Artifact has had more players this weekend than it has in a year
According to Steamcharts, Artifact saw a peak of 535 concurrent players Saturday at about 12:00 GMT.
While a few hundred players isn’t going to put Artifact shoulder to shoulder with Steam’s most-played games, that is a remarkable figure for Artifact – its monthly average player count has been below 200 since April of last year, dipping into the 70s during July and August.
Now, Valve has confirmed what had been rumoured for a while: it’s working on a revamped, retooled version of the card game that ditches the original user market card economy for a free-to-play model that doesn’t involve selling cards at all. The new version makes so many big changes to the way Artifact works that Valve has been referring to it internally as Artifact 2, and the company announced two weeks ago that the game is ‘under construction.’
While that news is likely helping drive some players back to Artifact, it’s also likely that the increase in player count also has to do with more people on Steam in general due to world-wide lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That outbreak has more people playing games as they wait out lockdown and quarantine periods, and Steam has posted record-breaking numbers of concurrent users every weekend for the past month.
Valve hasn’t said when we can expect to see the next version of Artifact, but if you were one of the people who bought a starter deck around launch, now might be a decent time to get reacquainted.
Posted:
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum
Source: https://www.pcgamesn.com/artifact/players-return
Related Articles
Comments
CentPosted:
IntCent Looks like a pretty interesting game. I wonder if it is anything like Hearthstone.
Definitely looks like Hearthstone but I've never played that game and I didn't even know this existed! A peak of 535 concurrent players isn't really much to be excited about though.
Absolutely nothing to be excited about lol. That is barely anything.
IntPosted:
Cent Looks like a pretty interesting game. I wonder if it is anything like Hearthstone.
Definitely looks like Hearthstone but I've never played that game and I didn't even know this existed! A peak of 535 concurrent players isn't really much to be excited about though.
Latest Downloads
- 01. Strider 2014 [CUSA00087] (PS4) "Didn't Miss A Beat" trophy(1)
- 02. Five Nights at Candy's Remastered: SaveGame (The game done 100%)(0)
- 03. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - SaveGame (The Game done 100%)(0)
- 04. Hot Shot Burn Save(1)
- 05. [EU] Resident Evil Revelations Story 100%/Ultimate Weapons for Raid Mode(11)
- 06. [US] Unravel - Not so fragile after all Game Save [CUSA02685](0)
- 07. Repentant | Final Chapter Save(0)
- 08. Repentant | The Hold Up Save(0)
- 09. Pokemon Battle Revolution(1)
- 10. WWE'13 - Xbox 360 Game Save(4)
- 11. NHL 14 - Xbox 360 (PROFILE)(0)
- 12. NHL 14 - Xbox 360 (HOCKEY CARD)(0)
- 13. NHL 14 - Xbox 360 (BUILDYOURAISAVE)(0)
- 14. My Summer Car: SaveGame (Regular satsuma)(0)
- 15. Five Nights at Freddy's: JRs - SaveGame (The game done 100%)(1)
Latest Tutorials
- 01. Last Days of Lazarus Achievement Walkthrough (Xbox/PS)(26)
- 02. EDENGATE: The Edge of Life - 100% Trophy/Achievement Guide(40)
- 03. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One | Walkthrough | No Commentary(56)
- 04. Morbid: The Seven Acolytes | Full Game Walkthrough(52)
- 05. Adam Wolfe | Full Game Walkthrough | No Commentary(61)
- 06. ALFRED HITCHCOCK: VERTIGO - 100% Walkthrough(48)
- 07. SHERLOCK HOLMES THE AWAKENED | Walkthrough | No Commentary(41)
- 08. Space Roguelike Adventure | Guide - Cheat Code!(49)
- 09. DETECTIVE Stella Porta Case | Trophy & Achievement Guide(39)
- 10. Tunic 100% Platinum Walkthrough | Trophy & Achievement Guide(74)
- 11. Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles Achievement Walkthrough(36)
- 12. Full Void 100% - Trophy & Achievement Guide(38)
- 13. Outbreak: Lost Hope #Xbox Achievement Walkthrough(39)
- 14. CHORUS - Full Game Walkthrough (Gameplay)(56)
- 15. Brothers A Tale of Two Sons Remake 100% Trophy & Achievement(60)
"Artifact has had more players this weekend than it has in a year" :: Login/Create an Account :: 3 comments