Artifact Adventure

Released Jun 2015

The horribly toxic Swamp King has risen once again! Gather your party and set out on an open world, retro-styled, RPG adventure. Powerful mystical artifacts are scattered about the world, each able to grant you new powers. Which will you choose? What is your destiny?

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Evaluation

Artifact Adventure released on June 1, 2015 as a complete, self-contained open-world RPG with 70+ endings, 6 classes, and a full narrative. There is no DLC, no expansion pass, and no post-launch content updates of any kind. The publisher's news feed for this title consists almost entirely of sales and discount announcements, with no patches, feature updates, or new content releases in the game's entire history on Steam. The only two noteworthy posts are a June 2019 notice about a community manager leaving PLAYISM (a general notice sent across all PLAYISM titles, not specific to this game), and a February 2020 announcement promoting a different PLAYISM game entirely. Neither post relates to Artifact Adventure's development. The game launched as a finished product and has remained unchanged since its release date.

Evidence

Store description presents the game as a fully featured, complete open-world RPG with 70+ endings and 6 classes — no mention of planned updates, DLC, or future content

description · Jun 1, 2015 source content shipped

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Post promoting Giraffe and Annika, a different PLAYISM title — not related to Artifact Adventure development

news post · Feb 19, 2020 source ambiguous

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Details

Developer

bluffman

Publisher

PLAYISM

Achievements

—

Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

RPG Indie Retro 2D Turn-Based JRPG Pixel Graphics Fantasy Class-Based Medieval Character Customization Multiple Endings 1980s Nonlinear Open World

About this game

The ultimate mix of classic aesthetics and modern open world RPG!

Welcome to a truly open world RPG. Travel the world in the way you want, taking on the challenges you deem worthy of your time. Travel by blimp, artifact or by foot, and discover a vast world rich with characters, civilizations, monsters and adventure.
Take on quests the way you want to. Every quest has multiple ways to complete it, and the choices you make always have repercussions. Will you save the girl about to be sacrificed to the village fire god, or will you let her burn because it's not worth your time?

No matter what decision you make, there are always consequences. Your adventure begins with 1 of 3 choices that drastically change the flow of the entire game:

Freely fly around the world. (Airship)
Receive a special power. (Artifact)
Unlock the mysteries of the world. (Key of Time)

Everything you do determines which of over 70 endings you will get.
This is the truly the perfect definition of an open-world adventure... an Artifact Adventure!

THE CLASSES OF ARTIFACT ADVENTURE

Choose from 6 different classes and form a 4 character party for your adventure!

THE WARRIOR
Considered the cornerstone of any team, the warrior has high HP and Defense, and is able to wear heavy armor. Their stats make them perfect for new players.

THE HERMIT
Skilled with a bow and armed with extensive medical knowledge, the hermit is also the fastest class among the six classes available.

THE SHAMAN
Possessing more intelligence and MP than any other class, the Shaman makes for a powerful magical ally. They're also capable of casting unusual spells with their staves.

THE MONK
Skilled in the martial arts, the Monk is a perfect choice for dealing quick damage to enemies. They also have a chance of attacking twice in a single turn when fighting bare-fisted.