Artifact

the story is fine... i guess... the gameplay is strictly text based which COC has proven to be great for this type of content IF done right. in this instance its very meh. the days fly by SUPER fast. go to school for a single class and its already time to go home and go to bed. the story feels loose and not very held together, the sex is sometimes accompanied with a picture, other times its maybe a couple of sentences describing the act. its just feels very plain and incomplete. the objective feels very simple to complete, its just going to be a lot of repetition and honestly with what the game is giving as a reward for your efforts i just don't feel its worth putting in time to complete. i hate to say this because i really think steam needs more AO games that aren't visual novels, but id at least wait till they finish the game, if that ever happens...

Artifact, developed and published by Mesmerizers, is an unconventional sandbox visual novel that leans heavily into systemic design rather than traditional storytelling. Instead of guiding players through a clearly structured narrative, it drops them into a loosely defined world and asks them to experiment, adapt, and gradually uncover how its mechanics function. The result is a game that feels more like a simulation of interconnected systems than a typical visual novel, where progression is driven by player discovery rather than scripted events. At the center of the experience is a possession-based mechanic that allows players to inhabit different hosts and interact with the world through them. Each host comes with its own capabilities and limitations, encouraging players to think strategically about how and when to switch between them. This system creates a flexible framework for problem-solving, where there is rarely a single correct approach. Instead, players are free to explore different methods, testing how various abilities and interactions can be combined to achieve their goals. What makes the game stand out is its emphasis on player-driven progression. Objectives are not…

Interesting story. I didn't read cheats before, I just stumbled through the story on the default difficulty level and won the first time. I'll probably play again because there's several game elements that I read about later that I never encountered on the first playthrough. The game needs further work. There are grammar & spelling mistakes in the text, which is distracting, and the art doesn't really match the description of the actions. There needs to be different text options that match the different outcomes. It does have some bugs. A few times I was stuck not seeing anything I could click on to progress, and had to reload a saved game and make different choices the second time to progress past that point. But it was enjoyable.

This game is a pretty solid Nsfw game the main gameplay loop is interesting enough i had quite a bit of fun even with very little knowledge on what i was doing and i will likely play it more later on. The main issues in my opinion is with clarity, what is a brood mother can i make someone not a broodmother, what quest could a charecter have because i was worrying i was going to max out a charecter and then be unable to do there other quests or if they even had any. sometimes it was obvious sometimes it was not. there is a guide but its not super in depth. also i did experince a lot of bugs nothing bad but just minor annoyances. i guess my other major issue stems with the charecters i feel many were underdevolped i have one option on the talk menu for most of them and it was fairly basic. maybe this game is more about Nsfw content which is fine but at least to me i was a little underwhelmed with the charecters. i still reccomend the game if your inrerested in some interesting systems for a nsfw game.

Good game, if you like erotic writing. Images are nicely done, AI or not I don't know. Game is slightly unfinished. Main story can be completed. Only a few errors in the script. Mylah and Melissa use some of the same script pages, probably an small error. A few times I got locked into a screen (late game) and had to rush the day to end to get out of the script lock (use teleport home button). Overall 8/10 keep up the good work

It's just not what I thought it was going to be. It's almost entirely designed for a submissive playstyle which based on the game's description is very misleading. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that the game will see improvement over the course of its early access period, but I just can't recommend it at this time.