Patent pending · Real-money skill gaming
Where creativity becomes currency.
Artcade is a real-money skill-gaming platform for subjective creative skill — drawing, writing, photo, video, and more. Players compete in cohorts by submitting original entries to a prompt, with winners decided by peer vote.
Our mission
Creativity should pay the people who make it.
Every great thing starts the same way: someone imagines something, shows it to other people, and lets their opinions sharpen it. That loop — imagination, audience, refinement — is how all creative work improves. Artcade is that loop, built as a game.
The internet's two biggest machines extract. Ours gives back.
The modern internet runs on two of the most powerful engagement machines ever built: social platforms and real-money gaming. Both extract enormous value from the people who participate. Artcade exists because we think those machines can be rebuilt to give the value back.
Players are the house.
On Artcade, contests are funded by the players in them, decided by the players in them, and paid back to the players in them. No algorithm decides what gets seen and no random outcome decides who wins — only original work and peer votes.
How a contest works
Enter, create, vote.
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Enter
Join a contest for a fixed entry fee and get the same creative prompt as everyone in your cohort.
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Create
Submit your original work: drawing, writing, photo, video, and more.
- 3
Vote & win
Every player votes on the field. The entries other players choose win the prize pool.
Built in the open.
Real-money skill gaming done right: KYC, geolocation, state eligibility, AML, and self-exclusion — first-class from day one.
Skill, not chance
Every contest is decided by peer vote on creative submissions. There is no random outcome — players' work decides who wins.
Cohort-based contests
Players pay an entry fee, submit an original creative entry to a prompt, and compete within a cohort. Prizes are funded by entries.
Regulated by design
KYC, geolocation, state eligibility, AML, and self-exclusion are first-class — built to meet card-brand and underwriting standards.
Be first in line.
Where creativity becomes currency. Drop your email and we'll let you know when Artcade opens in your state.