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Heat
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Playing this game feels like a mild LSD trip.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“As someone who loves western games, this title is pretty bad. If it weren't abandonware and the devs had actually completed what ambitious goals they had set out to, I think this could have been actually worthwhile. As it is, the game is not worth it, even on sale.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Notorious video game scammers Codehatch strike again with another abandoned game”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:30 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Heat Update 23 - Gold Panning, Treasure Maps, and the Economy
Thar be gold in them rivers n' treasure in those hills. Strike it rich, sell large amounts of goods, and start a bank. We added a large amount of features to the economy in the game. We also added man
Heat Update 22 - Bug Catching and Fishing
Schools of Fish and insects have appeared throughout the world! Grab a rod, attach your bait, and cast your line to try catch the biggest and most rare fish you can. Cook up your catch for a tasty mea
Heat Update 21 - Seasons, Temperature, and Weather
Seasons and temperature have arrived in Heat! Enjoy the crisp colors of fall, or the long snowy days of winter. Prepare your homestead for the winter time by keeping ample food supply as you cannot fa
Heat Update 20 - Bug Fixes and New Farming Audio
Since the last update we gathered feedback and made a list of bugs + exploits to fix. We decided it would be best to focus on fixing these first, before moving on to additional new features. We also a
Heat Update 19 - Early Access Transition, Merchants, Bankers, and Outlaws
We have been working hard on Heat the past few months and put together a large update. Heat will be transitioning out of Early Access with this update, as we have now completed our internal roadmap th
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Survival · Western · Open World · Multiplayer · America · Open World Survival Craft · Adventure · RPG · Action · Indie · Crafting · Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.playheat.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1300X @ 3.5 GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce 970 GTX (4GB VRAM), AMD RX560 (4GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD strongly recommended. The game contains EAC anti-cheat technology.