Heaven's Vault
Rating Summary
Based on 31 critic reviews
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Top Critic
Heaven's Vault communicates the beauty of assigning meaning to symbols, and thus the people who wrote them.
Top Critic
Inkle's follow-up to 80 Days is an archaeology adventure like no other.
Top Critic
A fascinating, fantastical world let down by plodding pacing.
Top Critic
Heaven's Vault features great characters, exciting places to discover, and a thrilling mystery to piece together
Top Critic
An ambitious narrative adventure that mixes fun lore with fiddly mechanics.
Top Critic
For a game that revolves around the beauty of languages, it’s a disappointment that Heaven’s Vault can’t find the right words to express itself.
Top Critic
Heaven's Vault may have one of the most well-realized video game worlds ever, with your curiosity and personality molding your story through the Nebula. Whether you're fascinated by history or just by a personal sense of duty, there's a lot to love about Heaven's Vault, even if the clunky movement and frustrating sailing sour the overall experience.
Top Critic
Heaven's Vault is a fantastic narrative experience that offers a genuinely mature and intelligent take on science fiction and the interactions between technology and religion. Superbly realised characters, fascinating architecture, and a wonderfully detailed new language to decipher combine to make this a truly original and rewarding game. It's a shame that the sailing is so repetitive, but Heaven's Vault will reward fans of slower paced and meditative games.
Top Critic
The thing is, the problems are there. I don’t know if I can recommend this to someone who isn’t a word nerd. But at the same time, what Inkle have achieved in Heaven’s Vault is tremendous. I don’t know what to compare it to, because there isn’t anything.
Top Critic
A totally unique odyssey that immediately envelops the player in a richly detailed universe ripe with intriguing lore and some of the finest storytelling on PS4, Heaven's Vault is an essential odyssey for all to embark upon.
