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Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder
Vzerthos is a 2D isometric old-school techno-fantasy styled Top-Down Shooter. Player's arsenal includes skills of the Thunder God's heir and three types of guns - use them to slice and dice, burn and blow up your enemies!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Top, oh yeahh great game.”
— a player, Steam review · 23 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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fixes and new sprint effect. Update 2024.06.12.
Greetings folks! A completely sudden update with fixes and small improvements! - Fixes some bugs in the "Catacombs" location - Added to Settings Menu: There is now an option to enable/disable holiday
Steam Scream Fest: Halloween 2022
Hello, scared ones! Once again, like every year, a Halloween event awaits you! Pumpkin head for the main character Pumpkins in the village (first location) that contain extra gold! Every year from 25
Steam Deck Compatibility: Verified
Hello, everyone! Glad to announce that Vzerthos has been given full SteamDeck compatibility status! Bye and have a great day!
Minor Update: Changes in the comics and keybind settings
Hello! This minor update affects: Text size and output method in comics Key bindings changes (key, alternate key and mouse button) Some bug fixes. The text was as follows: Now this: New key bindings:
Big update!
Hello players! I'll be brief - this is a major update! This game hasn't had an update for a long time, but it has continued to evolve. And now item by item: Game engine update. Migration from GameMake
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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 | Retro · 2D · Isometric · Indie · Top-Down Shooter · Adventure · Singleplayer · Action · Zombies · Top-Down · Exploration · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, German, Ukrainian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 64 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Atom N2800 ( 1.86 GHz Dual core ) Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Intel GMA 3600 graphics (Integrated) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 256 MB available space