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Artifact

Initial releaseNov. 28, 2018

Developers

Valve
Valve Corporation

Genres

Card Games
Strategy
Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy

Publishers

Valve
Valve Corporation

Artifact Spotlight

Review: Wot I Think: Artifact
It's very card
Matt Cox
6 years ago
37
Artifact saw a mysterious player count jump over new year, six years after Valve’s trading card game died off
Exhumed?
Nic Reuben
3 months ago
27
Artifact best decks: the decks to build for competitive play
Dave Irwin
6 years ago
Artifact guide: tips for playing Artifact, game modes explained, booster packs
DOTA with cards
Dave Irwin
6 years ago

Artifact Feed

A screenshot of play from Valve's card game Artifact.

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Artifact saw a mysterious player count jump over new year, six years after Valve’s trading card game died off

Exhumed?

Jan. 6, 2025Nic Reuben

27 comments

Artifact development has stopped - and so now it's free

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Artifact development has stopped - and so now it's free

Every card is free now, too

March 4, 2021Graham Smith

15 comments

Valve show some Artifact 2.0 ahead of the impending beta

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Valve show some Artifact 2.0 ahead of the impending beta

Second draft

May 21, 2020Natalie Clayton

5 comments

Artifact 2.0 will have a singleplayer campaign

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Artifact 2.0 will have a singleplayer campaign

Oh hi, Legion Commander

April 21, 2020Matt Cox

17 comments

Units won't deploy randomly in Artifact 2.0

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Units won't deploy randomly in Artifact 2.0

Chance won't be a fine thing

April 14, 2020Matt Cox

4 comments

Artifact 2.0's placeholder doodles should be canonised in-game

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Artifact 2.0's placeholder doodles should be canonised in-game

Tough draw

April 9, 2020Natalie Clayton

5 comments

Artifact 2.0 won't sell you cards

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Artifact 2.0 won't sell you cards

A dramatic turnaround

March 31, 2020Matt Cox

16 comments

Failed Dota 2 card game Artifact is preparing for a massive comeback

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Failed Dota 2 card game Artifact is preparing for a massive comeback

Second wind

March 21, 2020Natalie Clayton

39 comments

Have You Played... Artifact?

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Have You Played... Artifact?

I can cardly believe it

Oct. 8, 2019Matt Cox

25 comments

Twitch suing spammers who filled fake Artifact streams with porn and murder

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Twitch suing spammers who filled fake Artifact streams with porn and murder

That's... that's some Internet alright

June 19, 2019Alice O'Connor

38 comments

Ex-Artifact dev Richard Garfield on what went wrong

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Ex-Artifact dev Richard Garfield on what went wrong

A hearty chat

June 3, 2019Matt Cox

94 comments

Valve put Artifact updates on hold for a major retooling

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Valve put Artifact updates on hold for a major retooling

A cursed Artifact in need of exorcism

March 29, 2019Dominic Tarason

56 comments

I'm still playing Artifact, despite the hate - here's why

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I'm still playing Artifact, despite the hate - here's why

Because it's great

Jan. 30, 2019Matt Cox

37 comments

Artifact adds skill progression and lets you earn cards just by playing

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Artifact adds skill progression and lets you earn cards just by playing

Axe and Drow are less scary now, too

Dec. 21, 2018Matt Cox

28 comments

Artifact supports banter now but nobody cares except me

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Supporters only | Artifact supports banter now but nobody cares except me

Barkifact

Dec. 20, 2018Matt Cox

Artifact's first big update adds new modes and a neat chat wheel

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Artifact's first big update adds new modes and a neat chat wheel

Artichat

Dec. 14, 2018Matt Cox

4 comments

Artifact best decks: the decks to build for competitive play

Guide

Artifact best decks: the decks to build for competitive play

Dec. 10, 2018Dave Irwin

Artifact guide: tips for playing Artifact, game modes explained, booster packs

Guide

Artifact guide: tips for playing Artifact, game modes explained, booster packs

DOTA with cards

Dec. 10, 2018Dave Irwin

Artifact best heroes: top heroes in each colour, and how to use them

Guide

Artifact best heroes: top heroes in each colour, and how to use them

I need a heroooo

Dec. 10, 2018Ollie Toms

2 comments

Artifact Pathing: understanding unit targeting, Pathing Resets, Swap, and more

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Artifact Pathing: understanding unit targeting, Pathing Resets, Swap, and more

Pathing the way to greatness

Dec. 10, 2018Ollie Toms

1 comment

Artifact mechanics: useful facts, advanced tips

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Artifact mechanics: useful facts, advanced tips

The answer to that question you maybe had

Dec. 10, 2018Ollie Toms

Steam Charts: Christmas Miracle Edition

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Steam Charts: Christmas Miracle Edition

Charts and graphs and STATISTICS

Dec. 10, 2018John Walker

41 comments

Podcast

Podcast: Every game released in November reviewed very quickly*

*or just as many as we care to mention

Dec. 6, 2018RPS

Crap, I forgot to talk about the gremlins

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Supporters only | Crap, I forgot to talk about the gremlins

They're like, the best bit

Dec. 5, 2018Matt Cox

Wot I Think: Artifact

Review

Wot I Think: Artifact

It's very card

Dec. 5, 2018Matt Cox

37 comments

Artifact Gallery

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