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Artifact

Valve · 2018-11-28

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

8,990
playing now
47%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
43
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

8,990 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8,990 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 4% of 5,887 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

11k192026-08-06 21:00 — 2,982 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 5,630 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 8,499 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 8,256 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 9,032 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 10,453 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 10,034 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 9,933 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,235 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 6,446 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 7,814 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 9,847 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 9,664 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9,659 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 11,020 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 5,159 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 9,744 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 10,192 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10,129 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 9,870 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 6,883 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 6,526 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10,037 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 10,433 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 9,837 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 865 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 9,183 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 8,332 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 8,990 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

214702026-05-31 — 82 pageviews2026-06-03 — 112 pageviews2026-06-06 — 83 pageviews2026-06-09 — 88 pageviews2026-06-12 — 95 pageviews2026-06-15 — 78 pageviews2026-06-18 — 93 pageviews2026-06-21 — 86 pageviews2026-06-24 — 189 pageviews2026-06-27 — 85 pageviews2026-06-30 — 108 pageviews2026-07-03 — 91 pageviews2026-07-06 — 117 pageviews2026-07-09 — 94 pageviews2026-07-12 — 122 pageviews2026-07-15 — 110 pageviews2026-07-18 — 96 pageviews2026-07-21 — 80 pageviews2026-07-24 — 94 pageviews2026-07-27 — 99 pageviews2026-07-30 — 108 pageviews2026-08-02 — 106 pageviews2026-08-05 — 86 pageviews2026-08-08 — 99 pageviews2026-08-11 — 102 pageviews2026-08-14 — 142 pageviews2026-08-17 — 126 pageviews2026-08-20 — 179 pageviews2026-08-23 — 213 pageviews2026-08-26 — 166 pageviews2026-08-28 — 112 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

56132026-08-29 16:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 43 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

Player tags

CasualFantasyStrategyTacticale-sportsCard GameDifficultTurn-BasedCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

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