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Artifact Foundry, a special edition of Artifact, the DOTA2 card game, with streamlined gameplay, new cards, new single-player content, and an improved new player experience.
296 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
67 months, March 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
26 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 181 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 115 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
The source has no figures for this month.
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47 developer announcements, Jun 2020 to Mar 2021 · times in UTC
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug causing Mazzie's Gear Head ability to apply armor modifications twice.
Patch notesStore Page The link to install/play Artifact Foundry now correctly installs Artifact Foundry rather than Artifact Classic UI Moved mana display from on top of the hand to the bottom-right and top-right corners Bugs Fixed a bug where mana…
Patch notesThis patch is a part of a larger update to both Artifact Classic and Artifact Foundry (formerly Artifact Beta 2.0). See the full announcement here and an explanation of Artifact Classic vs Artifact Foundry here. Gameplay Starting Gold…
Patch notesBug Fixes Fixed an bug where the initiative player wouldn't have actions available after hero deployment in some cases and would eventually time out. Fixed not being able to hover health, attack, combat previews, and status effects on cards…
Patch notesTutorial Beta 2.0 We've been working on a new tutorial that can teach the game's basics to players who never played Artifact 1 (or any other card game, for that matter). We're shipping an early version of this tutorial out to our existing…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37947562/a24a0f32240b3fbedb326fea44d943a255d34fa1.png We've been trying a ton of different things with game design over the past year or so, and have been developing and testing the game in public since April. Everything…
greuben ♥ 💕Card Changes Heroes Arc Warden's Spark Wraith now triggers before your turn. Drow Ranger's Gust may target an empty slot. Rix's Act of Defiance now silences an enemy hero for two rounds and the other enemy heroes of that color for one…
Patch notesCard Changes Heroes Treant Protector now includes Leech Seed instead of Roseleaf Druid. Treant Protector's Branches of Iron gives regeneration instead of armor. Items Mjollnir only triggers once per player action, rather than for every…
Patch notesMatchmaking Introduced faster turn timer (halfway between the speed timer and the normal timer) for ladder games between players of Divine or higher ranking. Loosened matchmaking parameters for players on the extreme ends of MMR. Gameplay…
Patch notesGameplay Heroes When Lycan transforms, he no longer transforms back until death. Lady Anshu, Rix, and Rix, Oathbound now have 2 round cooldown on Rapid Deployment and on their Death Effects. Rix now gains +2 Attack per death rather than +1…
Patch notesExperimental Rules: Multicolor Casting We’re experimenting with a rule change: Heroes now enable other heroes in their lane to cast cards of their color. So if you have a red hero and a blue hero in a lane, for example, the blue hero can…
Patch notesShop v2.1 Shop mechanics, item costs, and the shop UI have all been reworked. The base cost of each item Tier goes up by 10 rather than 5. Mid-tier costs have also been added, so Tier 1 items can cost either 10 or 15 gold, Tier 2 items can…
Patch notesMazzie Mazzie's Gear Head ability changed to "May equip any number of unique items." Mazzie can now be unlocked for hero draft. Mazzie unbanned from constructed. Mazzie's extra items appear as tiles on the card rather than just…
Patch notesUI Status effect identification on cards now have iconography. Gameplay Storm Spirit’s Overload lasts until end of round rather than until Storm spirit's next combat. Abaddon’s stats changed from 3/6 -> 2/8 Abaddon’s Borrowed Time purges…
Patch notesUI Added wording on A Thousand Cuts to specify that the unit damages itself to clarify the interaction with heroes like Venomancer. Fixed wording on Silver Edge that said it disabled passive abilities when in fact it disables native…
Patch notesUI Implemented support for Steam’s new abusive text chat filtering for in-game chat and global chat. See the Steam Labs blog post to opt-in. Fixed a bug where players were listed as "Leaderboard 1" on their profile if they were unranked…
Patch notesGameplay Damage reduction now applies when a unit is hittin’ itself. Increased Enchantress health 4 -> 5. Decreased Bloodseeker stats 5/6 -> 3/5. Decreased Exsanguinate mana cost 4 -> 3. Increased Storm Spirit’s Ball Lightning mana cost 1…
Patch notesGameplay Attacking for X battle damage counts as a battle (e.g. interacts with Legion Commander's Moment of Courage and Mjollnir). Repeated cards now show it in the repeated card's text. Glossary entry for Repeated now states that Repeated…
Patch notesGeneral Fixed private lobby constructed giving you a random deck rather than the one you selected. Changed private lobby hero draft to use all unlocked cards rather than just the unlock order 0 cards. Various localization updates.
Patch notesGeneral Added a matchmaking queue for playing Constructed against human opponents. Added six basic pre-constructed decks comprised of only unlock tier 0 cards to the deck loader. UI Standardized the UI flow for playing against bots and…
Patch notesWe heard a lot of feedback from all corners of the Artifact community about which areas of the game we need to work on in terms of adding more game modes. We heard from players newer to the genre that they wanted a more detailed…
MugsyGameplay Removed Golden Ticket from the pool of possible items that resolving a Golden Ticket can give you. Main Gauche changed to a 15 gold armor item: +2 Armor. Equipped hero has +2 Attack per empty item slot. New item: Strength Potion…
Patch notesMatchmaking The raw elo rating of players in the beta spans a range of about 1100 points, indicating a top player would win 95% of their Hero Draft games in the absence of any matchmaking. We've been tightening matchmaking parameters to…
Patch notesGameplay Dragon Knight stats changed to 3/5. Dragon Form changed to “Transform into a Dragon for two rounds. While in Dragon form, Dragon Knight has +2 Attack, +2 Cleave, deals +2 damage to towers, and the first time it deals battle damage…
Patch notesCard Text Moment of Courage clarified to indicate that Legion Commander must survive combat. Objective Vision text clarified to indicate its effect is based on the hero's maximum health. Veteran's Insight text clarified to indicate that its…
Patch notesItem Survey The results are in for the second item survey! The biggest losers were Hero’s Cape, Guardian Greaves, Holy Locket, Spirit Vessel, Vladimir’s Offering, and Radiance. Aside from Radiance, these items all have a very heavy…
MugsyCard Text Added Break to the glossary. Updated Keenfolk Golem text to say that it doesn't discard your whole hand. Gameplay Plans Within Plans attack buff reduced to 1 round duration. Wildwing Bait now starts with 3 charges and uses a…
Patch notesItem Survey 1 Results The most popular items overall in the survey were Blink Dagger, Phase Boots, and Force Staff, which did well in all categories. These are all items that provide mobility and have a strong Dota identity. Mobility items…
MugsyHero Draft and Random 2-Color Added a synergy system to the deck generator that generates decks where more of the cards work well together. UI The courier is no longer referred to as a Tower Enchantment when you hover it on the board.…
Patch notesBlue Hero Survey Results Blue heroes overall were less exciting for players to pick than the other colors. This matches the data we see in hero draft, where blue underperforms compared to the other colors. In addition to working on overall…
MugsyGameplay Fixed counterintuitive armor interactions with cards that deal damage at the same time as applying an armor debuff (Gush, or Overpower when cast by Ursa). Fixed Necromastery only doing a partial pulse in between charges (only…
Patch notesBlack Hero Survey Results The black survey results had a few more surprises compared to the red and green surveys. Even though Nyx and Death Prophet had good scores overall, it’s clear that they feel too powerful. We think that each could…
MugsyUI Added ability to choose between Constructed, Live Draft, or Random 2 Color game modes when playing against a bot. Removed the player level display from in game and match history in anticipation of it being replaced with player rank.…
Patch notesBug Fixes Fixed a regression that was causing combat stats to no longer get locked if there were triggered events in a lane that resolved prior. Fixed Regeneration not being able to save units from dying in combat. Spiked Carapace again…
Patch notesGreen Hero Survey Results Similar to the Red Ratings we had two heroes stand out as needing attention. Both Dragon Knight and Dazzle appear to be missing the mark. They also share the distinction of having active abilities which are hard to…
MugsyGeneral Matchmaking now prefers not to match you with your previous opponent, although it can happen if you're searching long enough. Card Text Most cards with a condition are now written in "Condition, Action" ordering. Standardized some…
Patch notesGameplay Multicasting a color swapped card now gives you a card of that color, rather than the card's base color. Aghanim's Sanctum now shows whether or not it has been used this turn. Repeatable spells, Spell Steal, and Void Theft no…
Patch notesGeneral Tightened matchmaking parameters. The player’s deck in “Oops! All Meepos” has been retuned. Glossary tweaks based on feedback. Card Text Watchtower now correctly specifies that it triggers from your opponent's spells and…
Patch notesRed Hero Survey Results We have results from the Red Hero survey we sent out last week. For the most part there was a smooth trend to the responses. One hero stood out as needing buffs (Tidehunter), a few heroes had high points that were…
MugsyHero Draft Changed hero draft deck generation algorithm so that each color has a weighting for roughly how many creeps, enchantments, and spells should be added to the randomized portion of the deck; for example blue heroes will tend to…
Patch notesBefore we jump in, we wanted to let you know that we are picking up the rate of invites. Small batches of invites will be sent out throughout the week followed by a larger group before the weekend. This week we wanted to get your feedback…
EricTamsGeneral Tightened matchmaking parameters to prevent severely imbalanced matches. This is a stop-gap measure until player rank levels are more fully integrated. Made 1.5 cards per turn the default in hero draft. Players now unlock one early…
Patch notesHere are today's changes. UI Triggered abilities that only trigger once per round (Crystal Maiden, Tidehunter) or once per two rounds (Ogre Magi) now show a cooldown number. Glossary clarification for Quickstrike: It only works in the…
Patch notesNow that people have had a chance to see the game, we wanted to hear your thoughts on some of the specifics! Next week we will post a questionnaire. You will be asked to evaluate the red heroes in the following categories: Overall strength…
IllykaiWelcome new testers to the Artifact Beta 2.0! If you are new to the Beta you should find Artifact Beta 2.0 ready to be installed in your Steam Library. Here are today's changes. UI New Deployment buttons. Fixed a bug where displayed player…
Patch notesWelcome new testers to the Artifact Beta 2.0! If you are new to the Beta you should find Artifact Beta 2.0 ready to be installed in your Steam Library. Here are today's changes. Added a temporary effect to visualize the in-game timer.…
Patch notesWelcome new testers to the Artifact Beta 2.0! If you are new to the Beta you should find Artifact Beta 2.0 ready to be installed in your Steam Library. Here are the changes. Campaign Campaign mission 5 (Quickly by the Old Road) has been…
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | game\bin\win64\dcg.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | game/artifact.sh | -noassert -nop4 -vulkan | macos | |
| Launch | game/artifact.sh | -vulkan | linux 64 |
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