Is Heaven's Vault playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Heaven's Vault runs great on the Steam Deck.
Heaven's Vault runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 33 reports. As a adventure game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- inkle Ltd
- Publisher
- inkle Ltd
- Release
- April 16, 2019
- Price
- $24.99
- Metacritic
- 76
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- 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
Is Heaven's Vault compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 33 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Full controller support out of the box
- ✓Controller glyphs match the Deck
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Good performance with default settings
Heaven's Vault performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Heaven's Vault yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Heaven's Vault on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Heaven's Vault playable on Steam Deck?
Heaven's Vault <strong>runs great</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it <strong>Steam Deck Verified</strong>. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Platinum</strong> on ProtonDB across 33 reports.
›Is Heaven's Vault Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Heaven's Vault is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Heaven's Vault get on Steam Deck?
We don't publish a single FPS figure — framerate depends on your settings, the scene and your TDP limit. Valve reports good performance with the default settings.
›How long does the battery last playing Heaven's Vault on Steam Deck?
Battery life isn't fixed — it depends on your brightness, TDP cap and framerate target, typically landing anywhere from 2 to 6 hours on the Steam Deck. We don't have a measured figure for Heaven's Vault specifically.
›Can you play Heaven's Vault on Steam Deck?
Yes. Heaven's Vault runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Heaven's Vault?
Yes — Valve reports that Heaven's Vault performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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