Heaven's Vault
Narrative space adventure about archaeology, choices, and decoding ancient writing
inkle Ltd · Released Apr 16, 2019
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 2,495
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 6
- peak 24h 12
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Apr 24, 2024
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Heaven's Vault?
A single-player, point-and-click adventure set in the Nebula, where archaeologist Aliya Elasra searches for a missing roboticist with her robot companion, Six. You explore ruins, sail between locations on space rivers, translate ancient inscriptions, and make choices that affect the story.
For you if...
- +you like patiently following clues through conversations and ruins
- +you enjoy building up an understanding of a fictional language
- +you prefer story choices that shape character relationships
Not for you if...
- −you want action instead of reading and investigating
- −you want demanding puzzles rather than story-led exploration
What players say
84% of 2,495 reviews are positive
Players praise the worldbuilding, mystery, and process of deciphering the ancient language. Their most common complaint is that walking, sailing, dialogue, and transitions take too long; some also dislike the limited ability to revisit locations or reload choices.
Screenshots and trailer
Heaven's Vault system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics
- Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2+ Gb of vram
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
- Notes
- Not recommended for Intel HD GPUs
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 44
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Adventure
- Narrative
- Mystery
- Female Protagonist
- Sci-fi
- Choices Matter
- Point & Click
- Puzzle
- Interactive Fiction
- Atmospheric
- Exploration
- Singleplayer
- Indie
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Story Rich
- Space
Recent updates
- Apr 24, 2024 · Heaven's Vault now supports Steam Cloud
- Jun 18, 2019 · Update: ... secrets ... words ... for translation ... pauper!
- May 25, 2019 · Translation update!
- May 16, 2019 · Update - Balancing Tweak, More Ancient
- May 7, 2019 · Minor updates!
1 DLC available.
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