Card-Building Game Shroom and Gloom Arrives on Steam in September, Letting Players Cook Their Defeated Enemies

Shroom and Gloom turns a fungal dungeon into a kitchen as much as a battlefield. The strategy game will enter Steam Early Access on Sept. 11 Taiwan time, bringing a hand-drawn, three-dimensional underground world to players.

Devolver Digital and Team Lazerbeam built the first-person roguelike around two separate decks. An exploration deck lets players uncover, search, destroy, unlock, ignite, feed and repair objects. A combat deck supports attacks such as slashing and roasting, while card combinations can trigger chained skills against groups of fungal enemies.

The game’s strangest feature is also one of its central mechanics: every enemy can be eaten. Players can skewer, season and roast fallen fungi to recover health, or throw them into a pot and brew soup capable of turning a battle around.

Hundreds of cards are divided between the two decks, allowing players to experiment with different combinations. Cards can also grow and change without a fixed limit. Basic starting cards may become powerful attacks, while rare cards can be transformed into weapons strong enough to disrupt the game’s balance. The result is a high-freedom dungeon adventure spread across a dense network of caves and tunnels.