Artifact: Valve wants to market the game’s cards at a competitive price

Artifact is a highly anticipated card game from Valve, and the developer wants to be a little different when it comes to the in-game marketplace. It includes the very real feeling of receiving new cards, new decks or packs. Video uploaded by IGN explores and explains the idea.

The economic video by Artifact and developer Valve plans to do with the game’s marketplace – which requires real money – to make it attractive and affordable. When players purchase the game (for $20), they will receive two starter decks and 10 packs. After that, each pack will cost $2 and this will not change.

With the focus on buying, we cannot ignore selling. With the Steam Marketplace, players can buy, sell, and trade their cards with friends to create their favorite decks or earn back what they’ve invested in the game. Artifact is more inspired by physical card games than previous digital card games, where the player has the freedom to master a number of cards – which you can buy and sell as you please.

Artifact is trying to avoid the fallout of game markets like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, where some items are priced sky-high. Valve told IGN that it is actively working on areas that make the game too expensive to play; However, the developer did not give a price figure to say the game will not be too expensive to play