ActionFit check
Is Artifacts worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platformer fans who want exploration across connected areas rather than a linear route
- Players who enjoy experimenting with relic combinations and changing combat effects
- Action-adventure players who want boss fights alongside exploration and movement challenges
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who dislike losing collected upgrades on death may hit a wall when artifacts scatter again.
- Those who prefer a fixed route may find the open-ended level layout difficult to navigate.
- Players looking for multiplayer shooting may prefer a game centered on cooperative combat.
Our take on Artifacts
The likely bounce point is death: collected artifacts are lost and redistributed, so players who want upgrades to remain secured between attempts may find that setback hard to accept.
What is Artifacts?
Artifacts is a 2D action-adventure platformer set in an interconnected kingdom of ruins, caves, riverways, fortresses, and temples.
Its world spans 9 biomes, with open-ended paths that let players choose where to explore. Finding more than 50 artifacts provides movement options and combat effects, including poison that can paralyze enemies and magma cannons. Artifact combinations shape each run, while death causes artifacts to be lost and scattered again. Players use the upgrades they find to reach deeper areas and fight sleeping creatures and bosses with distinct mechanics and rewards. The soundtrack pairs calmer string themes in areas with rock music during boss encounters.
How Artifacts plays
- 01Artifact combinations
- More than 50 relics offer movement changes and combat effects, and combinations can form different builds.
- 02Death disperses artifacts
- When a character dies, collected relics are lost and spread back through the world.
- 03Boss encounters
- Bosses have distinct mechanics and provide rewards.
- 04Nine biomes
- The connected kingdom includes areas such as caves, riverways, fortresses, and temples.
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Artifacts: platforms & release
Is Artifacts worth it?
It is worth it if: platformer fans who want exploration across connected areas rather than a linear route. Skip it if: players who dislike losing collected upgrades on death may hit a wall when artifacts scatter again.
Where can I download Artifacts?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Artifacts's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Artifacts on?
Windows only.
