The Artifact
Short description
Woken from a hypersleep, you find yourself alone on a drifting star cruiser, light years from home. The crew has disappeared, leaving behind nothing but a few scattered records and a strange artifact that seems to hold the key to an alien civilisation.
- Developer
- Colin Wren, Jason Mallett, Sean Scaplehorn, Wayne Jackson
- Publisher
- Enigma Games LTD, KPL
- Release
- Fri, Jun 02, 2017
- Price
- $7.99
- Reviews
- 135
- Positive
- 65%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 20K – 50K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Indie
- Features
- Steam Trading Cards
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $6.80, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $7.99 launch price. That is 15% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
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