GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

Game in a Bottle / Apr 30, 2015 / Action, Indie, Strategy

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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.

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What's new

GemCraft Chasing Shadows v.1.0.6 is up!

2015-08-14

List of changes: - Fixed: outcome panel could show negative mana spent on amplifiers with high level masonry skill - Fixed: Spiritforge controlled towers with their gems stolen by a specter stated that a new gem can be inserted - When the Forgotten locks the gui, the call for early waves is withdrawn - Fixed some typos - Waves enraged by the Forgotten can't be cleaned of rage anymore - Fixed a bug involving specters almost leaving the battlefield with a stolen gem - Minor change at field V7: One of the Spf towers upgrades its gem later - Added Alt+Enter shortcut to switch full screen

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What players say

Very Positive

95% positive, 3,136 reviews

Recommended332 hrs played

I really enjoy this tower defense game, it can be very tough but if you persevere building your stats you can always go back when you are stronger to try again when a level proves too tough. The game consists of building defenses to stop the monsters from reaching your orb. The main defense are gems of different colors/abilities that you can either leave pure or "weave" together to make some great kill gems. Gems...

12 found this helpful, 2026-09-09

Recommended134 hrs played

Massive amount of content and a build system with real flexibility to it. Easy to lose entire evenings to. Same honest caveat as the rest of the series: the strategies converge. You find what works, and then you keep doing what works, map after map. That's not a dealbreaker for 100+ hours of tower defense, but it's why I'd call this a great game to dip into over months rather than binge.

1 found this helpful, 2026-09-02

Recommended90 hrs played

This game is awesome. If I were to describe it in one word, it would be "Dread". It starts like any normal Tower Defense game, but slowly, you will feel it, something isn't quite right...

1 found this helpful, 2026-09-15

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