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Heat cover art

Heat

Code}{atch · 2020-06-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Heat is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 2929 reviews).

2
playing now
49%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (497 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 59k–132k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,928 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2022-08-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26426420192026Week of 2019-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5703Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 570 · peak 1,421May 2019 — avg 171 · peak 399Aug 2019 — avg 85 · peak 223Nov 2019 — avg 56 · peak 105Feb 2020 — avg 109 · peak 340May 2020 — avg 46 · peak 94Aug 2020 — avg 76 · peak 174Nov 2020 — avg 81 · peak 158Feb 2021 — avg 116 · peak 310May 2021 — avg 33 · peak 59Aug 2021 — avg 36 · peak 81Nov 2021 — avg 31 · peak 62Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 52May 2022 — avg 22 · peak 46Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 38Nov 2022 — avg 17 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-01-312026-07-202019-01-31 — best price $19.992019-06-24 — best price $19.992019-09-06 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-04-08 — best price $19.992020-08-10 — best price $19.992020-11-16 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-26 — best price $19.992022-03-24 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-09-27 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-13 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-11-25 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-04-07 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-02 — best price $19.992026-04-13 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGGoreIndieActionAmericaWesternBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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