Artifex Mundi

Artifex Mundi at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for a publisher that has been active in the adventure space for over a decade, Artifex Mundi is a major player to know about. This Polish studio was founded by Tomasz Grudziński in 2006 and started with just ten employees in a small office in Zabrze. The team grew significantly over time, reaching nearly 160 people by 2018. They went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2016. Their catalog on this site includes 88 games, though their output dropped sharply after 2020. Most of their work comes from the 2010s with 82 titles, while only five games appear from the 2020s. The company focuses heavily on specific genres. They published or developed 82 adventure games and 75 puzzle games. Point-and-click is another key area for them with 33 titles. Their platform reach is broad but leans heavily toward PC, Mac, and Linux. They have released games for Windows on 83 titles, Mac on 72, and Linux on 71. Consoles are also well represented, with Xbox One at 56 titles and PlayStation 4 at 55. Mobile presence exists but is smaller compared to desktop platforms, with Android at 38 and iOS at 27. Quality across their library shows a mix of high praise and average scores. The average rating for 71 titled games sits at 65.5 out of 100. They have thirteen great titles rated 80 or higher, but they also have nineteen mixed reviews between 40 and 59, plus one poor title under 40. Their best work includes Queen's Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past, The Secret Order 6: Bloodline, Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends, and Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery, all from 2017 with ratings of 90. Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love followed in 2019 with an 89.5 rating. Recent activity shows a slowdown in releases. Titles from 2020 include The Secret Order: Return to the Buried Kingdom and Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset. This period marks the end of their most active decade. Their first fully independent production was Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek in 2011, but before that they made games for other publishers.

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