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Vzerthos: Heir of Thunder

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App ID 536450
App Type Game
Store Name Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder
Developer
Publisher DarkDes Labs
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies GameMaker Engine
Last Changenumber 29955111
Last Record Update 8 July 2025 – 18:40:23 UTC ()
Release Date 19 January 2017 – 12:01:58 UTC ()
❓ 66.81%
108 reviews
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In-Game
👾 Retro 🏽 2D 🌆 Isometric 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🗺️ Adventure

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!

Additional Information

Developer DarkDes Labs
metacritic_name Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder
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ReleaseState released
Publisher DarkDes Labs
Store Release Date 19 January 2017 – 12:02:11 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://vk.com/vzerthos
https://www.youtube.com/@DarkDesLabs
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 19 January 2017 – 12:01:58 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 7 July 2024 – 16:44:12 UTC () (1720370652)
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Detected Technologies (?) GameMaker Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 16 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9416173
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 27 September 2016 – 07:43:54 UTC (), in changelist #2301939
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

4 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes Yes

Tags

👾 Retro 🏽 2D 🌆 Isometric 🌱 Indie 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🗺️ Adventure 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Action 🧟 Zombies 🗺️ Top-Down 🗺 Exploration 🌫 Atmospheric 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🧰 GameMaker 🌄 Action-Adventure 📏 Linear 🌟 Arena Shooter 📚 Story Rich 🎮 Controller 🕹️ Old School

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Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers

Assets

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  • 0 players right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 147 all-time peak 3 July 2019
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  • ❓ Mostly Positive
  • 66.81% SteamDB Rating
  • 78 72.2% positive reviews
  • 30 27.8% negative reviews

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16 February 2018 ⇄ Indiegala: Friday Special Bundle #63 -

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Vzerthos: Heir of Thunder had an all-time peak of 147 concurrent players on 3 July 2019.

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