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Artisan TD

4rtisans · Unexpected · 2024-07-22

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.

20
playing now
87%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 84 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,153 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.94-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.24 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 73 of 105 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 1,059 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

50112026-08-07 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 38 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$4.242024-07-222026-08-192024-07-22 — best price $15.292024-11-27 — best price $12.742025-02-12 — best price $11.892025-04-12 — best price $9.852025-06-27 — best price $9.852025-09-04 — best price $13.492025-09-15 — best price $8.492025-10-13 — best price $13.592025-11-11 — best price $13.492025-12-11 — best price $6.282025-12-19 — best price $7.652025-12-31 — best price $16.992026-01-15 — best price $5.942026-01-30 — best price $16.992026-02-09 — best price $6.452026-02-18 — best price $16.992026-03-02 — best price $13.492026-03-17 — best price $5.092026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-04-07 — best price $6.802026-04-14 — best price $6.212026-04-27 — best price $13.492026-05-07 — best price $6.792026-05-25 — best price $16.992026-06-01 — best price $5.092026-06-17 — best price $13.492026-07-09 — best price $16.992026-07-16 — best price $16.992026-07-27 — best price $13.492026-08-01 — best price $5.602026-08-14 — best price $4.242026-08-19 — best price $5.94
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Perfect"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo Sound

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6303%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DIndiePuzzleFantasyBuildingStrategyStylizedTacticalTop-DownDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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