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GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath cover art

GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

Game in a Bottle · 2020-01-10

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath is a 2020 Action, Indie and Strategy game priced at $12.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 2874 reviews).

74
playing now
89%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

74 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 74 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (815 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 57k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,874 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2026-03-09) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70170120202026Week of 2020-01-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

135712026-09-15 14:00 — 108 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 82 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 78 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 120 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 135 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 79 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 76 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 102 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 72 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 79 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 110 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 85 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 71 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 104 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 90 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 90 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 110 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 75 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 74 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 124 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 113 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 75 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 84 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 74 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k84Jan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 1,048 · peak 2,044Apr 2020 — avg 353 · peak 589Jul 2020 — avg 278 · peak 472Oct 2020 — avg 185 · peak 309Jan 2021 — avg 214 · peak 346Apr 2021 — avg 221 · peak 355Jul 2021 — avg 198 · peak 311Oct 2021 — avg 150 · peak 226Jan 2022 — avg 185 · peak 285Apr 2022 — avg 155 · peak 239Jul 2022 — avg 155 · peak 233Oct 2022 — avg 132 · peak 218Jan 2023 — avg 148 · peak 228Apr 2023 — avg 126 · peak 216Jul 2023 — avg 127 · peak 222Oct 2023 — avg 130 · peak 215Jan 2024 — avg 139 · peak 231Apr 2024 — avg 120 · peak 187Jul 2024 — avg 129 · peak 198Oct 2024 — avg 120 · peak 193Jan 2025 — avg 122 · peak 192Apr 2025 — avg 102 · peak 170Jul 2025 — avg 101 · peak 162Oct 2025 — avg 90 · peak 158Jan 2026 — avg 97 · peak 160Apr 2026 — avg 102 · peak 172Jul 2026 — avg 104 · peak 185Aug 2026 — avg 92 · peak 159
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$3.242020-01-102026-08-102020-01-10 — best price $11.692020-04-30 — best price $11.042020-06-07 — best price $11.692020-06-25 — best price $9.742020-07-22 — best price $12.992020-08-09 — best price $12.992020-08-29 — best price $11.692020-09-16 — best price $11.692020-10-07 — best price $11.692020-10-25 — best price $11.692020-11-12 — best price $12.992020-12-01 — best price $12.992020-12-22 — best price $7.792021-01-21 — best price $11.692021-02-08 — best price $11.692021-02-26 — best price $11.692021-03-16 — best price $11.692021-04-11 — best price $12.992021-04-29 — best price $12.992021-05-17 — best price $12.992021-06-04 — best price $12.992021-08-16 — best price $9.092021-11-25 — best price $9.542022-05-17 — best price $11.692022-08-16 — best price $9.542022-12-23 — best price $9.542023-03-23 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-11-28 — best price $12.992024-02-04 — best price $12.992024-03-22 — best price $11.692024-06-27 — best price $5.192024-08-02 — best price $9.542024-11-28 — best price $9.542025-01-28 — best price $12.992025-04-21 — best price $12.992025-07-22 — best price $11.692026-03-19 — best price $3.242026-08-10 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.4%
earned "First Blood"
63.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4634%636

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRTSMagicActionFantasyCraftingMedievalStrategyTacticalTop-Down

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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