Team Lazerbeam, in partnership with Devolver Digital, proudly presents their new indie title centered around fungi. The duo happily announces that Shroom and Gloom, a dual-deck building roguelite dungeon adventure, has officially launched on Steam for Early Access.
Here, you will delve into an underground world overrun by fungi, constantly exploring perilous dungeons. Using two distinct decks, you'll battle grotesque mushroom creatures of various forms. Each expedition may bring fresh card combinations and unexpected adventurous experiences.
A dual-deck building system intertwining exploration, combat, and cooking in an underground adventure
One of the core features of Shroom and Gloom is its dual-deck system, consisting of both a combat deck and an exploration deck.
During exploration, players can use their exploration deck to reveal hidden areas, search for resources, break obstacles, and unlock mechanisms. They can also ignite, feed, or repair various objects within the dungeon, pressing deeper into this dark, dangerous, and eerily musty underground world.
When bizarre fungal monsters block your path, your combat deck becomes your primary weapon. Slash, chop, roast, or even eat your enemies—in Shroom and Gloom, every foe you encounter could become your next "delicacy." Defeated fungal enemies also become part of the adventure: string them up, season them, and roast them to restore health by eating these "loot" items; or toss various ingredients into a pot to brew special soups that can turn the tide of battle at critical moments.
As your adventure progresses, you'll acquire more cards and strengthen your decks through growth and modification systems. Seemingly ordinary cards from the start can be upgraded into powerful attacks, while rare cards have the potential to be further modified into superweapons capable of shifting the balance of power.
From exploration and combat to cooking, Shroom and Gloom integrates plenty of imaginative interactions into its underground adventure, ensuring that each dive into the dungeon has the potential to yield vastly different card combinations and adventurous experiences.
Meanwhile, the game combines distinctive hand-drawn art styles with rich 3D spaces to create an underground world that is both bizarre and vibrant. Within its vast network of caves and tunnels lie hundreds of cards, dozens of unique enemies, and extensive meta-progression content, waiting for players to explore ever deeper.
Steam Early Access is now live, with more fungal adventures on the way
In this initial Steam Early Access release, Shroom and Gloom offers players two independent routes leading to the mysterious underground realm known as "The Gloom." Each route features completely different dungeon layouts and exclusive card pools, providing unique exploration and deck-building experiences for every adventure.
Additionally, the Early Access version includes five playable characters and numerous quests that unlock new content, offering players ample room for repeated exploration.
And this is just the beginning. As development continues through the Early Access phase, Shroom and Gloom will gradually add more cards, enemies, dungeons, and other new content, continually expanding this underground adventure filled with fungi, monsters, and wild deck-building possibilities.
Players can now head to Steam Early Access to experience Shroom and Gloom's unique take on dungeon crawling and deck-building gameplay, priced at 59 CNY in the China region. All fans of deck-builders and roguelike dungeons are welcome to step into this eerie, fantastical fungal underworld and embark on a one-of-a-kind subterranean adventure!