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Heaven's Vault cover art

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.

11
playing now
84%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 11 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 19% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–149k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,487 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.49-50%

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 25 of 44 observed days · $7.50 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

3532026-08-07 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 35 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992019-04-172026-08-302019-04-17 — best price $21.242019-09-04 — best price $19.992019-11-18 — best price $24.992020-01-13 — best price $24.992020-03-18 — best price $17.492020-05-02 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-10-14 — best price $24.992020-12-07 — best price $12.492021-01-30 — best price $24.992021-04-23 — best price $12.492021-07-12 — best price $14.992021-10-27 — best price $12.492021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-01-24 — best price $9.992022-03-29 — best price $14.992022-06-06 — best price $8.742022-11-03 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-04-27 — best price $8.742023-06-30 — best price $9.992023-10-09 — best price $24.992023-12-22 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-05-09 — best price $24.992024-07-18 — best price $24.992024-10-26 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-02-13 — best price $24.992025-05-13 — best price $7.492025-07-17 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $6.242025-11-14 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $24.992026-03-18 — best price $24.992026-06-02 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $12.492026-08-30 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

605492026-05-30 — 89 pageviews2026-06-02 — 62 pageviews2026-06-05 — 67 pageviews2026-06-08 — 79 pageviews2026-06-11 — 361 pageviews2026-06-14 — 168 pageviews2026-06-17 — 144 pageviews2026-06-20 — 124 pageviews2026-06-23 — 81 pageviews2026-06-26 — 97 pageviews2026-06-29 — 104 pageviews2026-07-02 — 81 pageviews2026-07-05 — 105 pageviews2026-07-08 — 78 pageviews2026-07-11 — 69 pageviews2026-07-14 — 77 pageviews2026-07-17 — 68 pageviews2026-07-20 — 98 pageviews2026-07-23 — 68 pageviews2026-07-26 — 55 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-01 — 74 pageviews2026-08-04 — 70 pageviews2026-08-07 — 61 pageviews2026-08-10 — 71 pageviews2026-08-13 — 55 pageviews2026-08-16 — 80 pageviews2026-08-19 — 66 pageviews2026-08-22 — 74 pageviews2026-08-25 — 79 pageviews2026-08-27 — 72 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

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.

Player tags

IndiePuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureNarrativeStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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