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Artifact

Valve · 2018-11-28

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 28, 2018 (Mac), Nov 28, 2018 (Linux), Nov 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Artifact now features two games: Artifact Classic, the original Dota 2 trading card game, and Artifact Foundry, a special edition with streamlined gameplay, new cards, new single-player content, and an improved new player experience.

Artifact is a Strategy game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mixed (47% of 24754 reviews).

3,787
playing now
47%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25
twitch viewers (latest)
12.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

3,787 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Artifact is a 2018 digital collectible card game by Valve for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It focuses on online player-versus-player battles and is based on the universe of Dota 2, a multiplayer online battle arena game by Valve. Artifact was designed by Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield.

Trailer

Artifact trailer thumbnail

ARTIFACT - OFFICIAL TRAILER (Thirty Seconds To Mars Documentary)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3,787 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 145 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,460 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 14,170 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2018-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.5k5.5k20182026Week of 2018-11-01: 4,413 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,020 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3,958 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5,502 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 838 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 505 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 724 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k252026-09-15 12:00 — 11,060 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 6,935 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 10,393 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 10,846 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 11,446 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 9,997 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 11,448 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6,192 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 10,601 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 10,610 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 276 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 11,401 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11,067 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 11,099 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 11,518 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 11,265 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 10,719 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 11,164 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 8,048 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 8,962 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11,204 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 4,888 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 3,787 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k22Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 11,169 · peak 46,456Mar 2019 — avg 345 · peak 810Jun 2019 — avg 104 · peak 210Sep 2019 — avg 82 · peak 155Dec 2019 — avg 106 · peak 202Mar 2020 — avg 112 · peak 331Jun 2020 — avg 78 · peak 168Sep 2020 — avg 37 · peak 80Dec 2020 — avg 38 · peak 72Mar 2021 — avg 167 · peak 1,112Jun 2021 — avg 33 · peak 70Sep 2021 — avg 26 · peak 54Dec 2021 — avg 30 · peak 60Mar 2022 — avg 27 · peak 52Jun 2022 — avg 26 · peak 56Sep 2022 — avg 24 · peak 45Dec 2022 — avg 31 · peak 97Mar 2023 — avg 29 · peak 71Jun 2023 — avg 28 · peak 68Sep 2023 — avg 56 · peak 1,095Dec 2023 — avg 163 · peak 1,255Mar 2024 — avg 42 · peak 194Jun 2024 — avg 35 · peak 78Sep 2024 — avg 86 · peak 3,965Dec 2024 — avg 919 · peak 14,001Mar 2025 — avg 57 · peak 629Jun 2025 — avg 28 · peak 317Sep 2025 — avg 52 · peak 1,450Dec 2025 — avg 30 · peak 63Mar 2026 — avg 31 · peak 279Jun 2026 — avg 81 · peak 7,002Aug 2026 — avg 8,855 · peak 12,271
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

214702026-05-31 — 82 pageviews2026-06-04 — 122 pageviews2026-06-08 — 85 pageviews2026-06-12 — 95 pageviews2026-06-16 — 107 pageviews2026-06-20 — 70 pageviews2026-06-24 — 189 pageviews2026-06-28 — 82 pageviews2026-07-02 — 99 pageviews2026-07-06 — 117 pageviews2026-07-10 — 123 pageviews2026-07-14 — 102 pageviews2026-07-18 — 96 pageviews2026-07-22 — 83 pageviews2026-07-26 — 98 pageviews2026-07-30 — 108 pageviews2026-08-03 — 76 pageviews2026-08-07 — 83 pageviews2026-08-11 — 102 pageviews2026-08-15 — 100 pageviews2026-08-19 — 112 pageviews2026-08-23 — 213 pageviews2026-08-27 — 130 pageviews2026-08-31 — 166 pageviews2026-09-04 — 144 pageviews2026-09-08 — 132 pageviews2026-09-12 — 133 pageviews2026-09-16 — 145 pageviews2026-09-20 — 112 pageviews2026-09-24 — 106 pageviews2026-09-28 — 124 pageviews2026-10-02 — 125 pageviews2026-10-06 — 138 pageviews2026-10-10 — 172 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6402026-10-01 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 30 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 25 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam Cloud

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

CasualFantasyStrategyTacticale-sportsCard GameDifficultTurn-BasedCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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