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Partum Artifex
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“An interesting game, that feels nice to play. Though be warned puzzles ahead!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2023-03 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New REAL-LIFE Art Enters The House
They're finally GONE! Ok so I have a little bit of explaining to do... Over the last couple of years there's been something that's been a thorn in my side. In the early days of generated art - a young
Achievements are now LIVE!
Patch v1.05 is here! I'm pretty sure that many of you have been frustrated that achievements weren't part of the game from the start and I completely understand. The past two years have been filled wi
Temporarily Disabling Achievements!
This is a very small update that is getting rid of the achievements until they are properly fixed! They might pop up again when I start to work on them. So know that I do care for you who are achievem
An Award-Winning Horror Game???
The Awards! I can't believe it. To think that a game that I developed would be nominated, let alone WIN an award is still unreal to me! This Wednesday the AGDAS (Australian Game Developer Awards) was
Patch v1.04 - New settings and fixes!
Hello everyone! I know it's been a little while, but it's here! Another patch! To start things out, I have to admit, I tried to fix the Steam achievements again but with no luck! BAH! I'm gonna have t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Atmospheric · Horror · Puzzle · Narration · Thriller · Psychological Horror · Mystery · Exploration · 3D · First-Person · Gore (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Swedish * |
| Achievements | 10 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (x64) Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K CPU Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 660/GTX 1050/GTX 770M or AMD Radeon R7 260/Integrated Ryzen 7 4800H DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space Additional Notes: 60 FPS on Low Settings