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2015PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive9.75 €

A deep tower defense game where combinable gems replace traditional towers to hold back endless monster hordes. Extensive skills, upgrades and a story-driven campaign give it a lot of strategic freedom.

  • Tactical depth
  • Strong character progression
  • Fantasy setting
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for GemCraft - Chasing Shadows are GemCraft: Frostborn Wrath, Cataclismo and Against the Storm. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes GemCraft - Chasing Shadows special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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GemCraft: Frostborn Wrath

95 %Match

2020PCSteam Deck playable88 % positive11.59 €

  • Tactical depth
  • Strong character progression
  • Fantasy setting

A deep tower defense game where you craft, combine and socket gems with different abilities to hold back endless monster waves. A large campaign map, extensive skill trees and many challenge stages keep you hooked for a long time.

Cataclismo

Challenging difficulty

Cataclismo blends tower defense with real-time strategy: you build fortresses piece by piece and fend off waves of Horrors while reclaiming mist-shrouded ruins.

Against the Storm

Tactical depth

A roguelite city builder where you found new settlements in the endless rain, juggling resources, species needs and looming storms. Randomized maps and conditions keep each run fresh, while meta-progression steadily expands your options.

Iron Danger

Challenging difficulty

A tactical fantasy RPG inspired by Finnish folklore where you rewind time to plan fights second by second, using fire, traps and the environment creatively to overcome tough encounters.

Everwarder

Tactical depth

A 2D tower defense with roguelite elements where you protect a crystal from endless enemy waves. Artifacts, unit evolutions and an upgrade tree let you keep strengthening your defense as difficulty climbs.

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