GRIMLOOP

About this game

GRIMLOOP is a horror roguelite bullet heaven where every 30 seconds, a ghostly echo of your past self appears and replays your movements and attacks. By minute 20, you command an army of 40 spectral copies firing hundreds of projectiles per second — but the nightmares of The Hollow scale faster than your echoes multiply.

THE ECHO SYSTEM

Every 30 seconds, a spectral copy of you spawns and perfectly replays your movements and attacks from that time window — forever. Your skill matters: if you kite efficiently, your echoes kite efficiently. If you stand still and fire, you create a turret. By minute 15, your 30+ echoes fill the screen with hundreds of projectiles in a bullet storm that has to be seen to be believed.

No two runs play the same. Your movement patterns ARE your build.

HORROR AS A MECHANIC

A Darkwood-style vision cone means you hear enemies before you see them. The first two minutes are genuinely terrifying: alone, in the dark, with things moving just outside your flashlight. Then your echoes start appearing — ghosts of yourself, fighting alongside you.

The horror shifts. You're surrounded by copies of yourself. And the nightmares are learning.

90+ WEAPONS

Projectiles, melee arcs, orbital shields, chain lightning, ground eruptions, area pulses, homing seekers, and damage-over-time zones. Every weapon evolves into a devastating final form when mastered. Your echoes carry every weapon you do — 40 echoes with 6 weapons each means an overwhelming bullet density no other survivor-like can match.

200+ build combinations. Choose from the level-up pool every time you gain XP. Evolve weapons. Stack synergies. Break the game.

7 NIGHTMARE BOSSES

Every boss has unique mechanics that threaten your echo army:

• THE GARGOYLE — Petrification gaze. Stop moving or be frozen.
  
• THE CRYSTAL GOLEM — Crystal armor plates you must shatter.
  
• 5 more nightmares await in the depths...

THE GRIMOIRE

Spend Soul Coins earned from each run to permanently strengthen your next attempt. More HP, faster echoes, starting weapons, rerolls, and difficulty modifiers. 5 Recursion tiers for players who want the ultimate challenge — enemies scale, rewards multiply.

FEATURES

• ECHO SYSTEM — 40 spectral copies replay your combat. Hundreds of projectiles per second.
  
• 90+ WEAPONS — 8 families, each with an evolution path. Evolve your arsenal.
  
• BULLET HEAVEN — Screen-filling projectile chaos that escalates every minute.
  
• VISION CONE — Darkwood-style restricted sight. Hear enemies in the dark.
  
• 7 BOSSES — Unique mechanics, multi-phase fights. Each threatens your echoes differently.
  
• 20-MINUTE RUNS — From alone-in-the-dark to overwhelming bullet storm.
  
• THE GRIMOIRE — Permanent meta-progression between runs.
  
• 30 ACHIEVEMENTS — Challenges, milestones, and secrets.
  
• HORROR ATMOSPHERE — Dynamic music, weather, biome shifts after each boss.
  
• FULL CONTROLLER SUPPORT — Gamepad with dynamic input glyphs.
  
• STEAM CLOUD — Progress syncs across machines.

Escape the recursion — or be consumed.

Latest news

• Community & Events·8 Jun 2026Official

  GRIMLOOP Joins Steam Bullet Fest — and We Just Passed 1K!

  When GRIMLOOP launched I figured a few people would try it and tell me the echoes were broken. Instead a thousand of you walked into The Hollow, built your ghost armies, and started sending me clips of 40-echo bullet storms I wasn't sure the engine could survive. Thank you!And the timing couldn't be better — GRIMLOOP is now part of Steam Bullet Fest 2026, running June 8–15. It's a week-long celebration of everything bullet hell and bullet heaven, and a game built entirely around drowning the screen in projectiles feels right at home.If you've been on the fence, this is the week:GRIMLOOP is on sale through the FestEvery 30 seconds, a ghost of your past self spawns and fights beside youBy minute 20 you command 40 echoes firing hundreds of projectiles90+ weapons, 7 nightmare bosses, and The Grimoire to carry power between runsTwo small asks, if the game's earned it:Leave a review — early reviews decide whether Steam shows GRIMLOOP to the next thousand playersKeep sending clips — the wilder the echo storm, the betterSlipgun Studios is a tiny operation, and every one of those 1,000 names moved the needle in a way that's hard to put into words. Here's to the next thousand.Escape the recursion. Or be consumed.
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• Announcements·4 Jun 2026Official

  GRIMLOOP is Out Now — Command Your Ghost Army!

  GRIMLOOP is live!This one started as a "what if your mistakes followed you" idea and turned into the strangest thing I've built — a horror bullet heaven where you don't recruit an army. You become it.Every 30 seconds, a spectral copy of your past self spawns and replays your exact movements and attacks. Forever. Kite well and your ghosts kite well. Stand and fire and you've built a turret. By minute 20 you're commanding 40 echoes filling the screen with hundreds of projectiles — while the nightmares of The Hollow scale right alongside you.What's inside:The Echo System — your movement patterns are your buildA Darkwood-style vision cone — hear things in the dark before you see them90+ weapons, each with a final evolved form7 nightmare bosses, each one built to break your echo armyThe Grimoire — permanent meta-progression between runs30 achievements, full controller support, Steam CloudLaunch week it's 10% off — $4.49 until June 11.And if you play it: thank you. GRIMLOOP came out of Slipgun Studios, a very small operation, and every wishlist, review, and clip lands harder than you'd think. Tell me which build broke the game for you, or how far you make it — I read all of it!Escape the recursion. Or be consumed.
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