgrade chips and boss cores

Permanent meta progression

Level-up upgrades with icons

Capsules with random effects

Live DPS and Max DPS display

Highscore screen with expanded run data

Full controller and keyboard support

Steam achievements

12 supported languages

Can you perfect your build, defeat every boss, and survive the Vex?