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Heat Death: Survival Train
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“this is a good start, looking forward to the rest of the game as the first area is over a little too quick for my preference. that said the gameplay is fun. Its great to have a game that isn't needlessly hard and has the potential to be more than just a build and survive game.…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“I like the simplicity yet difficulty of the game. Very addicting. 2 BIG thumbs up.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I was drawn to the game by watching a short video from a youtube page playing the beginning. The graphics and design made it look awesome. Seemed like it would be fun to play. It was, until I realized that even though there is a decent space to explore, you can only walk, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Open Beta v0.4.2.f
Hello survivors and engineers! We're excited to announce that Heat Death v0.4.2.f_EA is now live on Steam in open beta! Changelog compared to the previous open beta: * Wall mounted storage: You can at
Public update v0.4.2.e
Hello survivors and engineers! Chapter 2 of "Heat Death: Survival Train" begins here! We're excited to announce that Heat Death v0.4.2.e_EA is now live on Steam! Changelog compared to the previous pub
Open Beta v0.4.2.e
Hello survivors and engineers! We're excited to announce that Heat Death v0.4.2.e_EA is now live on Steam in open beta! Changelog compared to the previous open beta: * Hoverbike: You can now build the
Update v0.4.1.d is public!
Hello engineers and survivors! Heat Death v0.4.1.d_EA is now live on Steam! Changelog compared to previous public update: 2nd island from Chapter 2: The second island from Chapter 2 has been added to
Open Beta v0.4.1.d
Hello engineers and survivors! Heat Death v0.4.1.d_EA is now live on Steam in open beta! Changelog compared to previous open beta: 2nd island from Chapter 2: The second island from Chapter 2 has been
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Building · Base-Building · Adventure · Exploration · Lore-Rich · Open World · Trains (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://heatdeathgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 570 with 4 GB of VRam DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 10 GB available space