Gem Rush Strategy Board Game
Quicksilver Software, Inc. Board
The Classic Board Game comes to your iPhone and iPad!
- Rating
- 3.5
- 14 ratings
- Downloads
- 349+
- on Google Play
- Price
- $6.99
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 8
- 2026 · v1.4.3
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About Gem Rush Strategy Board Game
This mountain is rich in mystic gems. Combine gems to open up new rooms, providing new ways to dig up gems. Race against other players or race together against the clock to dig the greatest mine in this fast-paced, easy-to-learn strategy game.
FEATURES:
- Leverage more than 60 room abilities
- 20 unique player skills adorned with dwarven poetry
- Competitive, cooperative, and solitaire game modes (1-7 players)
- Online and pass-and-play multiplayer options
- Cross-platform multiplayer (mobile and PC)
- Play a quick game and watch the action unfold, or play an asynchronous game where you only need to take one turn per day
- 3 levels of AI to play with or against
- Faithful adaptation of the Gem Rush board game, programmed by the designer
HOW TO PLAY
On your turn, move up to 3 steps in the mine, then do one action.
Building Rooms
Building rooms is the main way to score points! If you move into a room that doesn't exist yet, you have to build it. Spend cards from your hand that include all the gems on the door you're building. (Most cards have 2 gems, and can be spent as either or both!) Choose the rotation of the new room and add it to the mine.
Collecting Gems
For your action, use a room's special ability to draw more gem cards. Different rooms have different rules for drawing cards, so choosing the right room for your situation is key! (If you can't find a useful room, you can always draw a single card instead.)
At the start of your next turn, if you have more than 4 cards, you'll have to discard down to 4.
Winning
In Rush Mode, the players race against each other. Have the most points at the end of the round when anyone reaches the point target.
In Crisis Mode, the players race against the clock. You'll be forced to "burn" cards from the deck every turn, removing them from the game. Reach the target score before the cards are all gone!
If you love strategy games like The Settlers of Catan, you'll love Gem Rush!
FEATURES:
- Leverage more than 60 room abilities
- 20 unique player skills adorned with dwarven poetry
- Competitive, cooperative, and solitaire game modes (1-7 players)
- Online and pass-and-play multiplayer options
- Cross-platform multiplayer (mobile and PC)
- Play a quick game and watch the action unfold, or play an asynchronous game where you only need to take one turn per day
- 3 levels of AI to play with or against
- Faithful adaptation of the Gem Rush board game, programmed by the designer
HOW TO PLAY
On your turn, move up to 3 steps in the mine, then do one action.
Building Rooms
Building rooms is the main way to score points! If you move into a room that doesn't exist yet, you have to build it. Spend cards from your hand that include all the gems on the door you're building. (Most cards have 2 gems, and can be spent as either or both!) Choose the rotation of the new room and add it to the mine.
Collecting Gems
For your action, use a room's special ability to draw more gem cards. Different rooms have different rules for drawing cards, so choosing the right room for your situation is key! (If you can't find a useful room, you can always draw a single card instead.)
At the start of your next turn, if you have more than 4 cards, you'll have to discard down to 4.
Winning
In Rush Mode, the players race against each other. Have the most points at the end of the round when anyone reaches the point target.
In Crisis Mode, the players race against the clock. You'll be forced to "burn" cards from the deck every turn, removing them from the game. Reach the target score before the cards are all gone!
If you love strategy games like The Settlers of Catan, you'll love Gem Rush!
What’s new
Version 1.4.3 · Updated September 8, 2026
- Fixed a freeze on some devices causing the app to show only a black screen - Async turn notifications are unfortunately no longer supported, because the library we were relying on is causing crashes on several devices
User reviews
Gem Rush is the type of game that can be enjoyed by just about anyone, serious and casual gamers alike. In the game you collect gems and build tunnels in a mine, using dwarves with special abilities. You can play competitively or cooperatively and even solitaire, and all work well and are fun. After learning the gam...
So, at first i didn't buy this because it had only a few hundred downloads, but when i eventually tried it, my wife and i play it all the time. Simple game concept, good graphics. Hopefully more people try it out
Great game!! Hopefully there are some expansions in the works. The game plays great without them though.
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