GemCraft - Chasing Shadows on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is a tower defense, strategy and indie game developed by Game in a Bottle and published by Armor Games Studios.
Released on April 30th 2015 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 4,136 reviews of which 3,939 were positive and 197 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.44€ on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified GemCraft - Chasing Shadows into these genres:

Tower Defense Strategy Indie Singleplayer Action Top-Down Fantasy Tactical 2D Classic Difficult Great Soundtrack Puzzle Magic Dark Fantasy

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista SP1
  • Processor: Intel Celeron N or better
  • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics or better
  • Storage: 100 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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55 hours played
March 2026
After 20 years of playing Tower Defense games I think the Gemcraft series might be the best experience I've had. You can make your build simple or complicated by digging into the many systems the game has and anything in between. The music, the UI, the art style all blend into a relaxing experience. It harkens back to a simpler time which makes it a great escape from the current video game landscape. Do yourself a favour and try it out.
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854 hours played
March 2026
There isn't a tower defense game that even comes close to the depth of the gemcraft series.
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118 hours played
Feb. 2026
Played all of the games, and non of them have disappointed! Can't wait for the first 3 ones to be available on Steam!
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26 hours played
Nov. 2025
The good: > Good graphics, it's both creepy and pretty at the same time > Little asset reuse (very prevalent in TD games) - every map is different > A LOT of maps that allow you to build your own maze \-> Buildings have incrementally increasing mana costs, building a good maze isn't cheap > Game challenges you to get access to new abilities and upgrading them > A mechanic that allows you to build a talisman with different buffs (cost reductions, +%damage against x, additional spell charge and such) > Infinitely scaling endless mode > Difficulty modifiers that VASTLY increase exp gain, all of which have to be acquired in a way similar to skills > Story told through things you experience on the map (no lazy throwaway mentions, things story relevant have actual mechanics) > A lot of achievements and some of them very creative ones > Replayability, finished the game on all difficulties? Try the ♥♥♥♥ and ball torture of restarting the game on iron wizard The bad > Infinitely scaling endless mode > Soundtrack consists of two, maybe two and a half songs and they're mostly creepy ambience > Gems deal pitiful damage before you get access to poolbound, bloodbound and amplifiers > You may get lost once the hexmap gets pretty big, unsure of which way to go > Shadows are broken bullsh1t Overall, a very solid tower defense game
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146 hours played
July 2025
This has to be one of my favorite games of all time. I remember first playing the free version online when I was twelve. Years later I came across it on steam and instantly bought it. I think that it is very well designed, and I enjoy both the strategy and grind aspects of it.
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Frequently Asked Questions

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

No, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Yes, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows received 3,939 positive votes out of a total of 4,136 achieving an impressive rating of 9.15.
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GemCraft - Chasing Shadows was developed by Game in a Bottle and published by Armor Games Studios.

Yes, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is not playable on MacOS.

No, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is not playable on Linux.

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is a single-player game.

No, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows does not currently offer any DLC.

No, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for GemCraft - Chasing Shadows.

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Rating
9.2
3,939
197
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Developer
Game in a Bottle
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Armor Games Studios
Release 30 Apr 2015
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