Strategy · November 28, 2018

Artifact (2018)

group1M–10M ownersrecommend19.5k recommendations
ARTIFACT FOUNDRY STREAMLINED GAMEPLAY We've taken the essence of Artifact and refined it based on community feedback: • All 3 lanes are in view at the same time. • Unified mana pool across lanes. • Dramatically reduced the degree to which randomness affects gameplay. ALL-NEW CONTENT • Over 100 new cards, including over 20 new heroes! • Extended tutorial and playable demo scenarios for each hero. • New PvE content: Beginner campaign and standalone challenges. • New PvP mode: Hero Draft. FREE AND OPEN Artifact Foundry is free to play. Cards are unlocked solely through gameplay, with no pack purchasing. ARTIFACT CLASSIC THE CARD GAME REIMAGINED A collaboration between legendary card game designer Richard Garfield and Valve, Artifact Classic is a digital card game that combines deeply strategic, competitive gameplay with the rich setting of Dota 2. The result is an immersive and visually stunning trading card game unlike any other. STRATEGY UNBOUNDED Wield your deck across three lanes of combat, answer every move of your opponent with one of your own. Unlimited hand size. Unlimited number of units you control. Unlimited mana you can employ. FREE AND OPEN Artifact Classic is free to play! Furthermore, all cards are now available to all players. If you paid for the original Artifact, your cards are promoted to Collector's Edition cards. Paid game event tickets have also been phased out.

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Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume24.8k Steam reviewsTop 20% in Strategy
Metacritic76/100Genre average 79 — top 71% of Strategy titles
Engagement hours48 h averageTop 20% for session depth among Strategy

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Card Battler · 542
  • Deckbuilding · 466
  • Card Game · 423
  • Trading Card Game · 306
  • Strategy · 288
  • Multiplayer · 263
  • e-sports · 209
  • Tactical · 160
  • Competitive · 157
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 85
  • Difficult · 84
  • Fantasy · 69
  • Singleplayer · 48
  • Casual · 43
  • Turn-Based · 42

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Spanish - Latin America

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

47%Mixed · 24.8k reviews

11.6k positive · 13.1k negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

2.2/10

Curator recommendations

19.5k

Strategy releases from 2018

9 Strategy titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 28, 2018
DeveloperValve
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · Support

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP

Community

  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

48h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

10h

Typical completion time

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Artifact