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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 ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.6%positive2,699 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“As I said in my review for the other GemCraft: [spoiler]this is a hidden gem.[/spoiler]”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 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 · 391 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The depth & complexity in this game is incredible. The leveling mechanism, the pathway flexibilities for each level, the replayability (each level has 3 modes) & even some lore, all make this game a work of art. You just need to give it a little time.”

— a player, Steam review · 215 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

95playing at last check
12224-hour peak
2,044all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 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 2026-07-25.

636achievements
25.5%median completion
2.4%rarest: Eggs Royale
92.4% of players 75.8% of players 71.6% of players 63.9% of players 60.5% of players 56.5% of players 53.8% of players 51.1% of players 47.9% of players 46.4% of players 45.3% of players 44.5% of players 43.1% of players 41.8% of players 40.6% of players 39.5% of players 38.7% of players 37.6% of players 36.4% of players 35.4% of players 34.4% of players 33.7% of players 33.0% of players 32.1% of players 31.4% of players 30.4% of players 29.3% of players 28.4% of players 27.7% of players 27.4% of players 26.7% of players 25.9% of players 25.4% of players 24.6% 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 17.8% of players 17.3% of players 16.8% of players 16.1% of players 15.3% 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 10.4% of players 9.8% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 7.3% of players 6.4% of players 5.6% 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.
2.6%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.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$12.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US12.99 USD
EU11.59 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia18.85 AUD
Canada14.49 CAD
Japan1,399 JPY
Brazil26.89 BRL
China89.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$5.3 Japan Canada US China Australia EU UK≈$13

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

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

Mar 10, 2021
Iron Update

Hey Everyone, After a long wait again, GemCraft Frostborn Wrath has finally got a new major update! The Iron mode, known from the previous GemCraft too, is now added, giving veteran wizards a new flav

Apr 27, 2020
Chilling Update

Hey Everyone, After a long silence, a new major update for the game is finally here! The initial difficulty of the game got a mixed reception, even after many smaller attempts to make the game's overa

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

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
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
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