Theme gallery
GMod Loading Screen Themes
15themes designed for Garry's Mod's in-game browser, 5 of them free. Every preview below is the real rendered theme — live server info, download progress and music included, connected to your server with one sv_loadingurl line.
Minimal Dark
A quiet, confident first impression — dark, legible, zero clutter.
Minimal Dark strips the loading screen down to what players actually read: your server name, the map they're joining, and clear download progress on a deep dark canvas. No particles fighting for attention, no gimmicks — just typography and spacing doing the work.
- Servers that want a professional, understated look
- Communities with strong existing branding
Cyber Neon
Cyberpunk glow, animated grids and arcade energy.
Cyber Neon leans fully into the cyberpunk aesthetic: neon accents, glowing edges and animated backdrops that make the wait feel like part of the game. It's loud in the best way — players know immediately what kind of server they're joining.
- Cyberpunk RP and futuristic city servers
- TTT and arcade-style communities
Community Showcase
Your community front and center — orbital logo, staff wall and slideshow.
Community Showcase is built around people: a central animated logo, a rotating staff roster with real Steam avatars, and a background slideshow of your server's best moments. New players see a living community before they've even spawned.
- Established communities proud of their staff and events
- DarkRP and social servers
Server Banner
One strong visual, your message, and nothing in the way.
Server Banner is the billboard approach: a full-screen key art or screenshot, your server name in large type, and rotating status messages under a clean loading bar. Without a background image it falls back to an elegant animated particle field.
- Servers with strong key art or commissioned artwork
- Minimalists who still want motion (particles, rotating messages)
Cinematic Empire
An epic, imperial opening worthy of a galactic army.
Cinematic Empire turns the loading wait into an opening scene: monumental typography, dramatic dark tones and an atmosphere built for large-scale roleplay. It reads less like a web page and more like the title card of a war film.
- Star Wars RP and imperial-themed servers
- MilitaryRP and large-scale event communities
Stream HUD
A streamer-style overlay on top of your own gameplay shots.
Stream HUD frames your loading screen like a live broadcast: an in-game screenshot as the backdrop, clean HUD-style corners, and a creator list with platform badges (Twitch, Kick, YouTube). If your community streams, this theme puts them on the marquee.
- Communities with active streamers and content creators
- Servers that recruit through Twitch and YouTube
Quad Brief
Four panels of mission briefing — players arrive informed.
Quad Brief splits the screen into an information dashboard: server identity, rules or objectives, live status and media, each in its own panel. It's the theme for servers where players should read before they spawn.
- Serious RP servers with rules players must know
- Clone Wars RP and structured military communities
Cinema Frame
A golden-age cinema frame around your server's poster.
Cinema Frame presents your artwork inside an ornamented golden frame with a badge for your logo — like a film poster in a theater lobby. Subtle grain and vignetting options give it a genuinely filmic texture.
- Story-driven RP with seasons and events
- Cinematic communities and machinima crews
Jedi vs Sith
Two sides, one duel — pick your allegiance while you load.
Jedi vs Sith stages the eternal duel on your loading screen: opposing color auras, dramatic lighting and a composition that splits the screen between light and dark. Star Wars RP players feel at home instantly.
- Star Wars RP servers with light/dark factions
- Jedi vs Sith and lightsaber-focused communities
Drop Card
A crisp identity card for your server — free and to the point.
Drop Card condenses your server into a single elegant card: name, map, progress and essentials, floating over your background. It's compact, modern and impossible to misread.
- New servers that want a clean look immediately
- Minimal setups without heavy branding assets
Neon Streets
Late-night city minimalism with a single neon accent.
Neon Streets is the restrained take on neon: a very dark canvas, one accent color that drives the title glow and progress bar, and typography that feels like a storefront sign at 2 a.m. It's atmospheric without being busy.
- City RP and nightlife-themed servers
- Communities with a single strong brand color
Tactical Ops
Military command console — olive, NATO blue or tactical red.
Tactical Ops renders your loading screen as a command interface: mission objectives, unit roster, status readouts and a color system that switches from military olive to NATO blue or tactical red. Joining feels like receiving orders.
- MilitaryRP and PoliceRP servers
- Tactical communities with squads and operations
Containment
Anomaly containment aesthetics — clinical, ominous, SCP-ready.
Containment channels research-facility horror: warning stripes, clinical readouts and an atmosphere that says something is behind that door. It's purpose-built for SCP-RP and horror communities.
- SCP-RP and site-based horror servers
- Zombie survival and dark-themed gamemodes
Blueprint
Technical drawing style — your server on the drafting table.
Blueprint draws your loading screen as a technical plan: grid lines, drafting typography and schematic framing, in classic blueprint blue or a light parchment mode. Uploaded logos blend into the grid like printed ink.
- Sandbox and build servers
- Engineering-minded communities (Wiremod, Expression2)
Royal Charter
Illuminated manuscript elegance for medieval realms.
Royal Charter dresses your server as a royal decree: parchment textures, ornamental borders and regal typography. It reads like the charter founding your kingdom — because on a medieval RP server, that's exactly what a loading screen should be.
- Medieval RP and kingdom servers
- Fantasy and LOTR-inspired communities
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