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Very Positive — 84% positive (2,498 reviews) · Metacritic 76 · 44 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
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.
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Adventure, Indie · 2019 · More £15 - £30 games
Explore ancient space Nebulas as an archaeologist unraveling mysteries in Heaven's Vault. Solve language-based challenges and uncover a forgotten past, crafted by the team behind 80 DAYS.
About this game
From the creators of massively-branching interactive adventure 80 Days.
Winner - IGF Excellence in Narrative award 2019
Nomination -BAFTA for Best British Game 2020
Who will you trust? What will you find? What will you learn? What will you risk? What will you lose?
"One of the most well-realized video game worlds ever, with your curiosity and personality molding your story through the Nebula" - USGamer
"Heaven’s Vault is both ambitious and beautiful. It conjures a world rich with life... I don’t hesitate to recommend Heaven’s Vault." - Game Informer
"Heaven's Vault is one of the most enthralling narrative-driven adventure games I've played" - Wired
Winner - IGF Excellence in Narrative award 2019
Nomination -BAFTA for Best British Game 2020
Story
Aliya Elasra is an archaeologist, exploring a strange region of space called the Nebula with her robot sidekick Six, hoping to uncover the secrets of the long-forgotten past. When a roboticist from the University of Iox goes missing, Aliya begins a trail of discoveries that will lead to the very edge of her world - and the ancient secret of Heaven's Vault.Gameplay
Heaven's Vault is not your usual linear adventure game. Progress through the game in any order you choose - the game's fully adaptive narrative remembers every choice you make, every discovery and every action you take, influencing what happens next. Meet a diverse cast of characters who remember everything you say, and who's attitude to you will change with how you act. Some are friendly, some are cautious, and some are out to trick you.Who will you trust? What will you find? What will you learn? What will you risk? What will you lose?
- Explore ancient sites, discover lost ruins
- Find artefacts and translate their strange hieroglyphics
- Sail an open-world of fast flowing space-rivers
- Piece together the history of the world and an entire ancient language
- Diverse cast of characters that remember everything you say
Translate Ancient Hieroglyphs
An entire ancient hieroglyphic language awaits to be deciphered. A puzzle mechanic with a twist: solutions are narratively significant and further the story - but the wrong translation might send you down the wrong track!Critically Acclaimed
"One of the most well-realized video game worlds ever, with your curiosity and personality molding your story through the Nebula" - USGamer
"Heaven’s Vault is both ambitious and beautiful. It conjures a world rich with life... I don’t hesitate to recommend Heaven’s Vault." - Game Informer
"Heaven's Vault is one of the most enthralling narrative-driven adventure games I've played" - Wired
Industry leading narrative engine
Powered by the ink engine, the narrative technology behind 80 Days, Sorcery!, NeoCab, Sable, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and many more, Heaven's Vault is a dynamically constructed adventure game that responds to every move you make.System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2+ Gb of vram
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Not recommended for Intel HD GPUs
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Heaven's Vault Book 4 is out now!
Today, the Heaven's Vault sequence reaches its end. What began as a game expanded into a duology of novels, The Loop and The Vault, which deepened and extended the game's world. Last year we went further with the release of Book 3: The Flood, which picks up events after the end of the game. Now that second duology is complete, with the release of Book 4: The Rising Light. A new threat is looming for the Nebula, and the only hope is an legend so Ancient there is no record of it anywhere. With Iox and Elboreth both fallen, and Renaki - and Oroi - far from reach, who can Aliya trust to help her unravel the mystery of the Wanderer? We couldn't be more excited to be bringing the series to its conclusion. Thank you for sailing the rivers with us! The books are available now from the inkle bookstore, in eBook, dust-jacket and paperback editions, with discounted bundles for the full sets, or the two duologies.Read full article on Community Announcements (inkle)AnnouncementsOfficial
Cover reveal!
It's Heaven's Vault's 7th birthday today!To celebrate we wanted to share a first look at the next HV-related release from us, which will be the fourth (and final) book in the novellisation sequence. Here's the gorgeous new cover:The book ties up all the mysteries from Book 3 -- and a few from the original game that you might not have noticed were there. It's almost ready to ship -- but we want it to be as good as possible, so we're giving it a bit more time. There's a form to hear when it launches here.We've also got a couple of unannounced HV-related things in the planning stages; no promises, but we're hopeful this won't quite be the last we see of this world. But otherwise - thank you for sailing the Nebula with us. May the waters always carry you home.Read full article on Community Announcements (inkle)AnnouncementsOfficial
Book IV - sign up to hear when it launches
You can sign up to be notified when we launch.Read full article on Community Announcements (inkle)Press Coverage
Inkle's amazing Heaven’s Vault used to be a Dr Who pitch, but the BBC left them on read, and I'm kind of thankful
80 Days and A Highland Song developers Inkle once pitched a Doctor Who game to the BBC, narrative director and writer Jon Ingold has revealed in a Bluesky post. While the BBC never responded to their overtures, the pitch became the basis for Inkle's very excellent and bodacious astral archaeology sim Heaven’s Vault. I consider this a cool thing to know, and so do our friends at Eurogamer. They’ve just published an interview with Ingold, which includes tantalising details of a forthcoming Heaven’s Vault reveal of some kind. Read moreRead full article on Rock, Paper, ShotgunPress Coverage
The developer of 80 Days was once invited to pitch a Doctor Who game, but never heard back from the BBC afterward: 'Technically, we're still waiting for a reply'
80 Days may still be the best-known game from narrative maestros Inkle Studios. But the developer's most ambitious game is probably Heaven's Vault, a sci-fi archaeological adventure about piecing together an ancient alien language... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Rick Lane)
