Artifact

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…

83 28 November 2018 Free to play

Card & Board Game Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Fantasy Warfare

Artifact is a card & board game developed by Valve, released 28 November 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Artifact is

Artifact is a card & board game game developed by Valve and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Source 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Artifact holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i5, 2.4 Ghz or better, 4 GB RAM and Integrated HD Graphics 520 w/128 MB or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB.

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What it launched against

Artifact launched on 28 November 2018, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Battlefield V and Hitman 2. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Battlefield V, Hitman 2.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Artifact Foundry

4 March 2021

Quick answers

Artifact — frequently asked questions

When did Artifact come out?

Artifact was released on 28 November 2018 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Is Artifact free?

Yes — Artifact is free to play.

What are the minimum PC requirements for Artifact?

At minimum, Artifact needs Intel i5, 2.4 Ghz or better, 4 GB RAM, Integrated HD Graphics 520 w/128 MB or better graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Artifact?

The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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