Prologue for a Vacant Kingdom

Prologue for a Vacant Kingdom

Steam Deck Playable

shru · Bullet Hell · Apr 18, 2019

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

95%
Very Positive
241 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 168 sampled reviews

Based on 241 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 168 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Exploring the whimsical yet melancholic world is a joy, thanks to a genuinely quirky cast of characters you meet along the way.
35 of 168 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Runs smooth (will 100% revisit when I have access to better way of playing it), core gameplay itself is good, liked the few characters currently available to meet, simple but satisfying puzzles, well placed secrets, and the humor was absolutely on point.
15 of 168 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The core bullet-hell combat is satisfyingly challenging, perfectly balanced within an RPG structure where you only fight bosses once.
6 of 168 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Challenging but fun. i really love the vibe and the art style.
5 of 168 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters35 reviews
Gameplay15 reviews
Combat6 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty17 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
4
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.