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GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
Apr 30, 2015·96% positive·
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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.
Best games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
The best games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows are GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath, Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors, Cursed Treasure 2, Castle Of Alchemists, and Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 96% positive across 4k Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Action, Strategy, Indie, platform support for Windows, and $1.99 pricing signal.
- GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath - GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath is strongly similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows because both games are made by Game in a Bottle, and both are Action and Strategy and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Tower Defense, Strategy.
- Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors - Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors is closely similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows because both are Action and Strategy and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Strategy, Action, Top-Down.
- Cursed Treasure 2 - Cursed Treasure 2 is closely similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows because both are Strategy and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Tower Defense, Strategy, Indie, Top-Down.
- Castle Of Alchemists - Castle Of Alchemists is loosely similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows because both are Action and Strategy and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Tower Defense, Strategy, Indie.
- Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense - Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense is closely similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows because both are Strategy games, and share gameplay elements like Tower Defense, Strategy, Action, Top-Down.
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The cult classic tower defense game beloved by millions comes to Steam with GemCraft - Chasing Shadows. Against swarms of vicious, demonic avatars, your only defenses are the gems you conjure that, when placed atop towers or into traps and amplifiers, become conduits for powerful magical and elemental attacks. GemCraft combines fast-paced real-time strategy as you deal with waves of incoming monsters, and cunning tactics that allow you to craft and combine magical gems. Create traps that poison or slow, discover powerful artifacts and unlock new abilities, and stand alone against The Forgotten, a seemingly unkillable archdemon whose endless armies threaten to swallow the world. GemCraft is packed with multiple levels of difficulty, hundreds of achievements, nearly two hundred levels, and much, much more, making it a rewarding, deep strategy game you'll come back to over and over again.
Key Features
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Conquer over 190 stages with unique challenges and conditions.
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Over two dozen passive skills to unlock and enhance as you level up and increase your power.
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More than 400 achievements that will reward you with more skill points as you earn them.
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Craft and combine nine gem types with different effects to suit your tactical needs.
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Combine and stack multiple tiers of difficulty and challenging battle traits for greater rewards, but also greater dangers.
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Socket fragments you find into your mystical talisman to impart new bonuses.
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Wield devastating spells to decimate your foes or enhance your gems.
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Control the speed of battle with fast-forward or pause to fit your play style.
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Want more monsters? Summon them with wave stones, but beware their greater power...
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Replay any stage you've completed for more experience points or with a new challenge.
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Hold out as long as you can after you win levels in Endurance mode for more rewards.
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