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- Updated Oct 4, 2026
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Also Narrative and Interactive Fiction, like Heaven's Vault.
- $4.24 (Price checked Oct 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Heaven's Vault
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- 180 Days
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- 92% of 936 reviews
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: inkle Ltd
- Price: $9.99−60%checked Oct 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 86% of 1,626 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 76
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Beautiful art style
- Rich narrative and lore
- Unique language learning system
- Atmospheric
- Immersive
- Dialogue interaction
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Cheaper alternatives
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Heaven's Vault.
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Why this: Also Narrative and Interactive Fiction, like Heaven's Vault.
Free alternatives
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Heaven's Vault.
Plays great on Steam Deck
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Heaven's Vault.
About Heaven's Vault
The closest matches to Heaven's Vault: 80 Days, TR-49, Pendragon: Narrative Tactics, Overboard!, and In Other Waters.
If Heaven's Vault is your kind of game, the closest matches are 80 Days, TR-49 and Pendragon: Narrative Tactics — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric and immersive, and single out its dialogue interaction and linguistic puzzles. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Heaven's Vault is an Indie adventure game developed by inkle Ltd that released in 2019 at $24.99. Players explore an ancient space Nebula as an archaeologist uncovering a lost history, with gameplay focused on dialogue interaction, linguistic puzzles, and world exploration. The game features a system where players learn and decipher a unique hieroglyphic language. Reviewers highlight a rich narrative and lore throughout the experience. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive and note the art style as visually distinctive. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and presents challenging gameplay across a long single-player campaign.
About Heaven's Vault: 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.
Is Heaven's Vault worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 86% of 1,626 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 60% off, now $9.99 (checked Oct 4).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 19 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 10 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Beautiful art style
- Rich narrative and lore
- Unique language learning system
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Way too janky to pay $25 for. I'm sorry, I could not bring myself to care about the characters at all. I cared the most about the language aspect and really wanted to push through for it, but trying to get through the rest of the game was…”
“I wanted to love the game great story and worldbuilding that sucked me in. But a combination of awful camera controls not letting you see important prompts and abrupt conversations causing misclicks in major story decisions really kill it…”
People who play it also play: 80 Days, TR-49, Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
Frequently asked about Heaven's Vault
Can I run it?
Is Heaven's Vault verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Heaven's Vault is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Heaven's Vault cost?
Heaven's Vault is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Heaven's Vault?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heaven's Vault are 80 Days, TR-49, Pendragon: Narrative Tactics.
Who developed Heaven's Vault?
Heaven's Vault was developed by inkle Ltd.