Heaven's Vault Special Limited Edition (NSW)

The field kit is back, and this time it comes with a cartridge. The Heaven's Vault Special Limited Edition for Nintendo Switch is a Strictly Limited Games exclusive limited to 1,900 individually numbered copies worldwide, packing the acclaimed narrative adventure inside a collector's box loaded with physical extras that mirror the game's archaeological soul.

Heaven's Vault tasks us with deciphering an entire constructed hieroglyphic language across a branching, choice-driven narrative set in the Nebula. Every inscription we translate and every conversation we have gets woven into a story that shifts with our decisions. It's thoughtful, gorgeous, and endlessly replayable across its 18 to 20 hour playthroughs.

The Special Limited Edition leans hard into the game's identity. The collector's box features the game's striking art style. A soundtrack CD houses 21 tracks including three unreleased bonus tracks, all recorded with Leos Strings and featuring the ethereal vocals of Hayley Glennie-Smith. Ten puzzle cards dig into the game's translation mechanics. A tri-fold Nebula Timeline maps the setting's deep history. There's a notebook for cataloging discoveries, a flag-banner bookmark, biodegradable stickers hiding secret messages in the game's ancient script, and a full-color manual.

On Switch, this becomes a portable archaeology kit. Playing handheld while flipping through the puzzle cards and scribbling in the notebook feels like exactly how Inkle intended the experience. The physical components aren't decorative filler. They're extensions of the gameplay loop itself. At 1,900 copies for a game this beloved, collectors who appreciate craftsmanship over flash will want to move on this one.