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Need for Speed™ Heat
Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
70 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“what a great racing game.. *get in night with 180sx that not even tune and suddnely got heat lvl 5 and get chased and die" -jump fun -speed fun -npc stop in middle of road while speeding 378 kmh and flew away -car did a…”
“"This is one of the best NFS parts I’ve ever played. The downside is the first few hours because you'll be slow, but after you progress, it becomes legendary. The second downside is there aren't many cars. But if you…”
“For less money than a cup of coffee at Starbucks, this game has delivered an ample amount of fun. You race, you drift, you escape the cops, you unlock new stuff, you upgrade your car.”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I’m not even gonna pretend to be objective here—I’m obsessed with this game. From the moment I dropped into Palm City, I was hooked. There’s just something about the whole vibe—the neon lights, the night races, the…”
“The Good: Customization: You can spend more time in the garage than on the actual road. Making your car look like a neon fever dream is the best part of the game. The Atmosphere: The transition from the sunny, palm-tree…”
“Its good in optimization, visuals, and gameplay. You can try it if your racing game lover.”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is really good. The gameplay is solid. Sometimes its a tiny bit frustrating, but otherwise it's great. The car customization is pretty good too. The races are all pretty fun and the sense of speed is also…”
“My favourite need for speed game yet!! The cop chases are so fun the races are great and the story is amazing. Buy this game and get hours of fun :)”
“I played this game on the PS4 on launch, I had so much fun playing it I bought it again on PC 7 years later. This is the best Need For Speed game their is. The story is so fun I would recommend”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“For less money than a cup of coffee at Starbucks, this game has delivered an ample amount of fun. You race, you drift, you escape the cops, you unlock new stuff, you upgrade your car.”
“This is not a particularly long game, as others have said. I got this on sale, and it seems to go on sale quite often. Definitely worth the price tag at the sale price. Some minor issues with the game not wanting to go…”
“This game is really good. The gameplay is solid. Sometimes its a tiny bit frustrating, but otherwise it's great. The car customization is pretty good too. The races are all pretty fun and the sense of speed is also…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Its good in optimization, visuals, and gameplay. You can try it if your racing game lover.”
“This game is really good. The gameplay is solid. Sometimes its a tiny bit frustrating, but otherwise it's great. The car customization is pretty good too. The races are all pretty fun and the sense of speed is also…”
“runs perfectly even on my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ computer, gp is very fun too.”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Great arcade, story is 0, car go vroom vroom, race is good. Great to play with friends, really fun.”
“really good sense of speed, visuals, car list, customisation. drifting sucks, offroading sucks, all collectibles suck excluding the collectible art which is cool. story is decent but some characters are unnecessary and…”
“The main story is way too small. The game mechanics, the cars and the races are very much enjoyable. Thought there was gonna be a epic main villain or sum ♥♥♥♥ like that but the game ended abruptly.”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“what a great racing game.. *get in night with 180sx that not even tune and suddnely got heat lvl 5 and get chased and die" -jump fun -speed fun -npc stop in middle of road while speeding 378 kmh and flew away -car did a…”
“super fun, the game does bug sometimes but I've never come across anything that affects driving.”
“♥♥♥♥ EA. The game no longer works after the most recent update.”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“"This is one of the best NFS parts I’ve ever played. The downside is the first few hours because you'll be slow, but after you progress, it becomes legendary. The second downside is there aren't many cars. But if you…”
“really good sense of speed, visuals, car list, customisation. drifting sucks, offroading sucks, all collectibles suck excluding the collectible art which is cool. story is decent but some characters are unnecessary and…”
“Early game is kind of boring but later on it becomes insanely fun, definitely worth a shot if you love racing games.”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“"This is one of the best NFS parts I’ve ever played. The downside is the first few hours because you'll be slow, but after you progress, it becomes legendary. The second downside is there aren't many cars. But if you…”
“The main story is way too small. The game mechanics, the cars and the races are very much enjoyable. Thought there was gonna be a epic main villain or sum ♥♥♥♥ like that but the game ended abruptly.”
“This is not a particularly long game, as others have said. I got this on sale, and it seems to go on sale quite often. Definitely worth the price tag at the sale price. Some minor issues with the game not wanting to go…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The Good: Customization: You can spend more time in the garage than on the actual road. Making your car look like a neon fever dream is the best part of the game. The Atmosphere: The transition from the sunny, palm-tree…”
“really good sense of speed, visuals, car list, customisation. drifting sucks, offroading sucks, all collectibles suck excluding the collectible art which is cool. story is decent but some characters are unnecessary and…”
“too easy, even on hard difficulty. should be a sandbox mode instead of only story. otherwise its a good game.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Ah, Need For Speed: Heat. The closest we got to achieving BlackBox-era of racing game greatness – were it not for EA’s shutdown of Ghost Games. [h2] Pros [/h2] So back in 2019, NFS Heat had everything in line to be a great success – stunning visuals, solid car collection, a…”
— a player, Steam review · 187 hrs played“[h1]Need for Speed™ Heat[/h1] need for speed heat or better need for speed unite because this entry vanilla is horrible. you can clearly see it was rushed and didn't had much love during development. some examples: horrible graphical fidelity like no shadows under the car,…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“I got this game for nostalgia, because I grew up playing Most Wanted, Carbon and Undercover was one of my favorite racing games back then. But this game.. It just didn't hit like I expected it to. There's nothing wrong with it, I guess. It just doesn't feel the same.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Racing, Sports |
| Player tags | Racing · Open World · Multiplayer · Driving · Action · Singleplayer · Co-op · Adventure · Combat Racing · Atmospheric · Online Co-Op · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Japanese * , Polish * , Russian * * |
| Achievements | 42 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ea.com/games/need-for-speed |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: FX-6350 or Equivalent; Core i5-3570 or Equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD: Radeon 7970/Radeon R9 280x or Equivalent; NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 760 or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 50 GB available space