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Cleared Hot

Not Knowing Corporation · MicroProse Software · 2025-11-20

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.

96%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 202 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,195 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 77k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,841 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20252026Week of 2025-11-20: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 688 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$11.992025-11-202026-08-182025-11-20 — best price $13.492025-12-01 — best price $14.992025-12-31 — best price $13.492026-01-10 — best price $14.992026-03-17 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-12 — best price $11.992026-05-19 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-18 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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