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GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Released Jan 10, 2020 Developer Game in a Bottle Platforms Windows Tower DefenseDifficultRTSStrategy2D
View on Steam ↗ $3.89 (US · as of 2026-10-22)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

88.7%positive2,876 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“A classic tower defence game with too much front-loaded grinding. 4/10 by modern standards 6/10 by classical standards BONUS POINTS for nostalgia (People who have been playing Gemcraft since the 2000s) This game has all the ingredients needed for a great tower defence game.…”

— a player, Steam review · 424 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“The breakout Flash tower defense games may be Bloons TD and Kingdom Rush, but I think the greats are Desktop TD, Pokémon TD, and the GemCraft series, the latest entry being GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath. Like any TD, a variety of monsters march along a path toward your wizarding…”

— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“So, years after it's been released I had the itch to replay the game and finish the achievements (it seems like a lot were added after the release, since I didn't have a lot of basic ones despite completing it the first time around, more or less). In short: it still feels bad to…”

— a player, Steam review · 150 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

2,044all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 1k avg · Jan 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.

636achievements
25.5%median completion
2.4%rarest: Eggs Royale
92.4% of players 75.7% of players 71.5% of players 63.8% of players 60.4% of players 56.4% of players 53.7% of players 51.0% of players 47.8% of players 46.3% of players 45.2% of players 44.5% of players 43.0% of players 41.7% of players 40.5% of players 39.5% of players 38.6% of players 37.6% of players 36.3% of players 35.3% of players 34.3% of players 33.6% of players 33.0% of players 32.0% of players 31.4% of players 30.3% of players 29.2% of players 28.3% of players 27.6% of players 27.4% of players 26.6% of players 25.9% of players 25.4% of players 24.5% of players 23.3% of players 22.7% of players 21.8% of players 21.1% of players 20.4% of players 19.4% of players 18.7% of players 17.9% of players 17.3% of players 16.8% of players 16.1% of players 15.4% of players 14.7% of players 14.0% of players 13.2% of players 12.8% of players 12.2% of players 11.6% of players 11.1% of players 10.5% of players 9.9% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 7.3% of players 6.4% of players 5.7% of players 92.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.4%First Blood — Kill a monster.
91.0%Clean Orb — Win a battle without any monster getting to your orb.
83.9%First Puzzle Piece — Find a talisman fragment.
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%Eggs Royale — Reach 1.000 monster eggs cracked through all the battles.
2.7%Helping Hand — Have a watchtower kill a possessed monster.
2.8%You Could Be my Apprentice — Have a watchtower kill a wizard hunter.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.89−70% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-22 11:56 UTC
$12.99base price
$2.59lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US3.89 USD−70%
EU3.47 EUR−70%
UK2.99 GBP−70%
Australia5.65 AUD−70%
Canada4.34 CAD−70%
Japan419 JPY−70%
Brazil8.06 BRL−70%
China26.70 CNY−70%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.6 Japan Canada EU US Australia UK China≈$4.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-22). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-09 09-30 10-22

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 21, 2026
GemCraft Legacy Collection is released!

Fellow Wizards, The time has come. The GemCraft Legacy Collection is now out on Steam! If you played the old GemCraft chapters back then, I hope it will bring back some good old memories, exploring an

Sep 02, 2026
Legacy Collection Releasing October 21st!

The wait is over, Wizards! GemCraft Legacy Collection will be launching on October 21st at roughly 2pm GMT. The game will be $9.99 and discounted in a bundle with Chasing Shadows and Frostborn Wrath.

Jun 10, 2026
Legacy Collection Demo is NOW LIVE!

To all fellow wizards! We're so thrilled to let you experience the GemCraft - Legacy Collection for the first time. The demo will let you play the first few levels of all 3 games and remember how awes

Feb 13, 2026
GemCraft Legacy Collection Revealed

Fellow Wizards! The time has come to travel back and begin your journey anew. The first three GemCraft games together in one ominous package. Experience Chapter 1, Chapter 0, and Labyrinth again (or f

Mar 18, 2021
Iron mode difficulty fix

Hey Everyone, I'm sorry for the mess with the initial Iron update, it contained an error that made too many skill points available, and all the fields were adjusted for difficulty with this error in e

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsTower Defense · Difficult · RTS · Strategy · 2D · Top-Down · Action · Hand-drawn · Fantasy · Medieval · Magic · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements636
Official sitehttp://gameinabottle.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 300 MB available space