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Vacant Kingdom
Vacant Kingdom is a synthesis of bullet hell and story-driven action-RPG. Explore a whimsical yet desolate land and rally its adrift people by solving their problems.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Funny and charming game about rebuilding a kingdom. Approximately 4 hours in length. Gameplay is a fast-paced bullet hell as well as complex puzzles. Way too short but glad to finally play after trying the demo 6 years ago. Would definitely play other games from this developer!”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“W cat”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Bullet-hell battles, but the player character has momentum/inertia (you let go of the d-pad, but the character slides a little until it stops). So, a common mechanism for bullet-hell games (micrododging) doesn't exist here. The design doesn't seem to take that into account.…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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Patch Notes for October 10th, 2022
Rebalancing: Vontarius, Phase II/IV: Grazing beams now gives 100% more sub-weapon MP. Fixes: Fixed rare crash when retrying Vontarius battle. (Thanks LoyalDeath) Fixed crash when changing sub-weapons
Vacant Kingdom is released!!!!!!
Gamer Greetings! Look, the game is out! The little widget below even says so! (Or so I hope!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1704730/Vacant_Kingdom/ What else is there to say? Thank you to every o
The Game comes out Tomorrow!!!
Gamer Greetings! I'm just popping in for a quick reminder that the game's coming out tomorrow! (Or if you didn't catch the last post then... surprise!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1704730/Vacan
Release Date: October 6th
Gamer Greetings! You've seen the title, the full version of Vacant Kingdom is almost upon us! October 6th is the release day! Wishlist it, mark your calendars, and let your nephew Graeden know! https:
Play the New Demo!
Gamer Greetings! Today I have a short but very exciting update! I've just released a new Vacant Kingdom demo for you all to play! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1984700/Vacant_Kingdom_Demo/ Just t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Funny · Action RPG · Pixel Graphics · Twin Stick Shooter · Top-Down Shooter · Arcade · Metroidvania · Hack and Slash · Atmospheric · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista Processor: Intel i3 or AMD Equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, GeForce 6xxx, Radeon HD 2xxx, or newer Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Any should work perfectly. Additional Notes: Blue LEDs inside case.