GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

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GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

Short description

An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.

Developer
Game in a Bottle
Publisher
Armor Games Studios
Release
Thu, Apr 30, 2015
Price
$9.99
Reviews
3,639
Positive
95%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
200K – 500K
Concurrent players
87
Genres
Action, Indie, Strategy
Features
Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, DualShock Controller Support
Tags
Tower Defense Strategy Indie Singleplayer Action Top-Down Fantasy Tactical 2D Classic Difficult Great Soundtrack Puzzle Magic Dark Fantasy
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$1.8msomewhere between $1.8m and $2.6m · roughly 200K–291K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $9.02, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $9.99 launch price. That is 10% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

3 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$1.8m → ~$1.8m
Reviews 3,639 → 3,639
Price $9.99 → $9.99
Positive reviews 95.4% → 95.4%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 267 further data points reach back to Apr 1, 2015 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $1.99 on Dec 22, 2015.

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