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Heat Death: Survival Train

Mass Game Devs · LightOnDevs · 2024-12-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

Heat Death: Survival Train is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation title priced at $11.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 718 reviews).

15
playing now
78%
positive of 718 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 105% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (160 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 718 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.59 at Steam (2024-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 5 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420242026Week of 2024-12-12: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2712026-08-12 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$9.592024-12-122026-07-272024-12-12 — best price $9.592024-12-26 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $9.592025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $9.592025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-13 — best price $9.592025-09-20 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $9.592025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $9.592026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $9.592026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.592026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-07-20 — best price $10.792026-07-27 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

TrainsSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureLore-RichFuturisticOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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