Whimsical Artefacts
Co-op bunker exploration with strange artifacts and hand-drawn customization
Nick Reinche · Published by PRO//CYON · Released Jul 31, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 687
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Oct 28, 2025
What is Whimsical Artefacts?
This free-to-play, first-person exploration game takes place in underground bunkers, playable alone or with friends online. You collect artifacts, work out their effects, and sacrifice them to reach deeper levels, where traps become more frequent and artifacts more lethal. Proximity voice chat lets you communicate, while some artifacts alter sounds.
For you if...
- +you enjoy cooperative exploration with a side of horror
- +you like discovering uses for unfamiliar objects
Not for you if...
- −you prefer exploration without deadly traps or escalating danger
What players say
85% of 687 reviews are positive
Players praise the drawing tools for character customization and the interactions between artifacts. Complaints focus on repetitive collecting, limited things to do, and unclear objectives.
Screenshots and trailer
Whimsical Artefacts system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Whimsical Artefacts?
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- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Whimsical Artefacts have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Whimsical Artefacts run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 34
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Whimsical Artefacts use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Casual
- Character Customization
- Exploration
- Online Co-Op
- Collectathon
- PvE
- First-Person
- 3D
- Tutorial
- Roguelike
- Adventure
- Horror
- Free to Play
- Psychological Horror
- Surreal
- Procedural Generation
Recent updates
- Oct 28, 2025 · Bug fix for the fix that didn't fix the bug :)
- Oct 26, 2025 · Fixed crashes
- Oct 25, 2025 · Le Final Content Update
- Oct 17, 2025 · Smooool fixes²
- Oct 13, 2025 · Smool fixes