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Gems of War - Puzzle RPG

Infinity Plus 2 · 505 Games · 2014-11-20

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 11, 2015 (Xbox One), Nov 19, 2014 (iOS), Nov 20, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 20, 2014 (Android)

Gems of War is a Match-3 RPG from the original creators of Puzzle Quest! Start your RPG journey and fight puzzle battles through hundreds of quests, or build your army of troops and go to war in strategic PVP match-3 combat!

Gems of War - Puzzle RPG is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and RPG game released in 2014, free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 10806 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

846
playing now
79%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
3.97★
PlayStation Store rating (22,888 ratings)
50h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 150h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

846 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Gems of War is a free-to-play tile-matching video game released by Infinity Plus Two. It was released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2015. It is a spin-off game from the Puzzle Quest series.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 846 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 307 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,786 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29429420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k5292026-09-15 12:00 — 959 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 765 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 529 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 975 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 940 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 583 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 799 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 976 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 630 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 980 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,030 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 539 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 759 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,001 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 615 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 590 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1,006 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 666 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 576 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 999 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 843 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 575 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 846 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k310Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 422 · peak 791Mar 2015 — avg 365 · peak 731Jul 2015 — avg 370 · peak 730Nov 2015 — avg 341 · peak 644Mar 2016 — avg 676 · peak 1,269Jul 2016 — avg 910 · peak 1,399Nov 2016 — avg 1,183 · peak 1,838Mar 2017 — avg 1,229 · peak 2,034Jul 2017 — avg 1,318 · peak 2,259Nov 2017 — avg 1,176 · peak 1,820Mar 2018 — avg 1,432 · peak 2,474Jul 2018 — avg 1,659 · peak 2,494Nov 2018 — avg 1,649 · peak 2,572Mar 2019 — avg 1,481 · peak 2,178Jul 2019 — avg 1,423 · peak 2,093Nov 2019 — avg 1,570 · peak 2,323Mar 2020 — avg 1,735 · peak 2,654Jul 2020 — avg 1,692 · peak 2,655Nov 2020 — avg 1,817 · peak 2,743Mar 2021 — avg 1,708 · peak 2,504Jul 2021 — avg 1,669 · peak 2,486Nov 2021 — avg 1,701 · peak 2,764Mar 2022 — avg 1,601 · peak 2,418Jul 2022 — avg 1,543 · peak 2,491Nov 2022 — avg 1,545 · peak 2,364Mar 2023 — avg 1,534 · peak 2,278Jul 2023 — avg 1,332 · peak 2,040Nov 2023 — avg 1,287 · peak 1,843Mar 2024 — avg 1,173 · peak 1,695Jul 2024 — avg 1,055 · peak 1,597Nov 2024 — avg 1,040 · peak 1,472Mar 2025 — avg 968 · peak 1,429Jul 2025 — avg 914 · peak 1,308Nov 2025 — avg 914 · peak 1,353Mar 2026 — avg 886 · peak 1,297Jul 2026 — avg 844 · peak 1,223Aug 2026 — avg 827 · peak 1,213
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-222026-10-142026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $0.002026-08-27 — best price $0.002026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-24 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.002026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2532026-05-29 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2202026-10-01 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 01:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Student"
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing6 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2016-10-28, latest 2020-12-02 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DPvEPvPRPGCasualPuzzleMatch 3StrategyCard GameStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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