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Themes

With GameVault+, you gain access to a variety of additional themes and also the ability to apply custom themes, to personalize your experience.

Premium Themes​

GameVault+ ships with the following premium themes by default:

  • Phalcode (Dark): A dark theme aligned with our Phalcode brand. Phalcode (Dark)
  • Phalcode (Light): A light theme aligned with our Phalcode brand. Phalcode (Light)
  • Halloween (Dark): A Halloween-themed ambiance to set the mood for horror games in autumn. Halloween (Dark)
  • Christmas (Dark): Celebrate a cozy and festive Christmas with us. We ho-ho-hope you love it! Christmas (Dark)

Custom Themes​

GameVault+ also offers the flexibility to apply custom themes, allowing users to incorporate designs of their preference.

A public repository of custom themes shared by our community can be found here.

How to Install and Apply a Custom Theme​

Automatic Installation via GameVault Community Themes Repository​

  1. Open GameVault and navigate to Settings → Application → Theme.
  2. Click on the Community Themes dropdown menu to load available themes from the community repository.
  3. Select your preferred theme and click "Install Theme".

Manual Installation​

  1. Place the theme .xaml file into your themes folder. Depending on your GameVault installation, the themes folder can be located at either %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\Phalcode.174950BD81C41_dymsgn3qpfjxc\LocalCache\Roaming\GameVault\themes or %APPDATA%/GameVault/themes.
  2. Open GameVault Settings and select your newly added theme under Application -> Themes.

Creating a Custom Theme​

Creating a custom theme is straightforward. You can just create a new .xaml file based on our template and save it in the themes folder.

Template File​

Just copy the latest template from the community themes repository, edit it using a text editor, and save it in the themes folder to try it out. Be aware that the hex codes are ARGB syntax and not RGB syntax.

Sharing Custom Themes​

You can share your custom themes with the community by creating a pull request to the community themes repository.