Gemstone Keeper

Gamepopper / Mar 31, 2017 / Action, Adventure, Indie

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Gemstone Keeper is a twin stick shooter where avid explorers go down into the Cistershire Caverns, a large, dangerous and mysterious set of caves and caverns that are filled with vast amounts of rare and valuable gemstones.

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What's new

V 1.0.9 Update

2022-11-16

- Fixed gem allocation bug that made it impossible to get all the achievements. - Engine updated - UI optimisations carried over from Nintendo Switch build

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What players say

Mixed

60% positive, 10 reviews

Not recommended3 hrs played

EDIT: Since my review, the dev has updated the game, and believes they have fixed a number of issues. I have not confirmed this, but feel it's worth noting. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Gemstone Keeper is a solid foundation in an unfinished game. The shooting mechanics, enemy behaviours, weapon combinations and art are well done and feel good, but between bugs, design failures, boring procedural generation, and just a lack of...

7 found this helpful, 2017-08-15

Recommended5 hrs played

While I've only got a couple hours on the clock with Gemstone Keeper, first impressions are really quite good. The game plays precisely as sold, there's an interesting variety of enemy types, the moving & shooting is super smooth, the weapon combinations make for a fun arsenal, the gem collecting aspect is rewarding enough and the overall look & feel of the game, to me, has huge appeal. The somber, suped-up ASCII...

7 found this helpful, 2017-04-02

Recommended2 hrs played

I really liked the base gameplay mechanics and interesting enemy variety, the music is wonderful too, really gets me into the mood to delve deeper. Collecting all the various gems is tough though, since it's rather random. I also had trouble with a lack of progression, There's nothing to spend money on since I couldn't figure out if it's possible to upgrade anything, though it seems like the mechanic is in the...

7 found this helpful, 2017-06-26