diff --git a/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix b/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix
index ca9d5799596e..eca086020709 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , python3
 , makeWrapper
 , electron
+, vulkan-helper
 , gogdl
 , legendary-gl
 , nile
@@ -16,18 +17,18 @@
 let appName = "heroic";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "heroic-unwrapped";
-  version = "2.9.1";
+  version = "2.9.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Heroic-Games-Launcher";
     repo = "HeroicGamesLauncher";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-1FtAcp6cG2qRfWrAgCOQ87DzMvszqqhObfSzepezBGc=";
+    hash = "sha256-kCvMUhN1kjGb5rV+lkKm1FFYBJUSQGOKTY1DQdiAWLU=";
   };
 
   offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
     yarnLock = "${src}/yarn.lock";
-    hash = "sha256-KEzTjtoBcHNJxC/7W/Bft75JZuZUSHieOOAwhbr5d3s=";
+    hash = "sha256-kHZL7TENVK58dvr8PBFtWYZ2PSKEYESX4e1xYmMA5+Y=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s \
       "${gogdl}/bin/gogdl" \
       "${legendary-gl}/bin/legendary" \
-      "${nile}"/bin/nile \
+      "${nile}/bin/nile" \
+      "${lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "${vulkan-helper}/bin/vulkan-helper"}" \
       "$out/share/${appName}/build/bin/${binPlatform}"
 
     makeWrapper "${electron}/bin/electron" "$out/bin/heroic" \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vulkan-helper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/vulkan-helper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cf1a598f38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/vulkan-helper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, vulkan-loader
+, addOpenGLRunpath
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "vulkan-helper";
+  version = "unstable-2023-09-16";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "imLinguin";
+    repo = "vulkan-helper-rs";
+    rev = "d65b1a17a11ec20670c77d8da02e68d388ed0888";
+    hash = "sha256-usbYNalA0r09LXR6eV2e/T1eMNV4LnhzYLzPJQ6XNKQ=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-s5QytuNhjZQhIDJtpeAW3J4op1t4nC+xD2i7Zf5mzfw=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    addOpenGLRunpath
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    patchelf --add-rpath ${vulkan-loader}/lib $out/bin/vulkan-helper
+    addOpenGLRunpath $out/bin/vulkan-helper
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple CLI app used to interface with basic Vulkan APIs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/imLinguin/vulkan-helper-rs";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aidalgol ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e5bc2ab53f20..6e794f8e139d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25708,6 +25708,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vulkan-cts = callPackage ../tools/graphics/vulkan-cts { };
 
+  vulkan-helper = callPackage ../tools/graphics/vulkan-helper { };
+
   vulkan-extension-layer = callPackage ../tools/graphics/vulkan-extension-layer { };
   vulkan-headers = callPackage ../development/libraries/vulkan-headers { };
   vulkan-loader = callPackage ../development/libraries/vulkan-loader { inherit (darwin) moltenvk; };