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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Singleplayer, Anime, Adventure.

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A young man finds himself trapped in an otherworldly museum where he is forced to fight in a battle royal using strange ghost-like creatures called Artisans. ARTISAN is a Japanese style visual novel with choice-based dialogue and contains adult language, suggestive sexual themes and violence.

Reviews: Positive — 83% — of 12 reviews
Released: 2022-02-03
Developer: STARRYWARE
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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