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Heaven's Vault

inkle Ltd · 2019-04-16

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 16, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Heaven's Vault is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners, priced at $24.99, and holding a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 2494 reviews).

9
playing now
84%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (139 ratings)
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Heaven's Vault is a 2019 archaeological science-fiction adventure game released by Inkle for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on April 16, 2019, and for Nintendo Switch on January 28, 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 140 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,832 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–150k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,494 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-05-09) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 42 of 82 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820192026Week of 2019-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2942026-09-15 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992019-04-172026-10-142019-04-17 — best price $21.242019-10-08 — best price $14.992019-12-11 — best price $17.492020-02-10 — best price $24.992020-05-02 — best price $24.992020-07-20 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $24.992021-01-25 — best price $12.492021-04-23 — best price $12.492021-08-07 — best price $12.492021-11-03 — best price $24.992022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-03-29 — best price $14.992022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-11-16 — best price $8.742023-04-04 — best price $8.742023-06-30 — best price $9.992023-10-16 — best price $8.742024-01-23 — best price $24.992024-05-01 — best price $9.992024-07-18 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-05-02 — best price $7.492025-07-17 — best price $7.492025-10-07 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-03-05 — best price $12.492026-06-02 — best price $24.992026-08-31 — best price $12.492026-09-10 — best price $12.492026-09-20 — best price $12.492026-09-30 — best price $24.992026-10-10 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

361462026-05-30 — 89 pageviews2026-06-03 — 77 pageviews2026-06-07 — 59 pageviews2026-06-11 — 361 pageviews2026-06-15 — 147 pageviews2026-06-19 — 103 pageviews2026-06-23 — 81 pageviews2026-06-27 — 78 pageviews2026-07-01 — 97 pageviews2026-07-05 — 105 pageviews2026-07-09 — 77 pageviews2026-07-13 — 92 pageviews2026-07-17 — 68 pageviews2026-07-21 — 61 pageviews2026-07-25 — 88 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-02 — 61 pageviews2026-08-06 — 52 pageviews2026-08-10 — 71 pageviews2026-08-14 — 70 pageviews2026-08-18 — 81 pageviews2026-08-22 — 74 pageviews2026-08-26 — 69 pageviews2026-08-30 — 57 pageviews2026-09-03 — 51 pageviews2026-09-07 — 68 pageviews2026-09-11 — 62 pageviews2026-09-15 — 53 pageviews2026-09-19 — 83 pageviews2026-09-23 — 76 pageviews2026-09-27 — 73 pageviews2026-10-01 — 73 pageviews2026-10-05 — 74 pageviews2026-10-09 — 81 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Meet Six"
29.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-04-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5223%44
PS4 (PlayStation)16918%45
PS4 (PlayStation)9213%45
Switch (Nintendo)270%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndiePuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureNarrativeStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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